35 Again on the morrow John was standing, and two of his disciples; 36 and he looked upon Jesus as he walked, and saith, Behold, the Lamb 37 of God [_see Isa. 53:7_]! And the two disciples heard him speak, 38 and they followed Jesus. And Jesus turned, and beheld them following, and saith unto them, What seek ye? And they said unto him, Rabbi (which is to say, being interpreted, [1]Master), where 39 abidest thou? He saith unto them, Come, and ye shall see. They came therefore and saw where he abode; and they abode with him 40 that day: it was about the tenth hour. One of the two that heard John _speak_, and followed him, was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother. 41 He findeth first his own brother Simon, and saith unto him, We have found the Messiah (which is, being interpreted, [2]Christ). 42 He brought him unto Jesus. Jesus looked upon him, and said, thou art Simon the son of [3]John: thou shalt be called Cephas (which is by interpretation, [4]Peter). 43 On the morrow he was minded to go forth into Galilee, and he 44 findeth Philip: and Jesus saith unto him, Follow me. Now Philip 45 was from Bethsaida, of the city of Andrew and Peter. 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, 46 the son of Joseph. And Nathanael said unto him, Can any good thing 47 come out of Nazareth? Philip saith unto him, Come and see. Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold, an 48 Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile! Nathanael saith unto him, Whence knowest thou me? Jesus answered and said unto him, Before Philip called thee, when thou wast under the fig tree, I saw thee. 49 Nathanael answered him, Rabbi, thou art the son of God; thou art 50 King of Israel[b] [_see 2 Sam. 7:14; Ps. 2:7_]. Jesus answered and said unto him, Because I said unto thee, I saw thee underneath the fig tree, believest thou? thou shalt see greater things than 51 these. And he saith unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Ye shall see the heaven opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man[c] [_see Gen. 28:12_]. [Footnote 1: Or, _Teacher_.] [Footnote 2: That is, _Anointed_.] [Footnote 3: Gr. _Joanes_: called in Matt. 16:17, _Jonah_.] [Footnote 4: That is, _Rock_ or _Stone_.] [Footnote a: Notice here a series of First Things; first testimony of John, first disciples, first miracle, first residence at Capernaum, first passover during his ministry, first extended discourse.] [Footnote b: Notice that these first disciples at once believed that Jesus was the Messiah (ver. 41, 45, 49). Compare the confession of Jesus (§ 35) to the Woman at Jacob's well and the confessions of Peter in Matt. 14:33; John 6:69; Matt. 16:16 (§§ 74, 76, 82).]