38 Then Jesus turned, and seeing them following, said to them, “What do you seek?” They said to Him, “Rabbi” (which is to say, when translated, Teacher), “where are You staying?”
39 He said to them, “Come and see.” They came and saw where He was staying, and remained with Him that day (now it was about the tenth hour).
40 One of the two who heard John speak, and followed Him, was aAndrew, Simon Peter’s brother.
41 He first found his own brother Simon, and said to him, “We have found the1 Messiah” (which is translated, the Christ).
42 And he brought him to Jesus. Now when Jesus looked at him, He said, “You are Simon the son of1Jonah.aYou shall be called Cephas” (which is translated, A Stone).
Andrew (Andreav). Explained by John as one of the two disciples of the Baptist and identified as the brother of the famous Simon Peter (cf. also John 6:8; John 12:22). The more formal call of Andrew and Simon, James and John, comes later (Mark 1:16 ff.; Matthew 4:18 ff.; Luke 3:1-11).
That heard John speak (twn akousantwn para Iwanou). "That heard from John," a classical idiom (para with ablative after akouw) seen also in John 6:45; John 7:51; John 8:26, John 8:40; John 15:15.
Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing John 1:40:
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