John 1:38

³⁶ When he saw Jesus walking by, he said, “Look, the Lamb of God!”

³⁷ And when the two disciples heard him say this, they followed Jesus.

Jesus turned and saw them following. “What do you want?” He asked. They said to Him, “Rabbi” (which means Teacher), “where are You staying?”

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.

⁴⁰ Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, was one of the two who heard John’s testimony and followed Jesus.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: Jesus turned and saw them following. “What do you want?” He asked. They said to Him, “Rabbi” (which means Teacher), “where are You staying?”
KJV: Then Jesus turned, and saw them following, and saith unto them, What seek ye? They said unto him, Rabbi, (which is to say, being interpreted, Master,) where dwellest thou?
WEB: Jesus turned and saw them following, and said to them, “What are you looking for?” They said to him, “Rabbi” (which is to say, being interpreted, Teacher), “where are you staying?”
ASV: And Jesus turned, and beheld them following, and saith unto them, What seek ye? And they said unto him, Rabbi (which is to say, being interpreted, Teacher), where abideth thou?
DARBY: But Jesus having turned, and seeing them following, says to them, What seek ye? And *they* said to him, Rabbi (which, being interpreted, signifies Teacher), where abidest thou?
BLB: Then Jesus, having turned and having seen them following, says to them, “What do you⁺ seek?” And they said to Him, “Rabbi” (which, being translated, is to say Teacher), “where are You staying?”

ÅB: Da vendte Jesus seg om, og da han så de fulgte etter ham, sa han til dem:
OTB: Jesus snudde seg, så dem følge og spurte, “Hva søker dere?” De sa, “Rabbi” (som betyr Lærer), “hvor bor du?”
B1930: Da vendte Jesus sig om, og da han så de fulgte efter ham, sa han til dem: [DNB30: 39] Hvad søker I? De sa til ham: Rabbi! det er utlagt: mester! hvor har du ditt herberge?

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

John 18:7
So He asked them again, “Whom are you seeking?” “Jesus of Nazareth,” they answered.
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John 3:2
He came to Jesus at night and said, “Rabbi, we know that You are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the signs You are doing if God were not with him.”
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John 1:49
“Rabbi,” Nathanael answered, “You are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!”
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Proverbs 8:34
Blessed is the man who listens to me, watching daily at my doors, waiting at the posts of my doorway.
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John 18:4
Jesus, knowing all that was coming upon Him, stepped forward and asked them, “Whom are you seeking?”
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Psalms 27:4
One thing I have asked of the LORD; this is what I desire: to dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the LORD and seek Him in His temple.
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John 12:21
They came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and requested of him, “Sir, we want to see Jesus.”
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John 3:26
So John’s disciples came to him and said, “Look, Rabbi, the One who was with you beyond the Jordan, the One you testified about—He is baptizing, and everyone is going to Him.”
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