John 1:37 BSB — MannaFest

John 1:37

And when the two disciples heard him say this, they followed Jesus.

BSB

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ASV

And the two disciples heard him speak, and they followed Jesus.

KJV

And the two disciples heard him speak, and they followed Jesus.

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Commentary

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Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

They followed Jesus - They had been the disciples of John. his office was to point out the Messiah. When that was done, they left at once their master and teacher, John. and followed the long-expected Messiah. This shows that John was sincere; that he was not desirous of forming a party or of building up a sect; that he was willing that all those whom he had attracted to himself by his ministry should become followers of Christ. The object of ministers should not be to build up their own interests or to extend their own fame.

The record, by era

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

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καὶ	kai	And	G2532 →
ἤκουσαν	ēkousan	heard	G191 →
οἱ	hoi	the	G3588 →
δύο	duo	two	G1417 →
μαθηταὶ	mathētai	disciples	G3101 →
αὐτοῦ	autou	of Him	G846 →
λαλοῦντος	lalountos	[Him] speaking	G2980 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἠκολούθησαν	ēkolouthēsan	they followed	G190 →
τῷ	tō	<the>	G3588 →
Ἰησοῦ.¶	Iēsou	Jesus.	G2424 →

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 walk8

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
Romans 10:17
Consequently, faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.
leads to
- Galatians 3:2
  I would like to learn just one thing from you: Did you receive the Spirit by works of the law, or by hearing with faith?
- Galatians 3:5
  Does God lavish His Spirit on you and work miracles among you because you practice the law, or because you hear and believe?
- Luke 11:28
  But He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.”
- Colossians 3:16
  Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to…
- 1 Thessalonians 2:13
  And we continually thank God because, when you received the word of God that you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men, but as the true word of God—the…
Through
Revelation 22:17
The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” Let the one who hears say, “Come!” And let the one who is thirsty come, and the one who desires the water of life drink freely.
leads to
- John 4:14
  But whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a fount of water springing up to eternal life.”
- Revelation 21:6
  And He told me, “It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To the thirsty I will give freely from the spring of the water of life.
- Isaiah 55:1–3
  “Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you without money, come, buy, and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost!