New American Standard Bible 1995

John 1:29-44

29The next day he saw Jesus coming to him and said, “Behold, 1the Lamb of God who 2takes away the sin of the world! 30This is He on behalf of whom I said, ‘3After me comes a Man who 4has a higher rank than I, 5for He existed before me.’ 31I did not recognize 6Him, but so that He might be manifested to Israel, I came baptizing 7in water.” 32John 8testified saying, “9I have seen the Spirit descending as a dove out of heaven, and He remained upon Him. 33I did not recognize 10Him, but He who sent me to baptize 11in water said to me, ‘He upon whom you see the Spirit descending and remaining upon Him, 12this is the One who baptizes 13in the Holy Spirit.’ 34I myself have seen, and have testified that this is 14the Son of God.”

35Again 15the next day John was standing 16with two of his disciples, 36and he looked at Jesus as He walked, and said, “Behold, 17the Lamb of God!” 37The two disciples heard him speak, and they followed Jesus. 38And Jesus turned and saw them following, and said to them, “What do you seek?” They said to Him, “18Rabbi (which translated means Teacher), where are You staying?” 39He 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 19tenth hour. 40 20One of the two who heard John speak and followed Him, was Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother. 41He found first his own brother Simon and said to him, “We have found the 21Messiah” (which translated means 22Christ). 42He brought him to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said, “You are Simon the son of 23 24John; you shall be called 25Cephas” (which is translated 26 27Peter).

43 28The next day He purposed to go into 29Galilee, and He found 30Philip. And Jesus said to him, “31Follow Me.” 44Now 32Philip was from 33Bethsaida, of the city of Andrew and Peter.

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Notes

1. John 1:29 Is 53:7; John 1:36; Acts 8:32; 1 Pet 1:19; Rev 5:6, 8, 12f; 6:1 ↩
2. John 1:29 Matt 1:21; 1 John 3:5 ↩
3. John 1:30 Matt 3:11; John 1:27 ↩
4. John 1:30 Lit has become before me ↩
5. John 1:30 John 1:15 ↩
6. John 1:31 I.e. as the Messiah ↩
7. John 1:31 The Gr here can be translated in, with or by ↩
8. John 1:32 John 1:7 ↩
9. John 1:32 Matt 3:16; Mark 1:10; Luke 3:22 ↩
10. John 1:33 I.e. as the Messiah ↩
11. John 1:33 The Gr here can be translated in, with or by ↩
12. John 1:33 Matt 3:11; Mark 1:8; Luke 3:16; Acts 1:5 ↩
13. John 1:33 The Gr here can be translated in, with or by ↩
14. John 1:34 Matt 4:3; John 1:49 ↩
15. John 1:35 John 1:29 ↩
16. John 1:35 Lit and ↩
17. John 1:36 John 1:29 ↩
18. John 1:38 Matt 23:7f; John 1:49 ↩
19. John 1:39 Perhaps 10 a.m. (Roman time) ↩
20. John 1:40 Matt 4:18-22; Mark 1:16-20; Luke 5:2-11; John 1:40-42 ↩
21. John 1:41 Dan 9:25; John 4:25 ↩
22. John 1:41 Gr Anointed One ↩
23. John 1:42 Gr Joannes ↩
24. John 1:42 Matt 16:17; John 21:15-17 ↩
25. John 1:42 1 Cor 1:12; 3:22; 9:5; 15:5; Gal 1:18; 2:9, 11, 14 ↩
26. John 1:42 I.e. Rock or Stone ↩
27. John 1:42 Matt 16:18 ↩
28. John 1:43 John 1:29, 35 ↩
29. John 1:43 Matt 4:12; John 1:28; 2:11 ↩
30. John 1:43 Matt 10:3; John 1:44-48; 6:5, 7; 12:21f; 14:8f ↩
31. John 1:43 Matt 8:22 ↩
32. John 1:44 Matt 10:3; John 1:44-48; 6:5, 7; 12:21f; 14:8f ↩
33. John 1:44 Matt 11:21 ↩

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