John 1:38

Jesus asks the two what they are seeking, and they call Him 'Rabbi' and ask where He is staying. Their question expresses a desire to learn from and remain with Him.

Cross-references · 26

• John 18:7So He asked them again, “Whom are you seeking?” “Jesus of Nazareth,” they answered.
• John 3:2He came to Jesus at night and said, “Rabbi, we know that You are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the signs You are doing if God were not with him.”
• John 1:49“Rabbi,” Nathanael answered, “You are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!”
• John 18:4Jesus, knowing all that was coming upon Him, stepped forward and asked them, “Whom are you seeking?”
• Ps 27:4One thing I have asked of the LORD; this is what I desire: to dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the LORD and seek Him in His temple.
• Prov 8:34Blessed is the man who listens to me, watching daily at my doors, waiting at the posts of my doorway.
• John 6:25When they found Him on the other side of the sea, they asked Him, “Rabbi, when did You get here?”
• John 12:21They came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and requested of him, “Sir, we want to see Jesus.”
• John 3:26So John’s disciples came to him and said, “Look, Rabbi, the One who was with you beyond the Jordan, the One you testified about—He is baptizing, and everyone is going to Him.”
• Acts 10:29So when I was invited, I came without objection. I ask, then, why have you sent for me?”
• Matt 23:7–8the greetings in the marketplaces, and the title of ‘Rabbi’ by which they are addressed.
• Luke 19:5When Jesus came to that place, He looked up and said, “Zacchaeus, hurry down, for I must stay at your house today.”
• John 20:15–16“Woman, why are you weeping?” Jesus asked. “Whom are you seeking?” Thinking He was the gardener, she said, “Sir, if you have carried Him off, tell me where you have put Him, and I will get Him.”
• Luke 10:39She had a sister named Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet listening to His message.
• Luke 18:40–41Jesus stopped and directed that the man be brought to Him. When he had been brought near, Jesus asked him,
• Prov 3:18She is a tree of life to those who embrace her, and those who lay hold of her are blessed.
• Luke 14:25Large crowds were now traveling with Jesus, and He turned and said to them,
• Song 1:7–8Tell me, O one I love, where do you pasture your sheep? Where do you rest them at midday? Why should I be like a veiled woman beside the flocks of your companions?
• Luke 15:20So he got up and went to his father. But while he was still in the distance, his father saw him and was filled with compassion. He ran to his son, embraced him, and kissed him.
• Luke 7:24–27After John’s messengers had left, Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John: “What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed swaying in the wind?
• Ruth 1:16But Ruth replied: “Do not urge me to leave you or to turn from following you. For wherever you go, I will go, and wherever you live, I will live; your people will be my people, and your God will be my God.
• Prov 13:20He who walks with the wise will become wise, but the companion of fools will be destroyed.
• Luke 8:38The man whom the demons had left begged to go with Jesus. But He sent him away, saying,
• Luke 22:61And the Lord turned and looked at Peter. Then Peter remembered the word that the Lord had spoken to him: “Before the rooster crows today, you will deny Me three times.”
• Acts 10:21So Peter went down to the men and said, “Here am I, the one you are looking for. Why have you come?”
• 1 Kgs 10:8How blessed are your men! How blessed are these servants of yours who stand continually before you and hear your wisdom!

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