John 1:35–51
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The First Followers of Jesus
35The next day John n was there again with two of his followers. 36When he saw Jesus walking by, he said, “Look, the Lamb of God!” n
37The two followers heard John say this, so they followed Jesus. 38When Jesus turned and saw them following him, he asked, “What are you looking for?”
They said, “Rabbi, where are you staying?” (“Rabbi” means “Teacher.”)
39He answered, “Come and see.” So the two men went with Jesus and saw where he was staying and stayed there with him that day. It was about four o’clock in the afternoon.
40One of the two men who followed Jesus after they heard John speak about him was Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother. 41The first thing Andrew did was to find his brother Simon and say to him, “We have found the Messiah.” (“Messiah” means “Christ.”)
42Then Andrew took Simon to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said, “You are Simon son of John. You will be called Cephas.” (“Cephas” means “Peter.” n)
43The next day Jesus decided to go to Galilee. He found Philip and said to him, “Follow me.”
44Philip was from the town of Bethsaida, where Andrew and Peter lived. 45Philip found Nathanael and told him, “We have found the man that Moses wrote about in the law, and the prophets also wrote about him. He is Jesus, the son of Joseph, from Nazareth.”
46But Nathanael said to Philip, “Can anything good come from Nazareth?”
Philip answered, “Come and see.”
47As Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him, he said, “Here is truly an Israelite. There is nothing false in him.”
48Nathanael asked, “How do you know me?”
Jesus answered, “I saw you when you were under the fig tree, before Philip told you about me.”
49Then Nathanael said to Jesus, “Teacher, you are the Son of God; you are the King of Israel.”
50Jesus said to Nathanael, “Do you believe simply because I told you I saw you under the fig tree? You will see greater things than that.” 51And Jesus said to them, “I tell you the truth, you will all see heaven open and ‘angels of God going up and coming down’ n on the Son of Man.”
Footnotes
- nJohn John the Baptist, who preached to people about Christ’s coming (Matthew 3, Luke 3).
- nLamb of God Name for Jesus. Jesus is like the lambs that were offered for a sacrifice to God.
- nPeter The Greek name “Peter,” like the Aramaic name “Cephas,” means “rock.”
- n‘angels … down’ These words are from Genesis 28:12.
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