²⁹The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Here is the Lamb of God, ^vwho takes away the sin ^wof the world! ³⁰This is the One I told you about: ‘After me comes a man who has surpassed me, because He existed before me.’ ³¹I didn’t know Him, ^xbut I came baptizing with ^ywater so He might be revealed ^zto Israel.”

³²And John testified, “I watched the Spirit ^adescending from heaven like a dove, and He rested on Him. ^b³³I didn’t know Him, but He ^cwho sent me to baptize with ^dwater told me, ‘The One you see the Spirit descending and resting on—He is the One who baptizes with ^ethe Holy Spirit.’ ^f³⁴I have seen and testified that He is the Son of God!” ^g^h

³⁵Again the next day, John was standing with two of his disciples. ³⁶When he saw Jesus passing by, he said, “Look! The Lamb of God!”

³⁷The two disciples heard him say this and followed Jesus. ³⁸When Jesus turned and noticed them following Him, He asked them, “What are you looking for?”

They said to Him, “Rabbi” ⁱ(which means “Teacher”), “where are You staying?”

³⁹“Come and you’ll see,” He replied. So they went and saw where He was staying, and they stayed with Him that day. It was about 10 in the morning. ^j

⁴⁰Andrew, ^kSimon Peter’s brother, was one of the two who heard John and followed Him. ⁴¹He first found his own brother Simon and told him, “We have found the Messiah!” ^l^m(which means “Anointed ⁿOne”), ⁴²and he brought Simon to Jesus.

When Jesus saw him, He said, “You are Simon, son of John. ^oYou will be called ^•Cephas” ^p(which means “Rock”).

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

Footnotes

y1:31 Or in
c1:33 He refers to God the Father, who gave John a sign to help him identify the Messiah. Vv. 32–34 indicate that John did not know that Jesus was the Messiah until the Spirit descended upon Him at His baptism.
d1:33 Or in
e1:33 Or in
g1:34 Other read is the Chosen One of God
j1:39 about the tenth hour. Various methods of reckoning time were used in the ancient world. John probably used a different method from the other 3 Gospels. If John used the same method of time reckoning as the other 3 Gospels, the translation would be: It was about four in the afternoon.
l1:41 In the NT, the word Messiah translates the Gk word Christos (“Anointed One”), except here and in Jn 4:25 where it translates Messias.
o1:42 Other read Simon, son of Jonah
•The Aramaic word for rock: it is parallel to the Greek word petros from which the English name Peter is derived; Jn 1:42; 1 Co 1:12.

Cross references

v1:29 Is 53:7; Ac 8:32; 1Pt 1:19; Rv 5:6
w1:29 Jn 15:22; 1Jn 3:5
x1:31 Jn 7:28
z1:31 2Co 4:11; 1Jn 1:2
a1:32 Ps 51:11; Jn 1:33; Ac 2:4; Rm 8:9; Gl 5:25; Ti 3:5; 1Jn 5:8; Rv 3:22
b1:32 Jms 4:5
f1:33 Mt 3:11; Mk 1:8; Lk 3:16; Ac 11:16
h1:34 Mt 3:17; 4:3; Jn 1:49; 5:19; Heb 1:2
i1:38 Jn 11:8
k1:40–42 Mt 4:18–22; Mk 1:16–20; Lk 5:2–11
m1:41 Mt 1:17
n1:41 Ex 29:29
p1:42 1Co 1:12; 3:22; 9:5; 15:5; Gl 1:18; 2:9, 11, 14