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Jesus (on the left) is being identified by John the Baptist as the "Lamb of God who takes away of the sins of the world", in John 1:29. [1] 17th century depiction by Vannini. Tissot, James, The calling of Peter and Andrew. The calling of the disciples is a key episode in the life of Jesus in the New Testament.
In the King James Version of the Bible the text reads: And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers. The World English Bible translates the passage as: Walking by the sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers: Simon, who is called Peter,
Euthymius the Great comments on this portion saying that these words of Andrew are "the speech of one who is very glad; We have found Him whom we sought, whom we hoped should come, whom the Scriptures announced", while Bede notes, "No one finds but he who seeks: he who says that he has found shows that he had been a long while seeking."
In the King James Version of the Bible the text reads: And he brought him to Jesus. And when Jesus beheld him, he said, Thou art Simon the son of Jona: thou shalt be called Cephas, which is by interpretation, A stone. The New International Version translates the passage as: And he brought him to Jesus.
The Gospel of John states that Andrew was a disciple of John the Baptist, whose testimony first led him, and another unnamed disciple of John the Baptist, traditionally believed to be John the Apostle, to follow Jesus and spend the day with him, thus becoming the first two disciples called by Jesus. [20] Andrew at once recognized Jesus as the ...
In the King James Version of the Bible, the text reads: And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men. The World English Bible translates the passage as: He said to them, "Come after me, and I will make you fishers for men." For a collection of other versions see BibleHub Matthew 4:19.
The author is identified as "James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ" (James 1:1). James (Jacob, Hebrew: יַעֲקֹב, romanized: Ya'aqov, Ancient Greek: Ιάκωβος, romanized: Iakobos) was an extremely common name in antiquity, and a number of early Christian figures are named James, including: James the son of Zebedee, James the Less, James the son of Alphaeus, and James ...
The Book That Jesus Wrote: John's Gospel. Doubleday. ISBN 978-0868247120. Vermes, Géza (1973). Jesus the Jew: A Historian's Reading of the Gospels. Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press. ISBN 978-0800614430. Vermes is a prominent figure in contemporary historical Jesus research. [8] Wallace-Murphy, Tim; Hopkins, Marilyn; Simmans, Graham (March 30 ...