37 And the two disciples heard him speaking, and they followed Jesus. 38 And Jesus, turning around and seeing them following him,[a] said to them, “What do you seek?” And they said to him, “Rabbi” (which means when[b] translated “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 (it was about the tenth hour).

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Footnotes

  1. John 1:38 *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  2. John 1:38 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“translated”) which is understood as temporal

37 When the two disciples heard him say this, they followed Jesus. 38 Turning around, Jesus saw them following and asked, “What do you want?”

They said, “Rabbi”(A) (which means “Teacher”), “where are you staying?”

39 “Come,” he replied, “and you will see.”

So they went and saw where he was staying, and they spent that day with him. It was about four in the afternoon.

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