John 1:41-42

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - John 1:42

‘He brought him to Jesus. Jesus looked on him and said, “You are Simon, the son of John, you will be called Cephas (which is by interpretation, Peter)”.’ ‘He brought him to Jesus.’ What a multitude of meaning lies in those words. Humanly speaking the great Peter owed his conversion to Andrew. And it is a reminder that that is what we are to seek to do. To bring men to Jesus. So Simon comes to see for himself, and on seeing Simon, Jesus declares that one day he will be renamed Peter (petros in... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - John 1:35-51

John 1:35-Colossians : . The Baptist’ s Disciples and Jesus.— On the morrow to two of his disciples John bears similar witness. The account in its details suggests the recollections of one to whom the incident bad been the turning-point of his life. The tenth hour, four o’ clock, if true or traditional, may have suggested to the writer “ the beginning of a new era.” He could hardly have invented it for that purpose. The unnamed disciple ( cf. John 1:40) is generally identified with John the... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - John 1:41

It should seem that both the disciples (after their converse with Christ at the place where he lodged) went together to look for Peter, Andrew’s brother. Andrew first found him, and tells him (with great joy) that he and that other disciple had found the Messiah, prophesied of by Daniel, and in the expectation of whom the disciples and the Jews lived. The term Messiah in Hebrew is the same with Christ in Greek, and both signify the same with Anointed in English. The article in this place is... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - John 1:42

Andrew having found his brother Simon, conducts him to Jesus. Andrew, and Simon, and Philip were citizens of Bethsaida, John 1:44, which was a city of Galilee; how near to the place where John baptized, or Christ lodged, we cannot say. Probably Simon was one of John’s disciples, and came to attend his ministry; so as the disciples only sought him in the crowd, and came with him to Christ. When Christ beheld him, he said, Thou art Simon; he knew him, and called him by name, and told him his... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - John 1:38-44

EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTESJohn 1:38-43. Jesus turned, etc.—Jesus saw these two young men modestly following Him, too diffident to accost Him. He, therefore, with friendly invitation encouraged them. “What seek ye?” The apparently irrelevant answer of the disciples, “Rabbi, where dwellest Thou?” may be understood as simply expressing a desire for further acquaintance and conversation with the Saviour. The use of the word Rabbi with the interpretation shows that this Gospel was intended in... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - John 1:35-42

John 1:35-42 The First Disciples. I. We see here the very first beginnings of the Christian Church. With what reverent interest may we meetly regard this simple record of the beginning of that great kingdom which has made every other feel its sway. It has affected the stability of empires, overthrown old idolatries, exploded philosophies, and, in spite of opposition, has outspread itself already into almost world-wide breadth. And it begins here with the Divine quietness which is characteristic... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - John 1:40-42

John 1:40-42 The First Disciples Simon Peter. In this incident we have two things mainly to consider (1) the witness of the disciple; (2) the self-revelation of the Master. I. The witness of the disciple. (1) Notice first the illustratration that we get here of how instinctive and natural the impulse is, when one has found Jesus Christ, to tell some one else about Him. Nobody said to Andrew, "Go and look for your brother." And yet, as soon as he had fairly realised the fact that this man... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - John 1:41-42

John 1:41-42 The First Home Mission. I. We have here the spring of all true home mission work. Andrew had himself made acquaintance with the Lord Jesus Christ. II. Note the object of the mission, "And he brought him to Jesus." In any mission work we undertake we should be satisfied with nothing less than this. III. Note the place of this mission. It was in the most emphatic sense a home mission, and this has its lesson for us. In our zeal for the foreign heathen we are not to forget our own... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - John 1:42

John 1:42 Those words, strange perhaps as they might have sounded for the text of a sermon, must have sounded still stranger when Christ first spoke them to this man. It was a strange thing, indeed, to a man of the East, to whom a name always conveys significant associations, to a member of that Hebrew race with whose sacred literature the thought of change of name was always bound up with the thought of change of life, work, character, or mode of thought a strange thing to say to a man the... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - John 1:1-51

Shall we turn in our Bibles to the gospel according to John.The gospel of John was the last of the gospels that were written. It was written towards the close of that first century, written by John, for the purpose of convincing people that Jesus is the Christ, that by believing in Him they might have life in His name. John declares his purpose in writing these books. He said, "Many other things did Jesus which are not written, but these things were written that you might believe that Jesus is... read more

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