Geneva Study Bible Commentary
John 1:38
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), (s) where dwellest thou?
(s) Where is your lodging?
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), (s) where dwellest thou?
(s) Where is your lodging?
Verse 38. _WHAT SEEK YE?_] These disciples might have felt some embarrassment in addressing our blessed Lord, after hearing the character which the Baptist gave of him; to remove or prevent this, he...
WHAT SEEK YE? - This was not asked to obtain “information.” Compare John 1:48. It was not a harsh reproof, forbidding them to follow him. Compare Matthew 11:28. It was a kind inquiry respecting their...
ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS I. The Only-begotten, the Eternal Word; His Glory and His Manifestation -- Chapter 1:1-2:22 CHAPTER 1 __ 1. The Word: the Creator, the Life and the Light. (John 1:1 .)...
THE BAPTIST'S DISCIPLES AND JESUS. On the morrow to two of his disciples John bears similar witness. The account in its details suggests the recollections of one to whom the incident bad been the turn...
JESUS TURNED... AND SAITH, WHAT SEEK YE? Jesus does not ask this in order that he may know their object, but to open. conversation and to draw them out. Such was his custom; for example, see the conv...
On the next day John was again standing with two of his disciples. John looked at Jesus as he walked. "See!" he said, "The Lamb of God!" And the two disciples heard him speaking and followed Jesus. Je...
THE WORD (John 1:1-18)...
TURNED AND. having turned. RABBI. App-98. INTERPRETED. Greek. _herreneuo._ Occurs only here, John 1:42; John 9:7; Hebrews 7:2. MASTER. Teacher. App-98....
The Testimony of Disciples 38. _saw them_ Same verb as in John 1:14_; John 1:32_. The context shews that He saw into their hearts as well. For -Then" read But. _What seek ye?_ i.e. in Me. He does no...
THE TESTIMONY OF DISCIPLES This section falls into two divisions, each occupying a day; (1) the call of Andrew, John, Peter, and perhaps James; (2) that of Philip and Nathanael. Of these Peter and Ja...
ANDREW, JOHN AND PETER...
ΘΕΑΣΆΜΕΝΟΣ. Comp. John 1:14; John 1:32. The context shews that He saw into their hearts as well....
VER 37. AND THE TWO DISCIPLES HEARD HIM SPEAK, AND THEY FOLLOWED JESUS. 38. THEN JESUS TURNED, AND SAW THEM FOLLOWING, AND SAID TO THEM, WHAT SEEK YOU? THEY SAID UNTO HIM, RABBI, (WHICH IS TO SAY, BEI...
_THE ETERNAL WORD NEEDS FAITHFUL DISCIPLES -- JOHN 1:35-42:_ John 1:35-42 gives an account of Jesus calling His first disciples. The key to discipleship is "following Jesus." (John 1:37) God can use a...
ΣΤΡΑΦΕΊΣ _aor. pass. part. от_ ΣΤΡΈΦΩ (G4762) поворачиваться, оборачиваться, ΘΕΑΣΆΜΕΝΟΣ _aor. med. (dep.) part. (temp.) от_ ΘΕΆΟΜΑΙ (G2300) видеть; _см._ John 1:14. _Aor._ должен обязательно предшест...
AND THEY FOLLOWED JESUS, &C.— As Jesus was a person who had no attendants, and was a stranger, as it were, in this country, we may conclude that he had only some obscure and private lodging here, whic...
ANDREW, PETER AND AN UNNAMED DISCIPLE _Text 1:35-42_ 35 Again on the morrow John was standing, and two of his disciples; 36 and he looked upon Jesus as he walked, and saith, Behold the Lamb of Go...
EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN John 1:35-51 We first submit a brief Analysis of the passage which is to be before us. We would divide it as follows:— 1. John points to Christ as God’s Lamb, John...
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? THEN JESUS TURNED, AND SA...
Government and education are still the panaceas proposed by the majority of priest-craft. But John wisely withdraws himself from their notice, and as the Voice, heralds the coming of the Messiah Himse...
THE DIVINITY AND INCARNATION OF THE WORD. WITNESS OF JOHN. THE FIRST DISCIPLES 1-18. Preface, declaring (1) that the Word was God, (2) that He was made man, (3) that He revealed the Father. This subl...
PRELIMINARY CALL OF FIVE APOSTLES, ANDREW, JOHN, PETER, PHILIP, AND BARTHOLOMEW (peculiar to Jn). This account, so far from conflicting with the (later) call described Matthew 4:18; Mark 1:15; (cp. Lu...
JOHN TELLS THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT JESUS GOSPEL OF JOHN _MARION ADAMS_ THE AUTHOR Most people agree that John, Jesus’ *disciple, wrote the 4th *Gospel. John’s father was called Zebedee. And John had...
JESUS TURNED, AND SAW THEM FOLLOWING. — They follow wishing, and yet not daring, to question Him. He sees this, and seeks to draw them forth by Himself asking the first question. They are not prepared...
CHAPTER 4 THE FIRST DISCIPLES. “Again on the morrow John was standing, and two of his disciples; and he looked upon Jesus as He walked, and saith, Behold, the Lamb of God! And the two disciples heard...
_Witness of John to two of his disciples and first self-manifestation of Jesus as the Christ_. Bengel entitles the section, John 1:35-42, “primae origines Ecclesiae Christianae”; but from the evangeli...
στραφεὶς δὲ … τί ζητεῖτε; Jesus, hearing their steps behind Him, turns. To all who follow He gives their opportunity. Having turned and perceived that they were following Him, He asks τί ζητεῖτε; the...
_The witness of John and its result_....
HOW JESUS WINS FOLLOWERS John 1:35-42 On this third day John again looked eagerly and wistfully on Jesus as He walked. He spoke of Him again as God's Lamb, and there was a significance in His words t...
The Gospel of John brings us into the profoundest facts concerning the Person of Jesus. The first eighteen verses constitute the introduction to the whole Book. The main declaration is found by bringi...
DISCIPLES OF JESUS John 1:35-43. “On the following day, John again stood, and two of His disciples, and looking upon Jesus walking about, says, Behold the Lamb of God. And the two disciples heard Him...
SECOND SECTION: 1:38-52. BEGINNINGS OF THE WORK OF JESUS. BIRTH OF FAITH. Testimony is the condition of faith. For faith is, at the outset, the acceptance of a divine fact on the foundation of testimo...
I. FIRST GROUP: VV. 38-43. We have just mentioned John. Almost all the adversaries of the authenticity themselves acknowledge that the author, in relating his story as he does here, wishes to pass hi...
“ _Then Jesus turned and saw them following and saith unto them, What seek ye?_ 39. _They said unto Him: Rabbi_ (_which is to say, Master_) _where dwellest thou?_ ” Jesus, hearing footsteps behind Him...
Again, the next day after, John stood, and two of his disciples: (36) And looking upon Jesus as he walked, he saith, Behold the Lamb of God! (37) And the two disciples heard him speak. And they follow...
The opening verses (John 1:1-18) introduce the most glorious subject which God Himself ever gave in employing the pen of man; not only the most glorious in point of theme, but in the profoundest point...
38._Rabbi. _This name was commonly given to persons of high rank, or who possessed any kind of honor. But the Evangelist here points out another use of it which was made in his own age, which was, tha...
The first chapter asserts what He was before all things, and the different characters in which He is a blessing to man, being made flesh. He is, and He is the expression of, the whole mind that subsis...
THEN JESUS TURNED, AND SAW THEM FOLLOWING,.... That is, "him", as the Vulgate Latin, and all the Oriental versions add: he saw by their walk, and by their countenances, that they were following him; a...
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? Ver. 38. _What seek ye_] He...
_The next day, John stood, and two of his disciples_ John happening the next day to be with two of his disciples on the banks of Jordan, he saw Jesus passing by a second time, and repeated what he had...
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?...
THE FIRST DISCIPLES OF JESUS. Some of John's disciples heed his testimony:...
CHRIST THE LIVING WORD (vs.1-5) Revelation 19:13, speaking of the Lord Jesus, says, "His name is called the Word of God." As such He had no beginning: in the beginning He was there. In person He is...
DWELLEST: Or, abidest...
37-42 The strongest and most prevailing argument with an awakened soul to follow Christ, is, that it is he only who takes away sin. Whatever communion there is between our souls and Christ, it is he...
Christ, as he walked, turning him, and seeing two men following him, inquires of their end, what they sought; to teach us, in all our religious motions and actions, to do the like; for the end will co...
Origen Commentary on Matthew Book XII But it is sufficient at present to bring forward this from the Gospel according to John, "Jesus turned and beheld them-" clearly, Peter and Andrew-"following, an...
John 1:38 Then G1161 Jesus G2424 turned G4762 (G5651) and G2532 seeing G2300 (G5666) them G846 following...
‘And Jesus turned and saw them following, and says to them, “What are you looking for?” ' The question, apparently casual, goes in fact to the very depths. What do they really want? Do they know what...
DISCIPLES BEGIN TO GATHER TO JESUS (JOHN 1:35). The great teachers of Israel would often have bands of ‘disciples' who gathered round them to learn from them, and then to pass on their teaching. Here...
JOHN THE BAPTISER'S TESTIMONY TO JESUS AND THE CALLING OF DISCIPLES (JOHN 1:19). The portrayal of John the Baptiser by the writer is in interesting contrast to the John the Baptiser portrayed in the o...
The same general subject is continued in this section Jesus taking His place on the stage of history. We pass now, however, from the witness of the Baptist, given on two successive days, to the manife...
John 1:38. AND JESUS TURNED AND BEHELD THEM FOLLOWING, AND SAITH UNTO THEM, WHAT SEEK YET? They who thus follow Jesus shall not do so in vain. As in the sense of their own unworthiness they walked aft...
TURNED (στραφεις). Second aorist passive participle of στρεφω, vividly picturing the sudden act of Jesus on hearing their steps behind him.BEHELD (θεασαμενος). First aorist middle participle of θ...
John 1:37 The First Disciples John and Andrew. I. Look at the question of Christ to the whole world: What seek ye? As it stands, on the surface and in its primary application, it is the most natural...
John 1:35 The First Disciples. I. We see here the very first beginnings of the Christian Church. With what reverent interest may we meetly regard this simple record of the beginning of that great kin...
John 1:19 The Ministry of John the Baptist. From the ministry of John the Baptist we may learn I. That when Jesus is about to visit a community in His saving power, His coming is generally preceded...
John 1:19. _And this is the record of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who art thou ? And he confessed, and denied not; but confessed, I am not the Christ._ «I...
John 1:29. _The next day_ This chapter is a record of the events that occurred on different days. Sometimes God does great things in a single day; one extraordinary day may have more in it than a hun...
John 1:29. _The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of god, which taketh away the sin of the world._ John lost no time. He had no sooner discovered the Saviour than...
CONTENTS: Deity of Christ. Ministry of John the Baptist. Jesus announced as the Lamb of God, and the first converts to Him. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, John the Baptist, Moses, Elias, Isaiah, Pharisees,...
John 1:1. _In the beginning was the Word._ Εν αρχη ο λογος. John begins the new creation with the words of Moses of the old creation, and continues to speak of Christ in the running language of all th...
WHERE DO YOU LIVE, RABBI? Their question implies their interest in Jesus. It may be they only wished to know where to find him in the future....
_And the two disciples heard Him speak_ THE FIRST TWO DISCIPLES I. THE FRUIT OF GRACE IN THESE TWO DISCIPLES. 1. They followed Jesus. When a man has become a doer of the Word, he ever seeks increas...
_The next day_ THE FIRST UTTERANCES OF THE WORD 1. A searching question. 2. A gracious invitation. 3. An encouraging promise. 4. A Divine command. 5. A heart revelation. 6. An assurance of a p...
THE GREATEST DISCOVERY What seek ye? John 1:38. How often do you hear people say, when you are turning everything in the house upside down, “What are you looking for?” Generally it is only a ball o...
JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 1:19 Signs of the Messiah, with Teaching about Life in Him. The first half of John’s Gospel features Jesus’ demonstration of his messianic identity through several selected “signs” ...
THE HOLY GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST, ACCORDING TO JOHN. T HIS is the title in the Greek and Latin codices. In the Syriac it is as follows, _The Holy Gospel, the Preaching of Jouchanon_ (John), _which...
_ Was made_ : not that the Word was changed into flesh, or flesh into the Word, for, as S. Chrysostom says, "far from that immortal nature is transmutation." For how could flesh become God, that is, h...
_Jesus turning,_ &c. _What seek ye?_ It is the voice not of one who is ignorant, but of one who invites, and deals gently with their bashfulness. As S. Cyril says, "He asks what they sought, not as ig...
_EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES_ John 1:38. JESUS TURNED, ETC.—Jesus saw these two young men modestly following Him, too diffident to accost Him. He, therefore, with friendly invitation encouraged the...
EXPOSITION THE title of the book is differently given in the manuscripts and ancient versions, and the differences are so considerable that they cannot be referred to the original text. The simplest f...
Shall we turn in our Bibles to the gospel according to John. The gospel of John was the last of the gospels that were written. It was written towards the close of that first century, written by John,...
1 Kings 10:8; Acts 10:21; Acts 10:29; John 1:49; John 12:21;...
FOLLOWING CHRIST John 1:36 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We delight in the study of John the Baptist. Christ said that he was the greatest man born of woman, yet he was not self-centered or proud. Had he been...
PETER THE FISHER OF MEN John 1:35 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We come to the study of one of the outstanding Apostles of the Cross. Whatever you may think of Peter, and his failures, you must grant that he...
Were the apostles called at this time or later? PROBLEM: John records that Jesus called Andrew, Peter, Philip, Nathanael, and another disciple at this time. However, the other Gospels record their cal...