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John 1:41

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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.

He first found his brother Simon and told him, “We have found the Messiah” (which is translated as Christ).

42 Andrew brought him to Jesus, who looked at him and said, “You are Simon son of John. You will be called Cephas” (which is translated as Peter).

43 The next day Jesus decided to set out for Galilee. Finding Philip, He told him, “Follow Me.”

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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.

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BSB
He first found his brother Simon and told him, “We have found the Messiah” (which is translated as Christ).
KJV
He first findeth his own brother Simon, and saith unto him, We have found the Messias, which is, being interpreted, the Christ.
WEB
He first found his own brother, Simon, and said to him, “We have found the Messiah!” (which is, being interpreted, Christ).
ASV
He findeth first his own brother Simon, and saith unto him, We have found the Messiah (which is, being interpreted, Christ).
DARBY
He first finds his own brother Simon, and says to him, We have found the Messias (which being interpreted is Christ).
BLB
He first finds [his] own brother Simon, and he says to him, “We have found the Messiah” (which is, being translated, Christ).
ÅB
En av de to som hørte hint ord av Johannes og fulgte etter ham, var Andreas, Simon Peters bror;
OTB
Det første Andreas gjorde var å finne sin bror Simon og si til ham, “Vi har funnet Messias” (som oversettes som Kristus).
B1930
[DNB30: 42] han finner først sin bror Simon, og sier til ham: Vi har funnet Messias, det er utlagt: Kristus.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • John 4:25

    The woman said, “I know that Messiah” (called Christ) “is coming. When He comes, He will explain everything to us.”

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  • John 1:45

    Philip found Nathanael and told him, “We have found the One Moses wrote about in the Law, the One the prophets foretold—Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.”

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  • Acts 13:32–33

    And now we proclaim to you the good news: What God promised our fathers

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  • Isaiah 2:3–5

    And many peoples will come and say: “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob. He will teach us His ways so that we may walk in His paths.” For the law will go forth from Zion, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.

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  • Psalms 89:20

    I have found My servant David; with My sacred oil I have anointed him.

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  • Acts 10:38

    how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, and how Jesus went around doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, because God was with Him.

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  • Daniel 9:25–26

    Know and understand this: From the issuance of the decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem, until the Messiah, the Prince, there will be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks. It will be rebuilt with streets and a trench, but in times of distress.

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  • Luke 2:17

    After they had seen the Child, they spread the message they had received about Him.

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