41He first findeth his own brother Simon, and saith unto him, We have found the Messias, which is, being interpreted, the Christ.
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The woman saith unto him, I know that Messias cometh, which is called Christ: when he is come, he will tell us all things.
Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith unto him, We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.
And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem. …
I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him:
The woman then left her waterpot, and went her way into the city, and saith to the men, …
Commentary
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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