1:36; → 1:29). His testimony associated the Lamb of God with “the Son of God” (→ 1:34). These are the first two of five titles for Jesus in John 1. John’s disciples responded in two stages: they heard and they followed. ■ 38 This section is full of Greek words with more than one meaning. These disciples followed Jesus (v 37; see vv 38, 40) as Jesus turned around to speak to them. Yet, the verb translated follow (akoloutheō) is what Jesus would later command other disciples: Follow me (v 43). In the