Journey
The people of the Gospels
Meet the fishermen, tax collectors, sisters, beggars and seekers who met Jesus face to face, one story at a time.
People in this journey
Opening stop: We have found the Messias, John 1:40
John interprets Messias himself as the Christ. When Acts 4:26 quotes Psalm 2:2, the Lord's anointed becomes his Christ, and the next verse speaks of Jesus, whom thou hast anointed. John is the only New Testament writer to use Messias (John 1:41, 4:25). Andrew appears in three scenes in John, each time bringing someone to Jesus or pointing them out: his brother here, a boy with loaves (John 6:8-9), and some Greeks, with Philip (John 12:22).
One of the two which heard John speak, and followed him, was Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother.
King James Version
The chapter opens with the Word, who is in the beginning with God, through whom all things are made, in whom is life and light that darkness does not comprehend. A man named John is sent to bear witness of the Light and is said not to be that Light. The Word is made flesh and dwells among men. Questioned by priests and Levites, John denies that he is the Christ, Elias or that prophet, and calls himself a voice crying in the wilderness. He says he baptizes with water and that one stands among them whom they do not know. The next day he points to Jesus as the Lamb of God and reports seeing the Spirit descend like a dove. Two of John's disciples follow Jesus; one is Andrew, who brings his brother Simon, whom Jesus names Cephas. Jesus finds Philip, and Philip finds Nathanael, who calls Jesus the Son of God and the King of Israel.
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