John 1:35-51

Jesus' Public Ministry, First Converts

35 Again ¹the next day John was standing ^[a]with two of his disciples,

36 and he looked at Jesus as He walked, and said, "Behold, ²the Lamb of God!"

37 The two disciples heard him speak, and they followed Jesus.

38 And Jesus turned and saw them following, and said to them, "What do you seek?" They said to Him, "³Rabbi (which translated 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 ^[b]tenth hour.

40 ⁴One of the two who heard John speak and followed Him, was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother.

41 He found first his own brother Simon and said to him, "We have found the ⁵Messiah " (which translated means ^[c]Christ ).

42 He brought him to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said, "You are Simon the son of ^[d]6John; you shall be called ⁷Cephas " (which is translated ^[e]8Peter ).

43 ⁹The next day He purposed to go into ¹⁰Galilee, and He found ¹¹Philip. And Jesus said to him, "¹²Follow Me."

44 Now ¹³Philip was from ¹⁴Bethsaida, of the city of Andrew and Peter.

45 ¹⁵Philip found ¹⁶Nathanael and said to him, "We have found Him of whom ¹⁷Moses in the Law and also ¹⁸the Prophets wrote -Jesus of ¹⁹Nazareth, ²⁰the son of Joseph."

46 Nathanael said to him, "²¹Can any good thing come out of Nazareth?" ²²Philip said to him, "Come and see."

47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming to Him, and said of him, "Behold, an ²³Israelite indeed, in whom there is no deceit!"

48 Nathanael said to Him, "How do You know me?" Jesus answered and said to him, "Before ²⁴Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you."

49 Nathanael answered Him, "²⁵Rabbi, You are ²⁶the Son of God; You are the ²⁷King of Israel."

50 Jesus answered and said to him, "Because I said to you that 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, you will see ²⁸the heavens opened and ²⁹the angels of God ascending and descending on ³⁰the Son of Man."

Cross References

• 1. John 1:29
• 2. John 1:29
• 3. Matthew 23:7; John 1:49
• 4. Matthew 4:18-22; Mark 1:16-20; Luke 5:2-11; John 1:40-42
• 5. Daniel 9:25; John 4:25
• 6. Matthew 16:17; John 21:15-17
• 7. 1 Corinthians 1:12; 1 Corinthians 3:22; 1 Corinthians 9:5; 1 Corinthians 15:5; Galatians 1:18; Galatians 2:9, 11, 14
• 8. Matthew 16:18
• 9. John 1:29, 35
• 10. Matthew 4:12; John 1:28; John 2:11
• 11. Matthew 10:3; John 1:44-48; John 6:5, 7; John 12:21; John 14:8
• 12. Matthew 8:22
• 13. Matthew 10:3; John 1:44-48; John 6:5, 7; John 12:21; John 14:8
• 14. Matthew 11:21
• 15. Matthew 10:3; John 1:44-48; John 6:5, 7; John 12:21; John 14:8
• 16. John 1:46-49; John 21:2
• 17. Luke 24:27
• 18. Luke 24:27
• 19. Matthew 2:23
• 20. Luke 2:48; Luke 3:23; Luke 4:22; John 6:42
• 21. John 7:41, 52
• 22. Matthew 10:3; John 1:44-48; John 6:5, 7; John 12:21; John 14:8
• 23. Romans 9:4
• 24. Matthew 10:3; John 1:44-48; John 6:5, 7; John 12:21; John 14:8
• 25. John 1:38
• 26. John 1:34
• 27. Matthew 2:2; Matthew 27:42; Mark 15:32; John 12:13
• 28. Ezekiel 1:1; Matthew 3:16; Luke 3:21; Acts 7:56; Acts 10:11; Revelation 19:11
• 29. Genesis 28:12
• 30. Matthew 8:20

Footnotes

• [a] Lit "and"
• [b] Perhaps 10 a.m. (Roman time)
• [c] Gr "Anointed One"
• [d] Gr "Joannes"
• [e] I.e. Rock or Stone