John 1:36

36 and looking at Jesus [as he]^[a] was walking by, he said, "Look! The Lamb of God!"

John 1:36 Meaning and Commentary

John 1:36

And looking upon Jesus as he walked
Either by them; or as he was going from them to his lodgings; it being toward the close of the day, when John had finished his work for that day, and the people were departing home: John fixed his eyes intently on Christ, with great pleasure and delight, and pointing at him,

he saith, behold the Lamb of God;
as in ( John 1:29 ) , where it is added, "which taketh away the sin of the world"; and which the Ethiopic version subjoins here.

John 1:36 In-Context

34 And I have seen and testify that this one is the Chosen One of God.

35 On the next day again John was standing [there], and two of his disciples,

36 and looking at Jesus [as he] was walking by, he said, "Look! The Lamb of God!"

37 And the two disciples heard him speaking, and they followed Jesus.

38 And Jesus, turning around and seeing them following [him], said to them, "What do you seek?" And they said to him, "Rabbi" (which means [when] translated "Teacher"), "where are you staying?"

Footnotes

• [a]. *Here "[as]" is supplied as a component of the participle ("walking by") which is understood as temporal