35
Again, the next day, John was standing with two of his disciples,
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All chapters John 1:35–42
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36
and he looked at Jesus as he walked, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God!”
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37
The two disciples heard him speak, and they followed Jesus.
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38
Jesus turned and saw them following, and said to them, “What are you looking for?” They said to him, “Rabbi” (which is to say, being interpreted, Teacher), “where are you staying?”
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39
He said to them, “Come and see.” They came and saw where he was staying, and they stayed with him that day. It was about the tenth hour.
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Verse 39. Staid with him that day. Yet they did not continually remain with him, as his disciples, till he called them, as they were fishing. See the annotations, Matthew 4:18. Witham.
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40
One of the two who heard John and followed him was Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother.
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41
He first found his own brother, Simon, and said to him, “We have found the Messiah!” (which is, being interpreted, Christ).
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“Messiah” (Hebrew) and “Christ” (Greek) both mean “Anointed One”.
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42
He brought him to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said, “You are Simon the son of Jonah. You shall be called Cephas” (which is by interpretation, Peter).
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Verse 42. Thou art Simon, the son of Jona, or of John. Jesus, who knew all things, knew his name, and at the first meeting told him he should hereafter be called Cephas, or Petrus, a rock, designing to make him the chief or head of his whole Church. See Matthew 16:18. Witham.—Cephas is a Syriac word, its import is the same as rock or stone. And Saint Paul commonly calleth him by this name: whereas others, both Greeks and Latins, call him by the Greek appellation, Peter; which signifies exactly the same thing. Hence S. Cyril saith, that our Saviour, by foretelling that his name should be now no more Simon, but Peter, did by the word itself aptly signify, that on him, as on a rock most firm, he would build his Church. Lib. ii. chapter 12. in Joan.
“Cephas” (Aramaic) and “Peter” (Greek) both mean “Rock”.
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