37 When the two disciples heard him say this, they followed Jesus. |
38 Turning around, Jesus saw them following and asked, "What do you want?"
They said, "Rabbi" (which means Teacher), "where are you staying?" |
39 "Come," he replied, "and you will see."
So they went and saw where he was staying, and spent that day with him. It was about the tenth hour. |
40 Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, was one of the two who heard what John had said and who had followed Jesus. |
41 The first thing Andrew did was to find his brother Simon and tell him, "We have found the Messiah" (that is, the Christ). |
42 And he brought him to Jesus.
Jesus looked at him and said, "You are Simon son of John. You will be called Cephas" (which, when translated, is Peter10 1:42 Both Cephas (Aramaic) and Peter (Greek) mean rock. ). |
43 The next day Jesus decided to leave for Galilee. Finding Philip, he said to him, "Follow me." |
44 Philip, like Andrew and Peter, was from the town of Bethsaida. |
45 Philip found Nathanael and told him, "We have found the one Moses wrote about in the Law, and about whom the prophets also wrote--Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph." |
46 "Nazareth! Can anything good come from there?" Nathanael asked.
"Come and see," said Philip. |
47 When Jesus saw Nathanael approaching, he said of him, "Here is a true Israelite, in whom there is nothing false." |
48 "How do you know me?" Nathanael asked.
Jesus answered, "I saw you while you were still under the fig tree before Philip called you." |
49 Then Nathanael declared, "Rabbi, you are the Son of God; you are the King of Israel." |
50 Jesus said, "You believe11 1:50 Or Do you believe ...? because I told you I saw you under the fig tree. You shall see greater things than that." |
51 He then added, "I tell you12 1:51 The Greek is plural. the truth, you13 1:51 The Greek is plural. shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man." |
