Job 29-31
English Standard Version
Job's Summary Defense
29 And Job again (A)took up his discourse, and said:
2 “Oh, that I were as in the months of old,
as in the days when God watched over me,
3 when his (B)lamp shone upon my head,
and by his light I walked through darkness,
4 as I was in my prime,[a]
when the (C)friendship of God was upon my tent,
5 when the Almighty was yet with me,
when my (D)children were all around me,
6 when my steps were (E)washed with (F)butter,
and (G)the rock poured out for me streams of (H)oil!
7 When I went out to (I)the gate of the city,
when I prepared my seat in the square,
8 the young men saw me and withdrew,
and the aged rose and stood;
9 the princes refrained from talking
and (J)laid their hand on their mouth;
10 the voice of the nobles was hushed,
and their (K)tongue stuck to the roof of their mouth.
11 When the ear heard, it called me blessed,
and when the eye saw, it approved,
12 because I (L)delivered the poor who cried for help,
and the fatherless who had none to help him.
13 (M)The blessing of him who was (N)about to perish came upon me,
and I caused (O)the widow's heart to sing for joy.
14 I (P)put on righteousness, and it clothed me;
my justice was like a robe and (Q)a turban.
15 I was (R)eyes to the blind
and feet to the lame.
16 I was a father to the needy,
and I searched out (S)the cause of him whom I did not know.
17 I (T)broke (U)the fangs of the unrighteous
and made him drop his prey from his teeth.
18 (V)Then I thought, ‘I shall die in my (W)nest,
and I shall multiply my days as (X)the sand,
19 my (Y)roots spread out to (Z)the waters,
with the dew all night on my (AA)branches,
20 my glory fresh with me,
and my (AB)bow ever (AC)new in my hand.’
21 “Men listened to me and waited
and kept silence for my counsel.
22 After I spoke they did not speak again,
and my word (AD)dropped upon them.
23 They waited for me as for the rain,
and they (AE)opened their mouths as for the (AF)spring rain.
24 I smiled on them when they had no confidence,
and (AG)the light of my (AH)face they did not cast down.
25 I chose their way and sat as chief,
and I lived like (AI)a king among his troops,
like one who comforts mourners.
30 “But now they (AJ)laugh at me,
men who are (AK)younger than I,
whose fathers I would have disdained
to set with the dogs of my flock.
2 What could I gain from the strength of their hands,
(AL)men whose (AM)vigor is gone?
3 Through want and hard hunger
they (AN)gnaw (AO)the dry ground by night in (AP)waste and desolation;
4 they pick saltwort and the leaves of bushes,
and the roots of the broom tree for their food.[b]
5 (AQ)They are driven out from human company;
they shout after them as after a thief.
6 In the gullies of the torrents they must dwell,
in holes of the earth and of (AR)the rocks.
7 Among the bushes they (AS)bray;
under (AT)the nettles they huddle together.
8 A senseless, a nameless brood,
they have been whipped out of the land.
9 “And now I have become their (AU)song;
I am (AV)a byword to them.
10 They (AW)abhor me; they keep aloof from me;
they do not hesitate to (AX)spit at the sight of me.
11 Because God has loosed my cord and humbled me,
they have cast off restraint[c] in my presence.
12 On my (AY)right hand the rabble rise;
they push away my feet;
they (AZ)cast up against me their ways of destruction.
13 They break up my path;
they promote my (BA)calamity;
they need no one to help them.
14 As through a wide (BB)breach they come;
amid the crash they roll on.
15 (BC)Terrors are turned upon me;
my honor is pursued as by the wind,
and my prosperity has passed away like (BD)a cloud.
16 “And now my soul is (BE)poured out within me;
days of affliction have taken hold of me.
17 (BF)The night (BG)racks my bones,
and the pain that (BH)gnaws me takes no rest.
18 With great force my garment is (BI)disfigured;
it binds me about like the collar of my tunic.
19 God[d] has cast me into the mire,
and I have become like (BJ)dust and ashes.
20 I cry to you for help and you do not answer me;
I stand, and you only look at me.
21 You have (BK)turned cruel to me;
with the might of your hand you (BL)persecute me.
22 (BM)You lift me up on the wind; you make me ride on it,
and you toss me about in the roar of the storm.
23 (BN)For I know that you will bring me to death
and to the house appointed for (BO)all living.
24 “Yet does not one in a (BP)heap of ruins stretch out his hand,
and in his disaster cry for help?[e]
25 Did not I (BQ)weep for him whose day was hard?
Was not my soul grieved for the needy?
26 But (BR)when I hoped for good, evil came,
and when I waited for light, (BS)darkness came.
27 My inward parts are in turmoil and never still;
days of affliction (BT)come to meet me.
28 I (BU)go about darkened, but not by the sun;
I stand up in (BV)the assembly and cry for help.
29 I am a brother of (BW)jackals
and a companion of (BX)ostriches.
30 My (BY)skin turns black and falls from me,
and my (BZ)bones burn with heat.
31 My (CA)lyre is (CB)turned to mourning,
and my (CC)pipe to the voice of those who weep.
Job's Final Appeal
31 “I have made a covenant with my (CD)eyes;
how then could I gaze at a virgin?
2 What would be (CE)my portion from God above
and (CF)my heritage from the Almighty on high?
3 Is not calamity for the unrighteous,
and disaster for the workers of iniquity?
4 (CG)Does not he see my ways
and (CH)number all my steps?
5 “If I have walked with falsehood
and my foot has hastened to deceit;
6 (Let me be (CI)weighed in a just balance,
and let God know my integrity!)
7 if my step has turned aside from the way
and (CJ)my heart has gone after my eyes,
and if any (CK)spot has stuck to my hands,
8 then let me (CL)sow, and another eat,
and let what grows for me[f] be rooted out.
9 “If my heart has been enticed toward a woman,
and I have (CM)lain in wait at my neighbor's door,
10 then let my wife (CN)grind for another,
and let others (CO)bow down on her.
11 For that would be a heinous crime;
that would be an iniquity (CP)to be punished by the judges;
12 for that would be a fire (CQ)that consumes as far as Abaddon,
and it would burn to the root all my increase.
13 “If I have rejected the cause of my manservant or my maidservant,
when they brought a complaint against me,
14 what then shall I do when God rises up?
When he (CR)makes inquiry, what shall I answer him?
15 Did (CS)not he who made me in the womb make him?
And did not one fashion us in the womb?
16 “If I have (CT)withheld anything that the poor desired,
or have (CU)caused the eyes of the widow to fail,
17 or have eaten my morsel alone,
and the fatherless has not eaten of it
18 (for from my youth the fatherless[g] grew up with me as with a father,
and from my mother's womb I guided the widow[h]),
19 if I have seen anyone (CV)perish for (CW)lack of clothing,
or the needy without (CX)covering,
20 if his body has not (CY)blessed me,[i]
and if he was not warmed with the fleece of my sheep,
21 if I have raised my hand against (CZ)the fatherless,
because I saw my help in (DA)the gate,
22 then let my shoulder blade fall from my shoulder,
and let my arm be broken from its socket.
23 For I was (DB)in terror of calamity from God,
and I could not have faced his (DC)majesty.
24 (DD)“If I have made gold my (DE)trust
or called (DF)fine gold my confidence,
25 if I have (DG)rejoiced because my wealth was abundant
or because (DH)my hand had found much,
26 (DI)if I have looked at the sun[j] when it shone,
or (DJ)the moon moving in splendor,
27 and my heart has been secretly enticed,
and my mouth has kissed my hand,
28 this also would be (DK)an iniquity to be punished by the judges,
for I would have been false to God above.
29 “If I have (DL)rejoiced at the ruin of him who hated me,
or exulted when evil overtook him
30 ((DM)I have not let my mouth sin
by asking for his life with a curse),
31 if the men of my tent have not said,
‘Who is there that has not been filled with his (DN)meat?’
32 ((DO)the sojourner has not lodged in the street;
I have opened my doors to the traveler),
33 if I (DP)have concealed my transgressions (DQ)as others do[k]
by hiding my iniquity in my heart,
34 because I stood in great fear of (DR)the multitude,
and the contempt of families terrified me,
so that I kept silence, and did not go out of doors—
35 Oh, that I had one to hear me!
(Here is my signature! Let the Almighty (DS)answer me!)
Oh, that I had (DT)the indictment written by my adversary!
36 Surely I would carry it on my (DU)shoulder;
I would (DV)bind it on me as (DW)a crown;
37 I would give him an account of all my steps;
like a prince I would approach him.
38 “If my land has cried out against me
and its furrows have wept together,
39 (DX)if I have eaten its yield without payment
and made its owners (DY)breathe their last,
40 let (DZ)thorns grow instead of wheat,
and foul weeds instead of barley.”
The words of Job are ended.
Footnotes
- Job 29:4 Hebrew my autumn days
- Job 30:4 Or warmth
- Job 30:11 Hebrew the bridle
- Job 30:19 Hebrew He
- Job 30:24 The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain
- Job 31:8 Or let my descendants
- Job 31:18 Hebrew he
- Job 31:18 Hebrew her
- Job 31:20 Hebrew if his loins have not blessed me
- Job 31:26 Hebrew the light
- Job 31:33 Or as Adam did
Job 29-31
New International Version
Job’s Final Defense
29 Job continued his discourse:(A)
2 “How I long for the months gone by,(B)
for the days when God watched over me,(C)
3 when his lamp shone on my head
and by his light I walked through darkness!(D)
4 Oh, for the days when I was in my prime,
when God’s intimate friendship(E) blessed my house,(F)
5 when the Almighty was still with me
and my children(G) were around me,(H)
6 when my path was drenched with cream(I)
and the rock(J) poured out for me streams of olive oil.(K)
7 “When I went to the gate(L) of the city
and took my seat in the public square,
8 the young men saw me and stepped aside(M)
and the old men rose to their feet;(N)
9 the chief men refrained from speaking(O)
and covered their mouths with their hands;(P)
10 the voices of the nobles were hushed,(Q)
and their tongues stuck to the roof of their mouths.(R)
11 Whoever heard me spoke well of me,
and those who saw me commended me,(S)
12 because I rescued the poor(T) who cried for help,
and the fatherless(U) who had none to assist them.(V)
13 The one who was dying blessed me;(W)
I made the widow’s(X) heart sing.
14 I put on righteousness(Y) as my clothing;
justice was my robe and my turban.(Z)
15 I was eyes(AA) to the blind
and feet to the lame.(AB)
16 I was a father to the needy;(AC)
I took up the case(AD) of the stranger.(AE)
17 I broke the fangs of the wicked
and snatched the victims(AF) from their teeth.(AG)
18 “I thought, ‘I will die in my own house,
my days as numerous as the grains of sand.(AH)
19 My roots will reach to the water,(AI)
and the dew will lie all night on my branches.(AJ)
20 My glory will not fade;(AK)
the bow(AL) will be ever new in my hand.’(AM)
21 “People listened to me expectantly,
waiting in silence for my counsel.(AN)
22 After I had spoken, they spoke no more;(AO)
my words fell gently on their ears.(AP)
23 They waited for me as for showers
and drank in my words as the spring rain.(AQ)
24 When I smiled at them, they scarcely believed it;
the light of my face(AR) was precious to them.[a](AS)
25 I chose the way for them and sat as their chief;(AT)
I dwelt as a king(AU) among his troops;
I was like one who comforts mourners.(AV)
30 “But now they mock me,(AW)
men younger than I,
whose fathers I would have disdained
to put with my sheep dogs.(AX)
2 Of what use was the strength of their hands to me,
since their vigor had gone from them?
3 Haggard from want and hunger,
they roamed[b] the parched land(AY)
in desolate wastelands(AZ) at night.(BA)
4 In the brush they gathered salt herbs,(BB)
and their food[c] was the root of the broom bush.(BC)
5 They were banished from human society,
shouted at as if they were thieves.
6 They were forced to live in the dry stream beds,
among the rocks and in holes in the ground.(BD)
7 They brayed(BE) among the bushes(BF)
and huddled in the undergrowth.
8 A base and nameless brood,(BG)
they were driven out of the land.(BH)
9 “And now those young men mock me(BI) in song;(BJ)
I have become a byword(BK) among them.
10 They detest me(BL) and keep their distance;
they do not hesitate to spit in my face.(BM)
11 Now that God has unstrung my bow(BN) and afflicted me,(BO)
they throw off restraint(BP) in my presence.
12 On my right(BQ) the tribe[d] attacks;
they lay snares(BR) for my feet,(BS)
they build their siege ramps against me.(BT)
13 They break up my road;(BU)
they succeed in destroying me.(BV)
‘No one can help him,’ they say.
14 They advance as through a gaping breach;(BW)
amid the ruins they come rolling in.
15 Terrors(BX) overwhelm me;(BY)
my dignity is driven away as by the wind,
my safety vanishes like a cloud.(BZ)
16 “And now my life ebbs away;(CA)
days of suffering grip me.(CB)
17 Night pierces my bones;
my gnawing pains never rest.(CC)
18 In his great power(CD) God becomes like clothing to me[e];
he binds me like the neck of my garment.
19 He throws me into the mud,(CE)
and I am reduced to dust and ashes.(CF)
20 “I cry out to you,(CG) God, but you do not answer;(CH)
I stand up, but you merely look at me.
21 You turn on me ruthlessly;(CI)
with the might of your hand(CJ) you attack me.(CK)
22 You snatch me up and drive me before the wind;(CL)
you toss me about in the storm.(CM)
23 I know you will bring me down to death,(CN)
to the place appointed for all the living.(CO)
24 “Surely no one lays a hand on a broken man(CP)
when he cries for help in his distress.(CQ)
25 Have I not wept for those in trouble?(CR)
Has not my soul grieved for the poor?(CS)
26 Yet when I hoped for good, evil came;
when I looked for light, then came darkness.(CT)
27 The churning inside me never stops;(CU)
days of suffering confront me.(CV)
28 I go about blackened,(CW) but not by the sun;
I stand up in the assembly and cry for help.(CX)
29 I have become a brother of jackals,(CY)
a companion of owls.(CZ)
30 My skin grows black(DA) and peels;(DB)
my body burns with fever.(DC)
31 My lyre is tuned to mourning,(DD)
and my pipe(DE) to the sound of wailing.
31 “I made a covenant with my eyes(DF)
not to look lustfully at a young woman.(DG)
2 For what is our lot(DH) from God above,
our heritage from the Almighty on high?(DI)
3 Is it not ruin(DJ) for the wicked,
disaster(DK) for those who do wrong?(DL)
4 Does he not see my ways(DM)
and count my every step?(DN)
5 “If I have walked with falsehood
or my foot has hurried after deceit(DO)—
6 let God weigh me(DP) in honest scales(DQ)
and he will know that I am blameless(DR)—
7 if my steps have turned from the path,(DS)
if my heart has been led by my eyes,
or if my hands(DT) have been defiled,(DU)
8 then may others eat what I have sown,(DV)
and may my crops be uprooted.(DW)
9 “If my heart has been enticed(DX) by a woman,(DY)
or if I have lurked at my neighbor’s door,
10 then may my wife grind(DZ) another man’s grain,
and may other men sleep with her.(EA)
11 For that would have been wicked,(EB)
a sin to be judged.(EC)
12 It is a fire(ED) that burns to Destruction[f];(EE)
it would have uprooted my harvest.(EF)
13 “If I have denied justice to any of my servants,(EG)
whether male or female,
when they had a grievance against me,(EH)
14 what will I do when God confronts me?(EI)
What will I answer when called to account?(EJ)
15 Did not he who made me in the womb make them?(EK)
Did not the same one form us both within our mothers?(EL)
16 “If I have denied the desires of the poor(EM)
or let the eyes of the widow(EN) grow weary,(EO)
17 if I have kept my bread to myself,
not sharing it with the fatherless(EP)—
18 but from my youth I reared them as a father would,
and from my birth I guided the widow(EQ)—
19 if I have seen anyone perishing for lack of clothing,(ER)
or the needy(ES) without garments,
20 and their hearts did not bless me(ET)
for warming them with the fleece(EU) from my sheep,
21 if I have raised my hand against the fatherless,(EV)
knowing that I had influence in court,(EW)
22 then let my arm fall from the shoulder,
let it be broken off at the joint.(EX)
23 For I dreaded destruction from God,(EY)
and for fear of his splendor(EZ) I could not do such things.(FA)
24 “If I have put my trust in gold(FB)
or said to pure gold, ‘You are my security,’(FC)
25 if I have rejoiced over my great wealth,(FD)
the fortune my hands had gained,(FE)
26 if I have regarded the sun(FF) in its radiance
or the moon(FG) moving in splendor,
27 so that my heart was secretly enticed(FH)
and my hand offered them a kiss of homage,(FI)
28 then these also would be sins to be judged,(FJ)
for I would have been unfaithful to God on high.(FK)
29 “If I have rejoiced at my enemy’s misfortune(FL)
or gloated over the trouble that came to him(FM)—
30 I have not allowed my mouth to sin
by invoking a curse against their life(FN)—
31 if those of my household have never said,
‘Who has not been filled with Job’s meat?’(FO)—
32 but no stranger had to spend the night in the street,
for my door was always open to the traveler(FP)—
33 if I have concealed(FQ) my sin as people do,[g]
by hiding(FR) my guilt in my heart
34 because I so feared the crowd(FS)
and so dreaded the contempt of the clans
that I kept silent(FT) and would not go outside—
35 (“Oh, that I had someone to hear me!(FU)
I sign now my defense—let the Almighty answer me;
let my accuser(FV) put his indictment in writing.
36 Surely I would wear it on my shoulder,(FW)
I would put it on like a crown.(FX)
37 I would give him an account of my every step;(FY)
I would present it to him as to a ruler.(FZ))—
38 “if my land cries out against me(GA)
and all its furrows are wet(GB) with tears,
39 if I have devoured its yield without payment(GC)
or broken the spirit of its tenants,(GD)
40 then let briers(GE) come up instead of wheat
and stinkweed(GF) instead of barley.”
The words of Job are ended.(GG)
John 1:15-51
English Standard Version
15 ((A)John bore witness about him, and cried out, “This was he of whom I said, (B)‘He who comes after me ranks before me, because he was before me.’”) 16 For from (C)his fullness we have all received, (D)grace upon grace.[a] 17 For (E)the law was given through Moses; (F)grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. 18 (G)No one has ever seen God; (H)God the only Son, who[b] is at the Father's side,[c] (I)he has made him known.
The Testimony of John the Baptist
19 And this is the (J)testimony of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, (K)“Who are you?” 20 (L)He confessed, and did not deny, but confessed, “I am not the Christ.” 21 And they asked him, “What then? (M)Are you Elijah?” He said, “I am not.” “Are you (N)the Prophet?” And he answered, “No.” 22 So they said to him, “Who are you? We need to give an answer to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?” 23 He said, “I am (O)the voice of one crying out in the wilderness, ‘Make straight[d] the way of the Lord,’ as the prophet Isaiah said.”
24 (Now they had been sent from the Pharisees.) 25 They asked him, (P)“Then why are you baptizing, if you are neither the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?” 26 John answered them, (Q)“I baptize with water, but among you stands one you do not know, 27 even (R)he who comes after me, the strap of whose sandal I am not worthy to untie.” 28 These things took place in Bethany across the Jordan, where John was baptizing.
Behold, the Lamb of God
29 The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold, (S)the Lamb of God, who (T)takes away the sin (U)of the world! 30 This is he of whom I said, (V)‘After me comes a man who ranks before me, because he was before me.’ 31 I myself did not know him, but (W)for this purpose I came baptizing with water, that he might be revealed to Israel.” 32 And John (X)bore witness: (Y)“I saw the Spirit descend from heaven like a dove, and (Z)it remained on him. 33 I myself did not know him, but (AA)he who sent me to baptize (AB)with water said to me, ‘He on whom you see the Spirit descend and remain, (AC)this is he who baptizes (AD)with the Holy Spirit.’ 34 And I have seen and have borne witness that this is the Son[e] of God.”
Jesus Calls the First Disciples
35 The next day again John was standing with two of his disciples, 36 and he looked at Jesus as he walked by and said, “Behold, (AE)the Lamb of God!” 37 The two disciples heard him say this, and they followed Jesus. 38 Jesus turned and saw them following and said to them, (AF)“What are you seeking?” And they said to him, (AG)“Rabbi” (which means Teacher), “where are you staying?” 39 He said to them, “Come and you will see.” So they came and saw where he was staying, and they stayed with him that day, for it was about the tenth hour.[f] 40 (AH)One of the two who heard John speak and followed Jesus[g] was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother. 41 He first found his own brother Simon and said to him, “We have found (AI)the Messiah” (which means Christ). 42 He brought him to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said, “You are Simon the son of (AJ)John. You shall be called (AK)Cephas” (which means (AL)Peter[h]).
Jesus Calls Philip and Nathanael
43 (AM)The next day Jesus decided (AN)to go to Galilee. He found Philip and said to him, “Follow me.” 44 Now (AO)Philip was from Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter. 45 Philip found (AP)Nathanael and said to him, “We have found him of whom (AQ)Moses in the Law and also the prophets wrote, Jesus (AR)of Nazareth, (AS)the son of Joseph.” 46 Nathanael said to him, (AT)“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, (AU)an Israelite indeed, (AV)in whom there is no deceit!” 48 Nathanael said to him, “How (AW)do you know me?” Jesus answered him, “Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you.” 49 Nathanael answered him, (AX)“Rabbi, (AY)you are the Son of God! You are the (AZ)King of Israel!” 50 Jesus answered him, “Because I said to you, ‘I saw you under the fig tree,’ do you believe? You will see greater things than these.” 51 And he said to him, “Truly, truly, I say to you,[i] you will see (BA)heaven opened, and (BB)the angels of God ascending and descending on (BC)the Son of Man.”
Read full chapterFootnotes
- John 1:16 Or grace in place of grace
- John 1:18 Or seen God; the only God who; some manuscripts seen God; the only Son, who (see verse 14)
- John 1:18 Greek in the bosom of the Father
- John 1:23 Or crying out, ‘In the wilderness make straight
- John 1:34 Some manuscripts the Chosen One
- John 1:39 That is, about 4 p.m.
- John 1:40 Greek him
- John 1:42 Cephas and Peter are from the word for rock in Aramaic and Greek, respectively
- John 1:51 The Greek for you is plural; twice in this verse
John 1:15-51
New International Version
15 (John testified(A) concerning him. He cried out, saying, “This is the one I spoke about when I said, ‘He who comes after me has surpassed me because he was before me.’”)(B) 16 Out of his fullness(C) we have all received grace(D) in place of grace already given. 17 For the law was given through Moses;(E) grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.(F) 18 No one has ever seen God,(G) but the one and only Son, who is himself God and[a](H) is in closest relationship with the Father, has made him known.
John the Baptist Denies Being the Messiah
19 Now this was John’s(I) testimony when the Jewish leaders[b](J) in Jerusalem sent priests and Levites to ask him who he was. 20 He did not fail to confess, but confessed freely, “I am not the Messiah.”(K)
21 They asked him, “Then who are you? Are you Elijah?”(L)
He said, “I am not.”
“Are you the Prophet?”(M)
He answered, “No.”
22 Finally they said, “Who are you? Give us an answer to take back to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?”
23 John replied in the words of Isaiah the prophet, “I am the voice of one calling in the wilderness,(N) ‘Make straight the way for the Lord.’”[c](O)
24 Now the Pharisees who had been sent 25 questioned him, “Why then do you baptize if you are not the Messiah, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?”
26 “I baptize with[d] water,”(P) John replied, “but among you stands one you do not know. 27 He is the one who comes after me,(Q) the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie.”(R)
28 This all happened at Bethany on the other side of the Jordan,(S) where John was baptizing.
John Testifies About Jesus
29 The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God,(T) who takes away the sin of the world!(U) 30 This is the one I meant when I said, ‘A man who comes after me has surpassed me because he was before me.’(V) 31 I myself did not know him, but the reason I came baptizing with water was that he might be revealed to Israel.”
32 Then John gave this testimony: “I saw the Spirit come down from heaven as a dove and remain on him.(W) 33 And I myself did not know him, but the one who sent me to baptize with water(X) told me, ‘The man on whom you see the Spirit come down and remain is the one who will baptize with the Holy Spirit.’(Y) 34 I have seen and I testify that this is God’s Chosen One.”[e](Z)
John’s Disciples Follow Jesus(AA)
35 The next day John(AB) was there again with two of his disciples. 36 When he saw Jesus passing by, he said, “Look, the Lamb of God!”(AC)
37 When the two disciples heard him say this, they followed Jesus. 38 Turning around, Jesus saw them following and asked, “What do you want?”
They said, “Rabbi”(AD) (which means “Teacher”), “where are you staying?”
39 “Come,” he replied, “and you will see.”
So they went and saw where he was staying, and they spent that day with him. It was about four in the afternoon.
40 Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, was one of the two who heard what John had said and who had followed Jesus. 41 The first thing Andrew did was to find his brother Simon and tell him, “We have found the Messiah” (that is, the Christ).(AE) 42 And he brought him to Jesus.
Jesus looked at him and said, “You are Simon son of John. You will be called(AF) Cephas” (which, when translated, is Peter[f]).(AG)
Jesus Calls Philip and Nathanael
43 The next day Jesus decided to leave for Galilee. Finding Philip,(AH) he said to him, “Follow me.”(AI)
44 Philip, like Andrew and Peter, was from the town of Bethsaida.(AJ) 45 Philip found Nathanael(AK) and told him, “We have found the one Moses wrote about in the Law,(AL) and about whom the prophets also wrote(AM)—Jesus of Nazareth,(AN) the son of Joseph.”(AO)
46 “Nazareth! Can anything good come from there?”(AP) Nathanael asked.
“Come and see,” said Philip.
47 When Jesus saw Nathanael approaching, he said of him, “Here truly is an Israelite(AQ) in whom there is no deceit.”(AR)
48 “How do you know me?” Nathanael asked.
Jesus answered, “I saw you while you were still under the fig tree before Philip called you.”
49 Then Nathanael declared, “Rabbi,(AS) you are the Son of God;(AT) you are the king of Israel.”(AU)
50 Jesus said, “You believe[g] because I told you I saw you under the fig tree. You will see greater things than that.” 51 He then added, “Very truly I tell you,[h] you[i] will see ‘heaven open,(AV) and the angels of God ascending and descending(AW) on’[j] the Son of Man.”(AX)
Footnotes
- John 1:18 Some manuscripts but the only Son, who
- John 1:19 The Greek term traditionally translated the Jews (hoi Ioudaioi) refers here and elsewhere in John’s Gospel to those Jewish leaders who opposed Jesus; also in 5:10, 15, 16; 7:1, 11, 13; 9:22; 18:14, 28, 36; 19:7, 12, 31, 38; 20:19.
- John 1:23 Isaiah 40:3
- John 1:26 Or in; also in verses 31 and 33 (twice)
- John 1:34 See Isaiah 42:1; many manuscripts is the Son of God.
- John 1:42 Cephas (Aramaic) and Peter (Greek) both mean rock.
- John 1:50 Or Do you believe … ?
- John 1:51 The Greek is plural.
- John 1:51 The Greek is plural.
- John 1:51 Gen. 28:12
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