Again, the next day, John was standing with two of his disciples,
Parallel translations
- KJV Again the next day after John stood, and two of his disciples;
- BSB The next day John was there again with two of his disciples.
- ESV The next day again John was standing with two of his disciples,
- NKJV Again, the next day, John stood with two of his disciples.
- NASB Again the next day John was standing with two of his disciples,
- NLT The following day John was again standing with two of his disciples.
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Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 2
- Mal 3:16Then those who feared Yahweh spoke one with another; and Yahweh listened, and heard, and a book of memory was written before him, for those who feared Yahweh, and who honored his name.
- John 3:25–26There arose therefore a questioning on the part of John’s disciples with some Jews about purification.
Themes, concepts, people & topics
Resources, by level
Pastoral
Henry on the prologue — rich on the Word and the incarnation.
Seminary
- ★ Start hereCommentaryThe Gospel According to John (Pillar NT Commentary)D. A. Carson · ~720 pp · Paid · reformed
The go-to mid-level exegetical commentary on John — rigorous and readable.
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Christ at the center
John declares him plainly: the eternal Word made flesh, the Lamb of God, the great 'I AM' — bread, light, door, shepherd, way, truth, life, resurrection — that you may believe and have life in his name.
How John 1:35 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.
Original language
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