38Then Jesus turned, and saw them following, and saith unto them, What seek ye? They said unto him, Rabbi,(which is to say, being interpreted, Master,) where dwellest thou?
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Then asked he them again, Whom seek ye? And they said, Jesus of Nazareth.
The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him.
Nathanael answered and saith unto him, Rabbi, thou art the Son of God; thou art the King of Israel.
One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to enquire in his temple.
Jesus therefore, knowing all things that should come upon him, went forth, and said unto them, Whom seek ye?
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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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