The next
day again John was standing with two of his disciples, 36 and he looked at
Jesus as he walked by and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God!” 37 The two disciples
heard him say this, and they followed Jesus. 38 Jesus turned and saw them
following and said to them, “What are you seeking?” And they said to him,
“Rabbi” (which means Teacher), “where are you staying?” 39 He said to them,
“Come and you will see.” So they came and saw where he was staying, and they
stayed with him that day, for it was about the tenth hour. [j] 40
One of the two who heard John speak and followed Jesus[k] was
Andrew, Simon Peter's brother. 41 He first found his own brother Simon and said
to him, “We have found the Messiah” (which means Christ). 42 He brought him to
Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said, “You are Simon the son of John. You shall
be called Cephas” (which means Peter [l]).
Jesus Calls Philip and Nathanael
43 The next day Jesus decided to go to Galilee. He found
Philip and said to him, “Follow me.” 44 Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the city
of Andrew and Peter. 45 Philip found Nathanael and said to him, “We have found
him of whom Moses in the Law and also the prophets wrote, Jesus of Nazareth,
the son of Joseph.” 46 Nathanael said to him, “Can anything good come out of
Nazareth?” Philip said to him, “Come and see.” 47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming
toward him and said of him, “Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom there is no
deceit!” 48 Nathanael said to him, “How do you know me?” Jesus answered him,
“Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you.” 49
Nathanael answered him, “Rabbi, you are the Son of God! You are the King of
Israel!” 50 Jesus answered him, “Because I said to you, ‘I saw you under the
fig tree,’ do you believe? You will see greater things than these.” 51 And he
said to him, “Truly, truly, I say to you,[m] you will see heaven
opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man.”
Footnotes:
John 1:39 That is, about 4 p.m.
John 1:40 Greek him
John 1:42 Cephas and Peter are from the
word for rock in Aramaic and Greek, respectively
John 1:51 The Greek for you is plural;
twice in this verse
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