John 1

The Word Became Flesh

1 *Gen. 1:1;[Col. 1:17;1 John 1:1;Rev. 1:4,8,17;3:14;21:6;22:13] In the beginning was *Rev. 19:13;[Heb. 4:12;1 John 1:1] the Word, and *1 John 1:2;[ch. 17:5] the Word was with God, and *Phil. 2:6the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 *ver. 10;Ps. 33:6;1 Cor. 8:6;Col. 1:16;Heb. 1:2All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. 4 *ch. 5:26;11:25;1 John 1:2;5:11In him was life,*1:4 Or was not any thing made. That which has been made was life in him and *ch. 8:12;9:5;12:46the life was the light of men. 5 *[ch. 3:19]The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.

6 There was a man *ver. 33;ch. 3:28;Mal. 3:1sent from God, whose name was *Matt. 3:1;Mark 1:4;Luke 3:2John. 7 He came as a *ch. 3:26;5:33witness, to bear witness about the light, *Acts 19:4that all might believe through him. 8 *ver. 20He was not the light, but came to bear witness about the light.

9 *Isa. 49:6;1 John 2:8The true light, which gives light to everyone, was coming into the world. 10 He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet *[ch. 16:3;1 John 3:1]the world did not know him. 11 He came to *Matt. 21:38his own,*1:11 Greek to his own things; that is, to his own domain, or to his own people and *ch. 13:1his own people*1:11 People is implied in Greek*ch. 5:43;[ch. 3:11,32]did not receive him. 12 But to all who did receive him, *See 1 John 5:13who believed in his name, *1 John 5:1he gave the right *1 John 3:1;[Matt. 5:45] to become *[Gal. 3:26]; See ch. 11:52children of God, 13 who *James 1:18;[ch. 3:3;1 Pet. 1:3] were born, *1 Pet. 1:23not of blood *ch. 3:6nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.

14 And *ver. 1the Word *Rom. 1:3;8:3;Gal. 4:4;Phil. 2:7,8;Col. 1:22;1 Tim. 3:16;Heb. 2:14;1 John 4:2;2 John 7;[ch. 6:51] became flesh and *Rev. 7:15;21:3dwelt among us, *ch. 2:11;Luke 9:32;2 Pet. 1:16,17;1 John 1:1;4:14and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son*1:14 Or only One, or unique One from the Father, full of *See ver. 7grace and *[ch. 14:6]truth. 15 (*See ver. 7John bore witness about him, and cried out, "This was he of whom I said, *ver. 27, 30;See Matt. 3:11‘He who comes after me ranks before me, because he was before me.’") 16 For from *Eph. 1:23;3:19;4:13;Col. 1:19;2:9his fullness we have all received, *[Matt. 25:29]grace upon grace.*1:16 Or grace in place of grace17 For *ch. 7:19;Ex. 20:1the law was given through Moses; *ver. 14;[Rom. 5:21]grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. 18 *ch. 5:37;6:46;Ex. 33:20;Col. 1:15;1 Tim. 6:16;1 John 4:12,20;[ch. 12:45] No one has ever seen God; *ver. 14;See ch. 3:16God the only Son, who*1:18 Or seen God; the only God who; some manuscripts seen God; the only Son, who (see verse 14) is at the Father’s side,*1:18 Greek in the bosom of the Father*[Matt. 11:27]; See ch. 3:32he has made him known.

The Testimony of John the Baptist

19 And this is the *ch. 3:26testimony of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, *[ch. 8:25]"Who are you?" 20 *ver. 8;ch. 3:28;Acts 13:25;[Luke 3:15]He confessed, and did not deny, but confessed, "I am not the Christ." 21 And they asked him, "What then? *[Matt. 11:14;16:14] Are you Elijah?" He said, "I am not." "Are you *See Deut. 18:15,18the Prophet?" And he answered, "No." 22 So they said to him, "Who are you? We need to give an answer to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?" 23 He said, "I am *Cited from Isa. 40:3;See Matt. 3:3the voice of one crying out in the wilderness, ‘Make straight*1:23 Or crying out, ‘In the wilderness make straight the way of the Lord,’ as the prophet Isaiah said."

24 (Now they had been sent from the Pharisees.) 25 They asked him, *Matt. 3:6;Mark 1:4;Luke 3:3,7"Then why are you baptizing, if you are neither the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?" 26 John answered them, *Matt. 3:11;Mark 1:7,8;Luke 3:16;Acts 1:5;13:25"I baptize with water, but among you stands one you do not know, 27 even *ver. 15, 30he who comes after me, the strap of whose sandal I am not worthy to untie." 28 These things took place in Bethany across the Jordan, where John was baptizing.

Behold, the Lamb of God

29 The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, "Behold, *ver. 36;Ex. 12:3;Isa. 53:7;Acts 8:32;1 Pet. 1:19;[Gen. 22:8;Rev. 5:6] the Lamb of God, who *1 John 3:5;[Heb. 10:4,11] takes away the sin *[ch. 3:16,17;4:42;12:47;1 John 2:2;4:14]of the world! 30 This is he of whom I said, *ver. 15, 27‘After me comes a man who ranks before me, because he was before me.’ 31 I myself did not know him, but *Luke 1:17,76,77for this purpose I came baptizing with water, that he might be revealed to Israel." 32 And John *See ver. 7bore witness: *Matt. 3:16;Mark 1:10;Luke 3:22"I saw the Spirit descend from heaven like a dove, and *[Isa. 11:2;Acts 10:38]it remained on him. 33 I myself did not know him, but *ver. 6;Luke 3:2he who sent me to baptize *[ch. 3:5] with water said to me, ‘He on whom you see the Spirit descend and remain, *Matt. 3:11;Mark 1:8;Luke 3:16;Acts 1:5this is he who baptizes *[ch. 3:5] with the Holy Spirit.’ 34 And I have seen and have borne witness that this is the Son*1:34 Some manuscripts the Chosen One of God."

Jesus Calls the First Disciples

35 The next day again John was standing with two of his disciples, 36 and he looked at Jesus as he walked by and said, "Behold, *See ver. 29the Lamb of God!" 37 The two disciples heard him say this, and they followed Jesus. 38 Jesus turned and saw them following and said to them, *ch. 18:4,7;20:15"What are you seeking?" And they said to him, *ver. 49;ch. 3:2,26;6:25;[ch. 20:16;Mark 10:51]"Rabbi" (which means Teacher), "where are you staying?" 39 He said to them, "Come and you will see." So they came and saw where he was staying, and they stayed with him that day, for it was about the tenth hour.*1:39 That is, about 4 p.m.40 *For ver. 40-42, [Matt. 4:18-22;Mark 1:16-20;Luke 5:2-11]One of the two who heard John speak and followed Jesus*1:40 Greek him was Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother. 41 He first found his own brother Simon and said to him, "We have found *ch. 4:25the Messiah" (which means Christ). 42 He brought him to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said, "You are Simon the son of *ch. 21:15-17John. You shall be called *1 Cor. 1:12;3:22Cephas" (which means *Matt. 16:18Peter*1:42 Cephas and Peter are from the word for rock in Aramaic and Greek, respectively).

Jesus Calls Philip and Nathanael

43 *[ver. 35;ch. 2:1] The next day Jesus decided *[ver. 28]to go to Galilee. He found Philip and said to him, "Follow me."44 Now *ch. 12:21Philip was from Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter. 45 Philip found *ch. 21:2Nathanael and said to him, "We have found him of whom *See Luke 16:16;24:27Moses in the Law and also the prophets wrote, Jesus *See Matt. 2:23of Nazareth, *ch. 6:42;Luke 3:23the son of Joseph." 46 Nathanael said to him, *[ch. 7:41,52]"Can anything good come out of Nazareth?" Philip said to him, "Come and see." 47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him and said of him, "Behold, *Ps. 73:1;Rom. 9:4,6an Israelite indeed, *Ps. 32:2;[Zeph. 3:13;Rev. 14:5]in whom there is no deceit!"48 Nathanael said to him, "How *ch. 2:24,25do you know me?" Jesus answered him, "Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you."49 Nathanael answered him, *See ver. 38"Rabbi, *[ch. 6:69;11:27;20:28] you are the Son of God! You are the *ch. 12:13;Zeph. 3:15;Matt. 27:11,42;[Zech. 9:9]King of Israel!" 50 Jesus answered him, "Because I said to you, ‘I saw you under the fig tree,’ do you believe? You will see greater things than these."51 And he said to him, "Truly, truly, I say to you,*1:51 The Greek for you is plural; twice in this verseyou will see *Ezek. 1:1;Matt. 3:16;Luke 3:21heaven opened, and *[Gen. 28:12] the angels of God ascending and descending on *See Dan. 7:13the Son of Man."