John 1:35-36

1:35 Again the next day John ¹  was standing there ²  with two of his disciples. 1:36 Gazing at Jesus as he walked by, he said, “Look, the Lamb of God!” ³ 

John 1:39

1:39 Jesus ⁴  answered, ⁵  “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. ⁶ 

¹ sn John refers to John the Baptist.

² tn “There” is not in the Greek text but is implied by current English idiom.

³ sn 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 God (1:36, cf. 1:29). This repeated testimony (1:36) no longer has revelatory value in itself, since it has been given before; its purpose, instead, is to institute a chain reaction which will bring John the Baptist’s disciples to Jesus and make them Jesus’ own disciples.

⁵ tn Grk “He”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁶ tn Grk “said to them.”

⁷ tn Grk “about the tenth hour.”