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Text -- John 1:15-51 (NET)
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1:15 John testified about him and shouted out , “This one was the one about whom I said , ‘He who comes after me is greater than I am, because he existed before me .’”
1:16 For we have all received from his fullness one gracious gift after another .
1:17 For the law was given through Moses , but grace and truth came about through Jesus Christ .
1:18 No one has ever seen God . The only one , himself God , who is in closest fellowship with the Father , has made God known .
The Testimony of John the Baptist
1:19 Now this was John’s testimony when the Jewish leaders sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him , “Who are you ?”
1:20 He confessed – he did not deny but confessed – “I am not the Christ !”
1:21 So they asked him , “Then who are you? Are you Elijah ?” He said , “I am not !” “Are you the Prophet ?” He answered , “No !”
1:22 Then they said to him , “Who are you ? Tell us so that we can give an answer to those who sent us . What do you say about yourself ?”
1:23 John said , “I am the voice of one shouting in the wilderness , ‘Make straight the way for the Lord ,’ as Isaiah the prophet said .”
1:24 (Now they had been sent from the Pharisees .)
1:25 So they asked John , “Why then are you baptizing if you are not the Christ , nor Elijah , nor the Prophet ?”
1:26 John answered them , “I baptize with water . Among you stands one whom you do not recognize ,
1:27 who is coming after me . I am not worthy to untie the strap of his sandal !”
1:28 These things happened in Bethany across the Jordan River where John was baptizing .
1:29 On the next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said , “Look , the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world !
1:30 This is the one about whom I said , ‘After me comes a man who is greater than I am, because he existed before me .’
1:31 I did not recognize him , but I came baptizing with water so that he could be revealed to Israel .”
1:32 Then John testified , “I saw the Spirit descending like a dove from heaven , and it remained on him .
1:33 And I did not recognize him , but the one who sent me to baptize with water said to me , ‘The one on whom you see the Spirit descending and remaining – this is the one who baptizes with the Holy Spirit .’
1:34 I have both seen and testified that this man is the Chosen One of God .”
1:35 Again the next day John was standing there with two of his disciples .
1:36 Gazing at Jesus as he walked by , he said , “Look , the Lamb of God !”
1:37 When John’s two disciples heard him say this, they followed Jesus .
1:38 Jesus turned around and saw them following and said to them , “What do you want ?” So they said to him , “Rabbi ” (which is translated Teacher ), “where are you staying ?”
1:39 Jesus answered , “Come and you will see .” So they came and saw where he was staying , and they stayed with him that day . Now it was about four o’clock in the afternoon .
Andrew’s Declaration
1:40 Andrew , the brother of Simon Peter , was one of the two disciples who heard what John said and followed Jesus .
1:41 He first found his own brother Simon and told him , “We have found the Messiah !” (which is translated Christ ).
1:42 Andrew brought Simon to Jesus . Jesus looked at him and said , “You are Simon , the son of John . You will be called Cephas ” (which is translated Peter ).
The Calling of More Disciples
1:43 On the next day Jesus wanted to set out for Galilee . He found Philip and said to him , “Follow me .”
1:44 (Now Philip was from Bethsaida , the town of Andrew and Peter .)
1:45 Philip found Nathanael and told him , “We have found the one Moses wrote about in the law , and the prophets also wrote about– Jesus of Nazareth , the son of Joseph .”
1:46 Nathanael replied , “Can anything good come out of Nazareth ?” Philip replied , “Come and see .”
1:47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him and exclaimed , “Look , a true Israelite in whom there is no deceit !”
1:48 Nathanael asked him , “How do you know me ?” Jesus replied , “Before Philip called you , when you were under the fig tree , I saw you .”
1:49 Nathanael answered him , “Rabbi , you are the Son of God ; you are the king of Israel !”
1:50 Jesus said to him , “Because I told you that I saw you under the fig tree , do you believe ? You will see greater things than these .”
1:51 He continued , “I tell all of you the solemn truth – you will see heaven opened and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man .”
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Jesus, The Christ |
John |
Peter |
TEXT AND MANUSCRIPTS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT |
Andrew |
PAPYRUS |
JOHN THE BAPTIST |
JAMES |
JESUS CHRIST, 4B |
JOHN, GOSPEL OF |
PETER, SIMON |
Philip |
Messiah |
Lamb of God |
Nathanael |
Rabbi |
CHRIST, OFFICES OF |
Zeal |
Bethabara |
Elijah |
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NET Notes -> Joh 1:15; Joh 1:15; Joh 1:15; Joh 1:15; Joh 1:16; Joh 1:16; Joh 1:17; Joh 1:18; Joh 1:18; Joh 1:18; Joh 1:18; Joh 1:18; Joh 1:19; Joh 1:19; Joh 1:19; Joh 1:19; Joh 1:19; Joh 1:19; Joh 1:19; Joh 1:19; Joh 1:19; Joh 1:20; Joh 1:20; Joh 1:21; Joh 1:21; Joh 1:21; Joh 1:22; Joh 1:23; Joh 1:23; Joh 1:23; Joh 1:24; Joh 1:24; Joh 1:25; Joh 1:25; Joh 1:25; Joh 1:26; Joh 1:26; Joh 1:27; Joh 1:27; Joh 1:27; Joh 1:28; Joh 1:28; Joh 1:29; Joh 1:29; Joh 1:30; Joh 1:31; Joh 1:31; Joh 1:32; Joh 1:32; Joh 1:32; Joh 1:32; Joh 1:32; Joh 1:34; Joh 1:35; Joh 1:35; Joh 1:36; Joh 1:37; Joh 1:37; Joh 1:37; Joh 1:38; Joh 1:38; Joh 1:39; Joh 1:39; Joh 1:39; Joh 1:39; Joh 1:40; Joh 1:40; Joh 1:41; Joh 1:41; Joh 1:41; Joh 1:41; Joh 1:42; Joh 1:42; Joh 1:42; Joh 1:43; Joh 1:43; Joh 1:43; Joh 1:43; Joh 1:44; Joh 1:44; Joh 1:45; Joh 1:45; Joh 1:46; Joh 1:46; Joh 1:46; Joh 1:46; Joh 1:46; Joh 1:47; Joh 1:47; Joh 1:47; Joh 1:48; Joh 1:48; Joh 1:49; Joh 1:49; Joh 1:50; Joh 1:50; Joh 1:51; Joh 1:51; Joh 1:51
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NET Notes: Joh 1:16 Earlier commentators (including Origen and Luther) took the words For we have all received from his fullness one gracious gift after another to be Joh...
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NET Notes: Joh 1:17 “But” is not in the Greek text, but has been supplied to indicate the implied contrast between the Mosaic law and grace through Jesus Chri...
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NET Notes: Joh 1:18 Has made God known. In this final verse of the prologue, the climactic and ultimate statement of the earthly career of the Logos, Jesus of Nazareth, i...
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NET Notes: Joh 1:19 “Who are you?” No uniform Jewish expectation of a single eschatological figure existed in the 1st century. A majority expected the Messiah...
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NET Notes: Joh 1:20 “I am not the Christ.” A 3rd century work, the pseudo-Clementine Recognitions (1.54 and 1.60 in the Latin text; the statement is not as cl...
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NET Notes: Joh 1:21 The Prophet is a reference to the “prophet like Moses” of Deut 18:15, by this time an eschatological figure in popular belief. Acts 3:22 i...
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NET Notes: Joh 1:27 The term refers to the leather strap or thong used to bind a sandal. This is often viewed as a collective singular and translated as a plural, “...
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NET Notes: Joh 1:29 Gen 22:8 is an important passage in the background of the title Lamb of God as applied to Jesus. In Jewish thought this was held to be a supremely imp...
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NET Notes: Joh 1:31 John the Baptist, who has been so reluctant to elaborate his own role, now more than willingly gives his testimony about Jesus. For the author, the em...
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NET Notes: Joh 1:32 John says the Spirit remained on Jesus. The Greek verb μένω (menw) is a favorite Johannine word, used 40 times in the Gospel and 2...
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NET Notes: Joh 1:34 ‡ What did John the Baptist declare about Jesus on this occasion? Did he say, “This is the Son of God” (οὗτό ...
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NET Notes: Joh 1:36 This section (1:35-51) is joined to the preceding by the literary expedient of repeating the Baptist’s testimony about Jesus being the Lamb of G...
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NET Notes: Joh 1:37 The expression followed Jesus pictures discipleship, which means that to learn from Jesus is to follow him as the guiding priority of one’s life...
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NET Notes: Joh 1:39 About four o’clock in the afternoon. What system of time reckoning is the author using? B. F. Westcott thought John, unlike the synoptic gospels...
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NET Notes: Joh 1:40 Grk “him”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
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NET Notes: Joh 1:42 This is a parenthetical note by the author. The change of name from Simon to Cephas is indicative of the future role he will play. Only John among the...
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NET Notes: Joh 1:44 Probably ἀπό (apo) indicates “originally from” in the sense of birthplace rather than current residence; Mark 1:21, 29 see...
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NET Notes: Joh 1:48 Many have speculated about what Nathanael was doing under the fig tree. Meditating on the Messiah who was to come? A good possibility, since the fig t...
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NET Notes: Joh 1:49 Nathanael’s confession – You are the Son of God; you are the King of Israel – is best understood as a confession of Jesus’ mes...
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NET Notes: Joh 1:50 What are the greater things Jesus had in mind? In the narrative this forms an excellent foreshadowing of the miraculous signs which began at Cana of G...
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