John 1:29-42

Behold, the Lamb of God

29 The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold, ¹the Lamb of God, who ²takes away the sin ³of the world!

30 This is he of whom I said, ⁴‘After me comes a man who ranks before me, because he was before me. ’

31 I myself did not know him, but ⁵for this purpose I came baptizing with water, that he might be revealed to Israel. ”

32 And John ⁶bore witness: ⁷“I saw the Spirit descend from heaven like a dove, and ⁸it remained on him.

33 I myself did not know him, but ⁹he who sent me to baptize ¹⁰with water said to me, ‘He on whom you see the Spirit descend and remain, ¹¹this is he who baptizes ¹²with the Holy Spirit. ’

34 And I have seen and have borne witness that this is the Son of God. ”

Jesus Calls the First Disciples

35 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, ¹³the 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, ¹⁴“What are you seeking? ”And they said to him, ¹⁵“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. ^[a]

40 ¹⁶One of the two who heard John speak and followed Jesus^[b] was Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother.

41 He first found his own brother Simon and said to him, “We have found ¹⁷the Messiah” (which means Christ).

42 He brought him to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said, “You are Simon the son of ¹⁸John. You shall be called ¹⁹Cephas”(which means ²⁰Peter^[c]).

Cross References

• 1. 1:29 ver. 36; Ex. 12:3; Isa. 53:7; Acts 8:32; 1 Pet. 1:19; [Gen. 22:8; Rev. 5:6]
• 2. 1:29 1 John 3:5; [Heb. 10:4, 11]
• 3. 1:29 [ch. 3:16, 17; 4:42; 12:47; 1 John 2:2; 4:14]
• 4. 1:30 ver. 15, 27
• 5. 1:31 Luke 1:17, 76, 77
• 6. 1:32 See ver. 7
• 7. 1:32 Matt. 3:16; Mark 1:10; Luke 3:22
• 8. 1:32 [Isa. 11:2; Acts 10:38]
• 9. 1:33 ver. 6; Luke 3:2
• 10. 1:33 [ch. 3:5]
• 11. 1:33 Matt. 3:11; Mark 1:8; Luke 3:16; Acts 1:5
• 12. 1:33 [ch. 3:5]
• 13. 1:36 See ver. 29
• 14. 1:38 ch. 18:4, 7; 20:15
• 15. 1:38 ver. 49; ch. 3:2, 26; 6:25; [ch. 20:16; Mark 10:51]
• 16. 1:40 For ver. 40-42, [Matt. 4:18-22; Mark 1:16-20; Luke 5:2-11]
• 17. 1:41 ch. 4:25
• 18. 1:42 ch. 21:15-17
• 19. 1:42 1 Cor. 1:12; 3:22
• 20. 1:42 Matt. 16:18

Footnotes

• [a] 1:39 That is, about 4 p.m.
• [b] 1:40 Greek 'him'
• [c] 1:42 'Cephas' and 'Peter' are from the word for 'rock' in Aramaic and Greek, respectively