Through My Bible Yr 01 – October 15
John 1:35-51
John 1
The First Disciples
35Ā The next day, John was standing there again with two of his disciples. 36Ā When John saw Jesus passing by, he said, āLook! The Lamb of God!ā 37Ā The two disciples heard him say this, and they followed Jesus.
38Ā When Jesus turned around and saw them following him, he asked, āWhat are you looking for?ā
They said to him, āRabbiā (which means āTeacherā), āwhere are you staying?ā
39Ā He told them, āCome, and you will see.ā So they came and saw where he was staying. They stayed with him that day. It was about the tenth hour. [1]
40Ā Andrew, Simon Peterās brother, was one of the two who heard John and followed Jesus. 41Ā The first thing Andrew did was to find his own brother Simon and say to him, āWe have found the Messiah!ā (which is translated āthe Christā). [2] 42Ā He brought him to Jesus.
Looking at him, Jesus said, āYou are Simon, son of Jonah. [3] You will be called Cephasā (which means āPeterā). [4]
43Ā The next day, Jesus wanted to leave for Galilee. He found Philip and said to him, āFollow me.ā 44Ā Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the hometown of Andrew and Peter.
45Ā Philip found Nathanael and told him, āWe have found the one Moses wrote about in the Law, and about whom the prophets also wroteāJesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.ā
46Ā Nathanael said to him, āNazareth! Can anything good come from there?ā
āCome and see!ā Philip told him.
47Ā Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him and said about him, āTruly, here is an Israelite in whom there is no deceit.ā
48Ā Nathanael asked him, āHow do you know me?ā
Jesus answered, āBefore Philip called you, while you were under the fig tree, I saw you.ā
49Ā Nathanael answered him, āRabbi, you are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!ā
50Ā Jesus replied, āYou believe because I told you that I saw you under the fig tree. You will see greater things than that!ā 51Ā Then he added, āAmen, Amen, [5] I tell you: [6] You will see heaven opened and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man.ā
Footnotes
- John 1:39 10 am (Roman civil time) or 4 pm (Jewish time). John seems to use Roman civil time in 19:14 (compare Mark 15:25). John also seems to use Roman civil time in 20:19, because the evening is considered part of the first day of the week. Roman civil time began a new day at midnight. Jewish time regarded sunset as the beginning of a new day.
- John 1:41 Messiah is the Hebrew/Aramaic word for Anointed One. Christ is the Greek word for Anointed One.
- John 1:42 Some witnesses to the text have John.
- John 1:42 Both the Aramaic word Cephas and the Greek word Peter (Petros) are masculine nouns that mean rock.
- John 1:51 Usually people say Amen at the end of a prayer, but Jesus used this Hebrew word at the beginning of a statement, which was unique. The inspired writer simply transliterated the Hebrew word that Jesus spoke, instead of using a Greek term. This translation does the same in English. The basic meaning is I solemnly tell you the truth. Here it is emphasized by being used twice.
- John 1:51 Both uses of you in verse 51 are plural.
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