39. Dicit eis: Venite, et 39. He saith to them: Come and videte. Venerunt, et viderunt see. They came, and saw where ubi maneret, et apud eum he abode, and they staid with manserunt die illo: hora autem him that day: now it was about erat quasi decima. the tenth hour. 39. *About the tenth hour.* According to those who hold that St. John numbers the hours of the day after the Jewish method, the time here indicated would be about two hours before sunset. For the Jews divided the natural day or time of light into twelve equal parts, each part being one‐ twelfth of the whole, so that the length of their hour varied according to the season of the year. If we suppose St. John to number as we do now, and as the Greeks did then, the time here indicated would be about 10 a.m. 40. Erat autem Andreas frater 40. And Andrew the brother of Simonis Petri unus ex duobus Simon Peter was one of the two qui audierant a Ioanne, et who had heard of John, and secuti fuerant eum. followed him. 40. It is extremely probable that the other who followed, and whose name is not given, was our Evangelist himself. See Introd. I. B. 2. 41. Invenit hic primum fratrem 41. He findeth first his suum Simonem, et dicit ei: brother Simon, and saith to Invenimus Messiam (quod est him: We have found the interpretatum Christus). Messias, which is, being interpreted, the Christ. 41. *First*; _i.e._, before the other (our Evangelist) findeth his brother, James. *Messias* (from the Hebrew root _Mashàch_ (משׂח), to anoint) = χριστός = anointed. It was the custom to anoint Hebrew kings, priests, and prophets; and Christ, as combining the three dignities in Himself, was _the anointed_ by excellence. 42. Et adduxit eum ad Iesum. 42. And he brought him to Intuitus autem eum Iesus, Jesus. And Jesus looking upon dixit: Tu es Simon filius him said: Thou art Simon the Iona: tu vocaberis Cephas, son of Jona: thou shalt be quod interpretatur Petrus. called Cephas, which is interpreted Peter. 42. Christ’s omniscience is left to be inferred from His knowing Simon(31) here at first sight. *Cephas*, Syro‐Chaldaic, _Képha_ (כפא); Hebrew _Keph_ (כפ) = πέτρα (rock), from which we have πέτρος with the feminine termination changed into the masculine. The change of Simon’s name was now predicted, but was probably not made till afterwards. See Mark iii. 16. 43. In crastinum voluit exire 43. On the following day he in Galilaeam, et invenit would go forth into Galilee, Philippum. Et dicit ei Iesus: and he findeth Philip. And Sequere me. Jesus saith to him: Follow me.