John 1:39 BSB — MannaFest

John 1:39

“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.

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ASV

He saith unto them, Come, and ye shall see. They came therefore and saw where he abode; and they abode with him that day: it was about the tenth hour.

KJV

He saith unto them, Come and see. They came and saw where he dwelt, and abode with him that day: for it was about the tenth hour.

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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)

Come and see - This was a kind and gracious answer. He did not put them off to some future period. Then, as now, he was willing that they should come at once and enjoy the full opportunity which they desired of his conversation. Jesus is ever ready to admit those who seek him to his presence and favor. Abode with him - Remained with him. This was probably the dwelling of some friend of Jesus. His usual home was at Nazareth. The tenth hour - The Jews divided their day into twelve equal parts, beginning at sunrise.

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The Nineteenth Century3 voices

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.

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 633: “Two Loving Invitations” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) (1865)

THE one text is in the beginning and the other at the end of John's Gospel. There is a mystery here. Here is typified a growth which it were well for us to understand. "Come and see," is for babes in Grace—"Come and dine," is for strong men in Christ Jesus. We must notice the order. "Come and see," is the beginning of spiritual life as it is the beginning of this Gospel. "Come and dine," is a high after-privilege of the spiritual life and a blessed result of it.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Come and see--His second utterance, more winning still. tenth hour--not ten A.M. (as some), according to Roman, but four P.M., according to Jewish reckoning, which John follows. The hour is mentioned to show why they stayed out the day with him--because little of it remained.

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Original language & word study

22 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
λέγει	legei	He says	G3004 →
αὐτοῖς·	autois	to them;	G846 →
ἔρχεσθε	erchesthe	do come	G2064 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ὄψεσθε.¶	opsesthe	you will behold.	G3700 →
ἦλθαν	ēlthan	They went	G2064 →
οὖν	oun	therefore	G3767 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
εἶδαν	eidan	saw	G1492 →
ποῦ	pou	where	G4226 →
μένει,	menei	He abides,	G3306 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
παρ᾽	par᾽	with	G3844 →
αὐτῷ	autō	Him	G846 →
ἔμειναν	emeinan	they stayed	G3306 →
τὴν	tēn	the	G3588 →
ἡμέραν	hēmeran	day	G2250 →
ἐκείνην·	ekeinēn	that;	G1565 →
ὥρα	hōra	[The] hour	G5610 →
ἦν	ēn	was	G1510 →
ὡς	hōs	about	G5613 →
δεκάτη.	dekatē	[the] tenth.	G1182 →

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
John 6:37
Everyone the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will never drive away.
leads to
- Matthew 11:28
  Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
- John 6:39
  And this is the will of Him who sent Me, that I shall lose none of those He has given Me, but raise them up at the last day.
- John 17:24
  Father, I want those You have given Me to be with Me where I am, that they may see the glory You gave Me because You loved Me before the foundation of the world.
- John 10:28–29
  I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one can snatch them out of My hand.
- John 17:2
  For You granted Him authority over all people, so that He may give eternal life to all those You have given Him.
Through
John 1:46
“Can anything good come from Nazareth?” Nathanael asked. “Come and see,” said Philip.
leads to
- John 7:52
  “Aren’t you also from Galilee?” they replied. “Look into it, and you will see that no prophet comes out of Galilee.”
- John 7:41–42
  Others declared, “This is the Christ.” But still others asked, “How can the Christ come from Galilee?
- John 4:29
  “Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did. Could this be the Christ?”