The next day Jesus decided to go to Galilee. He found Philip and said to him, “Follow me.” Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter. Philip found Nathanael and said to him, “We have found him about whom Moses in the law and also the prophets wrote, Jesus son of...
John 1:43
posted by DJL
The next day Jesus decided to go to Galilee. He found Philip and said to him, “Follow me.” Here is the essence of the Christian life. Following Jesus. Doing what you see him doing. Treating others as you see him treating people. Trying to have, as the Apostle Paul says elsewhere, the same...
John 1:35-42
posted by DJL
The next day John again was standing with two of his disciples, and as he watched Jesus walk by, he exclaimed, ‘Look, here is the Lamb of God!’ The two disciples heard him say this, and they followed Jesus. When Jesus turned and saw them following, he said to them, ‘What are you...
John 1:29-34
posted by DJL
The next day he saw Jesus coming towards him and declared, “Here is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world! This is he of whom I said, ‘After me comes a man who ranks ahead of me because he was before me.’ I myself did not know him; but I came baptizing with water for this...
John 1:23-28
posted by DJL
He said, ‘I am the voice of one crying out in the wilderness, “Make straight the way of the Lord,” ’ as the prophet Isaiah said. Now they had been sent from the Pharisees. They asked him, ‘Why then are you baptizing if you are neither the Messiah, nor Elijah, nor the...
John 1:19-22
posted by DJL
This is the testimony given by John when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, “Who are you?” He confessed and did not deny it, but confessed, “I am not the Messiah.” And they asked him, “What then? Are you Elijah?” He said, “I am not.” “Are you the...