37And the two disciples heard him speak, and they followed Jesus.
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So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
The day following Jesus would go forth into Galilee, and findeth Philip, and saith unto him, Follow me.
And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.
And the inhabitants of one city shall go to another, saying, Let us go speedily to pray before the LORD, and to seek the LORD of hosts: I will go also.
And many of the Samaritans of that city believed on him for the saying of the woman, which testified, He told me all that ever I did. …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 37-42)We have here the turning over of two disciples from John to Jesus, and one of them fetching in a third, and these are the first-fruits of Christ’s disciples; see how small the church was in its beginnings, and what the dawning of the day of its great things was. I. Andrew and another with him were the two that John Baptist had directed to Christ, John 1:37. Who the other was we are not told; some…
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