John 1:35-45

John’s Disciples Follow Jesus

35 The next day John was there again with two of his disciples.
36 When he saw Jesus passing by, he said, “Look, the Lamb of God!”
37 When the two disciples heard him say this, they followed Jesus.
38 Turning around, Jesus saw them following and asked, “What do you want?”They said, “Rabbi” (which means “Teacher”), “where are you staying?”
39 “Come,” he replied, “and you will see.”So they went and saw where he was staying, and they spent that day with him. It was about four in the afternoon.
40 Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, was one of the two who heard what John had said and who had followed Jesus.
41 The first thing Andrew did was to find his brother Simon and tell him, “We have found the Messiah” (that is, the Christ).
42 And he brought him to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said, “You are Simon son of John. You will be called Cephas” (which, when translated, is Peter[a] ).

Jesus Calls Philip and Nathanael

43 The next day Jesus decided to leave for Galilee. Finding Philip, he said to him, “Follow me.”
44 Philip, like Andrew and Peter, was from the town of Bethsaida.
45 Philip found Nathanael and told him, “We have found the one Moses wrote about in the Law, and about whom the prophets also wrote—Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.”

Cross References 14

  • 1. S Matthew 3:1
  • 2. S ver 29
  • 3. ver 49; S Matthew 23:7
  • 4. John 4:25
  • 5. Genesis 17:5,15; Genesis 32:28; Genesis 35:10
  • 6. Matthew 16:18
  • 7. Matthew 10:3; John 6:5-7; John 12:21,22; John 14:8,9
  • 8. S Matthew 4:19
  • 9. S Matthew 11:21; John 12:21
  • 10. John 21:2
  • 11. S Luke 24:27
  • 12. S Luke 24:27
  • 13. Matthew 2:23; S Mark 1:24
  • 14. Luke 3:23

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. "Cephas" (Aramaic) and "Peter" (Greek) both mean "rock" .
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