John 1:22-51 ▼

22 So they said to him, “Who are you? We need an answer for those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?

23 John replied in the words of Isaiah (YHWH saves) the prophet: “I am a voice of one calling in the wilderness (solitary place), ‘Make straight the way for the Lord .’”

24 Then the Pharisees who had been sent

25 asked him, “Why then do you baptize (submerge), if you are not the Christ (the Anointed One), nor Elijah (my God is YHWH), nor the Prophet?

26 “I baptize (submerge) with (in) water, John (YHWH is gracious) replied, “but among you⁺ stands One you⁺ do not know.

27 He is the One who comes after me, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie.

28 All this happened at Bethany (house of affliction) beyond the Jordan (flowing down), where John (YHWH is gracious) was baptizing (submerging).

29 The next day John saw Jesus (YHWH saves) coming toward him and said, “Look (behold), the Lamb of God {Theou}, who takes away the sin of the world!

30 This is He of whom I said, ‘A man who comes after me has surpassed me because He was before me.

31 I myself did not know Him, but the reason I came baptizing (submerging) with water was that He might be revealed to Israel (He wrestles with God).

32 Then John (YHWH is gracious) testified, “I saw the Spirit {Pneuma} descending from heaven like a dove and resting on Him.

33 I myself did not know Him, but the One who sent me to baptize (submerge) with water told me, ‘The man on whom you see the Spirit {Pneuma} descend and rest is He who will baptize with the Holy Spirit {Hagiō Pneumati}.

34 I have seen and testified that this is the Son of God [the Chosen One of God].

35 The next day John (YHWH is gracious) was there again with two of his disciples (pupils).

36 When he saw Jesus (YHWH saves) walking by, he said, “Look (behold), the Lamb of God {Theou}!

37 And when the two disciples (pupils) heard him say this, they followed Jesus (YHWH saves).

38 Jesus (YHWH saves) turned and saw them following. “What do you⁺ want? He asked. They said to Him, “Rabbi (which means Teacher {Didaskale}), “where are You staying?

39 “Come and see, He replied. So they went and saw where He was staying, and spent that day with Him. It was about the tenth hour (about 4 pm).

40 Andrew (manly), Simon (hearing) Peter’s brother, was one of the two who heard John’s testimony and followed (accompanied) Jesus.

41 He first found his brother Simon (hearing) and told him, “We have found the Messiah (the Anointed One)” (which is translated as Christ).

42 Andrew brought him to Jesus (YHWH saves), who looked at him and said, “You are Simon (hearing) son of John (YHWH is gracious). You will be called Cephas (Peter) (which is translated as Peter).

43 The next day Jesus decided to set out for Galilee (circuit). Finding Philip (friend of horses), He told him, “Follow (accompany) Me.

44 Now Philip (friend of horses) was from Bethsaida (fishing house), the same town as Andrew (manly) and Peter (rock).

45 Philip (friend of horses) found Nathanael (God has given) and told him, “We have found the One Moses (drawn out) wrote about in the Law, the One the prophets foretold—Jesus (YHWH saves) of Nazareth (branch), the son of Joseph (he will add).

46 “Can anything good come from Nazareth (branch)? Nathanael (God has given) asked. “Come and see (behold), said Philip (friend of horses).

47 When Jesus (YHWH saves) saw Nathanael (God has given) approaching, He said of him, “Here (behold) is a true Israelite, in whom there is no deceit.

48 “How do You know me? Nathanael (God has given) asked. Jesus (YHWH saves) replied, “Before Philip (friend of horses) called you, I saw you under the fig tree.

49 “Rabbi, Nathanael (God has given) answered, “You are the Son of God {Theou}! You are the King of Israel (He wrestles with God)!

50 Jesus (YHWH saves) said to him, “Do you believe just because I told you I saw you under the fig tree? You will see greater things than these.

51 Then He declared, “Truly, truly, I tell you⁺, you⁺ will all see heaven open and the angels (messengers) of God {Theou} ascending and descending on the Son of Man .”