John 1:35 BSB — MannaFest

John 1:35

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

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Again on the morrow John was standing, and two of his disciples;

KJV

Again the next day after John stood, and two of his disciples;

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Commentary

2 voices

Thomas Aquinas

Commentary on John (1274)

Above, the Evangelist presented the Baptist's testimony to the people; here he presents his testimony to John's disciples. First, his testimony is given; secondly, the fruit of this testimony (v 37). As to the first he does three things: first, the one giving the testimony …

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

Again, the next day after,.... The third day from the priests and Levites having been with John, to know who he was. The Syriac, Arabic, and Persic versions, leave out the word "again": stood, and two of his disciples; one of these was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, as appears from Joh 1:40 and very likely the other was the Evangelist John, the writer of this Gospel, who always chooses to conceal himself. John the Baptist stood, and these disciples by him, in some certain place near Jordan, where he was preaching and baptizing.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: John (lightly modernized text, Grace Gems edition) (1869)

These verses ought always to be interesting to every true Christian. They describe the first beginnings of the Christian Church. Vast as that church is now, there was a time when it consisted of only two weak members. The calling of those two members is described in the passage which is now before our eyes. We see, for one thing, in these verses, what good is done by continually testifying of Christ. The first time that John the Baptist cried, "Behold the Lamb of God," no result appears to have followed.

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Original language & word study

12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Τῇ	Tēa	On the	G3588 →
ἐπαύριον	epaurion	next day	G1887 →
πάλιν	palin	again	G3825 →
εἱστήκει	heistēkei	had stood	G2476 →
ὁ	ho	<the>	G3588 →
Ἰωάννης	Iōannēs	John	G2491 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἐκ	ek	of	G1537 →
τῶν	tōn	the	G3588 →
μαθητῶν	mathētōn	disciples	G3101 →
αὐτοῦ	autou	of him	G846 →
δύο.	duo	two.	G1417 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk5

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Malachi 3:16
At that time those who feared the LORD spoke with one another, and the LORD listened and heard them. So a scroll of remembrance was written before Him regarding those who feared the LORD…
leads to
- Revelation 20:12
  And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne. And there were open books, and one of them was the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their…
- Psalms 56:8
  You have taken account of my wanderings. Put my tears in Your bottle— are they not in Your book?
- Malachi 4:2
  “But for you who fear My name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings, and you will go out and leap like calves from the stall.
- Revelation 15:4
  Who will not fear You, O Lord, and glorify Your name? For You alone are holy. All nations will come and worship before You, for Your righteous acts have been revealed.”
- Isaiah 26:3
  You will keep in perfect peace the steadfast of mind, because he trusts in You.