35 The next day John was standing there with two of his disciples. 36 He saw Jesus passing by, and said, "Look! This is the Lamb of God!" 37 When the two disciples heard what he said they went and followed Jesus.
38 Jesus turned round and saw them following him. "What are you looking for?" he asked them.
"Rabbi (which means ‘Teacher’), where are you staying?" they asked in reply.
39 "Come and see," he told them. So they went with him and saw where he was staying. It was about four p.m., and they spent the rest of the day with him.
40 Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, was one of these two disciples who had heard what John said and followed Jesus. 41 He went at once to find his brother Simon and told him, "We’ve found the Messiah!" (which means "Christ").1:41. Both Messiah and Christ mean "the Anointed One." 42 He took him to Jesus. Looking directly at Simon, Jesus said, "You are Simon, son of John. But now you will be called Cephas," (which means "Peter").1:42. Cephas and Peter both mean "rock" or "stone."
43 The next day Jesus decided to go to Galilee. Jesus found Philip there, and told him, "Follow me." 44 Philip was from Bethsaida, the same town that Andrew and Peter came from.
45 Philip found Nathanael and told him, "We’ve found the one that Moses wrote about in the law and that the prophets did too—Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph."
46 "From Nazareth? Can anything good come from there?" Nathanael wondered.
"Just come and see," Philip replied.
47 As Jesus saw Nathanael approaching, he said about him, "Look, here’s a true Israelite! There’s nothing false about him."
48 "How do you know who I am?" Nathanael asked.
"I saw you there under the fig tree, before Philip called you," Jesus replied.
49 "Rabbi, you are the Son of God, the king of Israel!" Nathaniel exclaimed.
50 "You believe this just because I told you I saw you under the fig tree?" Jesus replied. "You’ll get to see much more than that!" 51 Then Jesus said, "I tell you the truth, you will all see heaven open, and the angels of God going up and down on the Son of man."1:51. Referring to Jacob’s experience in Genesis 28:12, with the term "Son of man" replacing the word "ladder."