The next day Jesus decided to go to Galilee. He found Philip and said to him, “Come, follow me.” Philip was from Bethsaida, Andrew and Peter’s hometown. Philip went to look for Nathanael and told him, “We have found the very person Moses and the prophets wrote about! His name is Jesus, the son of …
The next day Jesus decided to go to Galilee. He found Philip and said to him, “Come, follow me.” —John 1:43 NLT Key Thought Jesus found Philip in Galilee. Philip, at his best, was a practical and sensible man.[1] At his worst, Philip was earth-bound and without imagination.[2] Yet Jesus saw something special in Philip. …
Then Andrew brought Simon to meet Jesus. Looking intently at Simon, Jesus said, “Your name is Simon, son of John — but you will be called Cephas” (which means “Peter”). —John 1:42 NLT Key Thought When a new child is born, godly parents stare lovingly at their gift from the Father and wonder, “What will …
Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, was one of [John the Baptizer’s disciples] who heard what John said and then followed Jesus. Andrew went to find his brother, Simon, and told him, “We have found the Messiah” (which means “Christ”). —John 1:40-41 NLT Key Thought Did you notice the first thing Andrew did after he started following …
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Jesus looked around and saw [John the Baptizer’s two disciples] following. “What do you want?” he asked them. They replied, “Rabbi” (which means “Teacher”), “where are you staying?” “Come and see,” he said. It was about four o’clock in the afternoon when they went with him to the place where he was staying, and they …
The following day John was again standing with two of his disciples. As Jesus walked by, John looked at him and declared, “Look! There is the Lamb of God!” When John’s two disciples heard this, they followed Jesus. —John 1:35-37 NLT Key Thought John had already talked about Jesus being the “Lamb of God who …
[John the Baptizer said,] “I didn’t know [Jesus] was the one, but when God sent me to baptize with water, he told me, ‘The one on whom you see the Spirit descend and rest is the one who will baptize with the Holy Spirit.’ I saw this happen to Jesus, so I testify that he …
[John the Baptizer said,] “I did not recognize [Jesus] as the Messiah, but I have been baptizing with water so that he might be revealed to Israel.” Then John testified, “I saw the Holy Spirit descending like a dove from heaven and resting upon him. I didn’t know he was the one, but when God …
[About Jesus, John the Baptizer said,] “He is the one I was talking about when I said, ‘A man is coming after me who is far greater than I am, for he existed long before me.’” —John 1:30 NLT Key Thought What John says in this verse sounds kind of like a broken record. [1] John …
The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!” —John 1:29 NLT Key Thought Animal sacrifice seems so foreign, maybe even cruel, in our day. Yet it was God’s way of helping people know that their sin was costly, injurious, …