JOHN Chapter 1:35-51

Jesus’ First Disciples

35 The next day John was there again with two of his disciples.

36 When he saw Jesus passing by, he said,

LOOK THE LAMB OF GOD!

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 the 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 Then he brought Simon to Jesus, who looked at him and said,

You are Simon son of John.

You will be called Cephas (which when translated, is Peter).

Jesus Calls Philip and Nathaniel

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 Nathaniel 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 Nathaniel approaching, he said of him,

Here is a true Israelite, in whom there is nothing false.

48 How do you know me? Nathaneal asked.

Jesus answered,

I saw you while you were still under the fig tree before Philip called you.

49 Then Nathaniel declared, Rabbi, you are the Son of God;

You are the King of Israel.

50 Jesus said, you believe because I told you

I saw you under the fig tree.

You shall see greater thing than that.

51 He then added,

I tell you the truth, you shall see heaven open,

And the angels of God

Ascending and descending on the Son of Man.

(John 1:35-51)

It should be noted that the Gospel of John

Is the only time John the Baptist

Addresses Jesus as The Lamb of God.

In the other three Gospels

Jesus is named the One Who would Baptize in the Holy Spirit.

How simple the calling of the first Disciples was,

Except for Nathaniel who was shown a miracle,

given a word of knowledge,

And the promised of greater miracles to come.

Christ Jesus also renames Cephas to Peter,

Foretelling what was to come for Peter.

These first Disciples believed that John the Baptist was from God

And believe him when he called Jesus, The Lamb of God;

The One Moses wrote about, the Messiah.

How easily they believed in Jesus as the Son of God

When most of the religious leaders never did,

To their shame, and ultimately their Destruction.