41The first thing Andrew did was to find his brother Simon and tell him, "We have found the Messiah" (that is, the Christ).


In Context

38 Turning around, Jesus saw them following and asked, "What do you want?" They said, "Rabbi" (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 spent that day with him. It was about the tenth hour.

40 Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, was one of the two who heard what John had said and who had followed Jesus.

41 The first thing Andrew did was to find his brother Simon and tell him, "We have found the Messiah" (that is, the Christ).

42 And he brought him to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said, "You are Simon son of John. You will be called Cephas" (which, when translated, is Peter ).

43 The next day Jesus decided to leave for Galilee. Finding Philip, he said to him, "Follow me."

John 1:41 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:41He first findeth his own brother Simon, and saith unto him, We have found the Messias, which is, being interpreted, the Christ.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

1:41He findeth first his brother Simon, and saith to him: We have found the Messias, which is, being interpreted, the Christ.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

1:41He findeth first his own brother Simon, and saith unto him, We have found the Messiah (which is, being interpreted, Christ).

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:41He first finds his own brother Simon, and says to him, We have found the Messias (which being interpreted is Christ).

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

1:41He findeth first his own brother Simon, and saith unto him, We have found the Messiah (which is, being interpreted, Christ).

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:41He first findeth his own brother Simon, and saith to him, We have found the Messiah; which is, being interpreted, the Christ.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:41He first found his own brother, Simon, and said to him, |We have found the Messiah!| (which is, being interpreted, Christ).

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

1:41this one doth first find his own brother Simon, and saith to him, 'We have found the Messiah,' (which is, being interpreted, The Anointed,)

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:41He first finds his own brother Simon, and said to him, We have found the Messias, which is, being interpreted, the Christ.