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Messiah or Elijah or the Prophet, what
right do you have to baptize?”
26 John told them, “I baptize with*
water, but right here in the crowd is
someone you do not recognize. 27 Though
his ministry follows mine, I’m not even
worthy to be his slave and untie the
straps of his sandal.”
28 This encounter took place in Beth
any, an area east of the Jordan River,
where John was baptizing.
JESUS, THE LAMB OF GOD
The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look! The Lamb of
God who takes away the sin of the world!
30 He is the one I was talking about when
I said, ‘A man is coming after me who is
far greater than I am, for he existed long
before me.’ 31 I did not recognize him as
the Messiah, but I have been baptizing
with water so that he might be revealed
to Israel.”
32 Then John testified, “I saw the
Holy Spirit descending like a dove from
heaven and resting upon him. 33 I didn’t
know he was the one, but when God
sent me to baptize with water, he told
me, ‘The one on whom you see the Spirit
descend and rest is the one who will
baptize with the Holy Spirit.’ 34 I saw this
happen to Jesus, so I testify that he is the
Chosen One of God.*”
29
THE FIRST DISCIPLES
35 The following day John was again
standing with two of his disciples. 36 As
Jesus walked by, John looked at him and
declared, “Look! There is the Lamb of
God!” 37 When John’s two disciples heard
this, they followed Jesus.
38 Jesus looked around and saw them
following. “What do you want?” he
asked them.
They replied, “Rabbi” (which means
“Teacher”), “where are you staying?”
HUMILITY
(1:30) Although John the Baptist was a well-known
preacher and attracted large crowds, he was
content for Jesus to take the higher place (see also
John 3:22-36). This is true humility, the basis for
greatness in anything we do for God. When you
are content to do what God wants you to do and
let Jesus be honored for it, God will do great things
through you.
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39 “Come and see,” he said. It was
about four o’clock in the afternoon when
they went with him to the place where he
was staying, and they remained with him
the rest of the day.
40 Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, was
one of these men who heard what John
said and then followed Jesus. 41 Andrew
went to find his brother, Simon, and
told him, “We have found the Messiah”
(which means “Christ”*).
42 Then An
drew brought Si
mon to
meet Jesus. Looking intently at Simon,
Jesus said, “Your name is Simon, son
of John—but you will be called Cephas”
(which means “Peter”*).
43 The next day
Jesus decided to go
to Galilee. He found Philip and said to
him, “Come, follow me.” 44 Philip was
from Bethsaida, Andrew and Peter’s
hometown.
45 Phil
ip went to look for Nathanael
and told him, “We have found the very
person Moses* and the prophets wrote
about! His name is Jesus, the son of Jo
seph from Nazareth.”
46 “Nazareth!” exclaimed Nathanael.
“Can anything good come from Nazareth?”
“Come and see for yourself,” Philip
replied.
47 As they approached,
Jesus said,
“Now here is a genuine son of Israel—a
man of complete integrity.”
48 “How do you know about me?” Na
thanael asked.
Jesus replied, “I could see you under
the fig tree before Philip found you.”
49 Then Na
thanael exclaimed, “Rab
bi, you are the Son of G
od—the King of
Israel!”
50
Jesus asked him, “Do you believe
this just because I told you I had seen you
under the fig tree? You will see greater
things than this.” 51 Then he said, “I tell
you the truth, you will all see heaven
open and the angels of God going up and
down on the Son of Man, the one who is
the stairway between heaven and earth.*”
1:26 Or in; also in 1:31, 33. 1:34 Some manuscripts read
the Son of God.
1:41 Messiah (a Hebrew term) and Christ
(a Greek term) both mean “anointed one.” 1:42 The
names Cephas (from Aramaic) and Peter (from Greek) both
mean “rock.” 1:45 Greek Moses in the law.
1:51 Greek
going up and down on the Son of Man; see Gen 28:10-17.
“Son of Man” is a title Jesus used for himself.
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