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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 of1 Jonah. aYou shall be called Cephas” (which is translated, A Stone).  

Philip and Nathanael

43 The following day Jesus wanted to go to Galilee, and He found aPhilip and said to him, “Follow Me.”  
44 Now aPhilip was from Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter.  
45 Philip found aNathanael and said to him, “We have found Him of whom bMoses in the law, and also the cprophets, wrote—Jesus dof Nazareth, the eson of Joseph.”  
46 And Nathanael said to him, a“Can anything good come out of Nazareth?” Philip said to him, “Come and see.”  
47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward Him, and said of him, “Behold, aan Israelite indeed, in whom is no deceit!”  
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John 1:41

He findeth first (euriskei outov prwton). "This one finds (vivid dramatic present) first" (protwn). Protwn (adverb supported by Aleph A B fam. 13) means that Andrew sought "his own brother Simon" (ton adelfon ton idion Simwna) before he did anything else. But Aleph L W read prwtov (nominative adjective) which means that Andrew was the first who went after his brother implying that John also went after his brother James. Some old Latin manuscripts (b, e, r apparently), have mane for Greek prw (early in the morning). Bernard thinks that this is the true reading as it allows more time for Andrew to bring Simon to Jesus. Probably prwton is correct, but even so John likely brought also his brother James after Andrew's example.

We have found the Messiah (eurhkamen ton Messian). First aorist active indicative of euriskw. Andrew and John had made the greatest discovery of the ages, far beyond gold or diamond mines. The Baptist had told about him. "We have seen him."

Which is (o estin). Same explanatory neuter relative as in verse John 1:38, "which word is." This Aramaic title Messiah is preserved in the N.T. only here and John 4:25, elsewhere translated into Xristov, Anointed One, from xriw, to anoint. See on Matthew 1:1 for discussion.




Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing John 1:41:

Matthew 1:1
Matthew 4:19
Mark 8:29
John 1:38
John 1:43
John 1:45
John 4:25
John 11:27
John 12:22
John 20:12
Acts 2:32
Hebrews 7:27
2 John 1:4

 

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