Parallel Verses
Darby Translation
He first finds his own brother Simon, and says to him, We have found the Messias (which being interpreted is Christ).
New American Standard Bible
He *found first his own brother Simon and *said to him, “We have found the
King James Version
He first findeth his own brother Simon, and saith unto him, We have found the Messias, which is, being interpreted, the Christ.
Holman Bible
He first found his own brother Simon and told him, “We have found the Messiah!”
International Standard Version
The first thing Andrew did was to find his brother Simon and say to him, "We have found the Anointed One!" (which is translated "Messiah").
A Conservative Version
This man first finds his own brother Simon, and says to him, We have found the Messiah (which is, being interpreted, Christ).
American Standard Version
He findeth first his own brother Simon, and saith unto him, We have found the Messiah (which is, being interpreted, Christ).
Amplified
He first looked for and found his own brother Simon and told him, “We have found the
An Understandable Version
The first thing Andrew did was to find his own brother Simon and say to him, "We have found the Messiah (which means Christ [i.e., God's specially chosen one])."
Anderson New Testament
One of the two that heard John speak, and followed him, was Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter.
Bible in Basic English
Early in the morning he came across his brother and said to him, We have made discovery! It is the Messiah! (which is to say, the Christ).
Common New Testament
He first found his own brother Simon, and said to him, "We have found the Messiah" (which means the Christ).
Daniel Mace New Testament
the first he met was his own brother Simon, to whom he said, "we have found the Messias," that is to say, the Christ.
Godbey New Testament
he first finds his own brother Simon, and says to him, We have found Messiah, which is being interpreted, Christ.
John Wesley New Testament
He first findeth his own brother Simon, and saith to him, We have found the Messiah (which is, being interpreted the Christ.)
Julia Smith Translation
He first finds his own brother Simon, and says to him, We have found Messias, which is, being interpreted, Christ.
King James 2000
He first found his own brother Simon, and said unto him, We have found the Messiah, which is, being interpreted, the Christ.
Lexham Expanded Bible
This one first found his own brother Simon and said to him, "We have found the Messiah!" (which is translated "Christ").
Modern King James verseion
He first found his own brother Simon and said to him, We have found the Messiah (which is, being translated, the Christ).
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The same found his brother Simon first, and said unto him, "We have found Messiah," which is by interpretation, Anointed.
Moffatt New Testament
In the morning he met his brother Simon and told him, "We have found the messiah" (which may be translated, 'Christ').
Montgomery New Testament
In the morning he found his brother Simon, and said to him, "We have found the Messiah" (a word which means Christ, the Anointed One).
NET Bible
He first found his own brother Simon and told him, "We have found the Messiah!" (which is translated Christ).
New Heart English Bible
He first found his own brother, Simon, and said to him, "We have found the Messiah." (which is translated, Christ).
Noyes New Testament
He first findeth his own brother Simon, and saith to him, We have found the Messiah; (which is, when interpreted, the Christ.)
Sawyer New Testament
he first found his brother Simon, and said to him, We have found the Messiah; which is interpreted, Christ [Anointed].
The Emphasized Bible
The same findeth, first, his own brother Simon, and saith unto him - We have found the Messiah! which is, when translated, Anointed.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
He first finds his own brother Simon, and saith to him, We have found the Messiah (which is, being translated, the Christ).
Twentieth Century New Testament
He first found his own brother Simon, and said to him: "We have found the Messiah!" (a word which means 'Christ,' or 'Consecrated'.)
Webster
He first findeth his own brother Simon, and saith to him, We have found the Messiah; which is, being interpreted, the Christ.
Weymouth New Testament
He first found his own brother Simon, and said to him, "We have found the Messiah!" --that is to say, the Anointed One.
Williams New Testament
He first found his brother Simon and said to him, "We have found the Messiah" (which means, the Christ).
World English Bible
He first found his own brother, Simon, and said to him, "We have found the Messiah!" (which is, being interpreted, Christ).
Worrell New Testament
He first finds his own brother Simon, and says to him, "We have found the Messiah," (which, being translated, is Christ).
Worsley New Testament
He first meeteth with his own brother Simon, and telleth him, "We have found the Messiah, which is to say, the Christ."
Youngs Literal Translation
this one doth first find his own brother Simon, and saith to him, 'We have found the Messiah,' (which is, being interpreted, The Anointed,)
Themes
Andrew » Finds peter, his brother, and brings him to jesus
Bringing men to jesus » The seekers
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Word Count of 36 Translations in John 1:41
Verse Info
Context Readings
Andrew Declares Jesus To Be The Messiah
40 Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, was one of the two who heard this from John and followed him. 41 He first finds his own brother Simon, and says to him, We have found the Messias (which being interpreted is Christ). 42 And he led him to Jesus. Jesus looking at him said, Thou art Simon, the son of Jonas; thou shalt be called Cephas (which interpreted is stone).
Cross References
John 4:25
The woman says to him, I know that Messias is coming, who is called Christ; when he comes he will tell us all things.
2 Kings 7:9
And they said one to another, We are not doing right; this day is a day of good tidings, and we hold our peace: if we tarry till the morning light, the iniquity will find us out; and now come, let us go and tell the king's household.
Psalm 2:2
The kings of the earth set themselves, and the princes plot together, against Jehovah and against his anointed:
Psalm 45:7
Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated wickedness; therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy companions.
Psalm 89:20
I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him:
Isaiah 2:3-5
And many peoples shall go and say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of Jehovah, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths. For out of Zion shall go forth the law, and Jehovah's word from Jerusalem.
Isaiah 11:2
and the Spirit of Jehovah shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of Jehovah.
Isaiah 61:1
The Spirit of the Lord Jehovah is upon me, because Jehovah hath anointed me to announce glad tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and opening of the prison to them that are bound;
Daniel 9:25-26
Know therefore and understand: From the going forth of the word to restore and to build Jerusalem unto Messiah, the Prince, are seven weeks, and sixty-two weeks. The street and the moat shall be built again, even in troublous times.
Luke 2:17
and having seen it they made known about the country the thing which had been said to them concerning this child.
Luke 2:38
and she coming up the same hour gave praise to the Lord, and spoke of him to all those who waited for redemption in Jerusalem.
Luke 4:18-21
The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to preach glad tidings to the poor; he has sent me to preach to captives deliverance, and to the blind sight, to send forth the crushed delivered,
John 1:36-37
And, looking at Jesus as he walked, he says, Behold the Lamb of God.
John 1:45
Philip finds Nathanael, and says to him, We have found him of whom Moses wrote in the law, and the prophets, Jesus, the son of Joseph, who is from Nazareth.
John 4:28-29
The woman then left her waterpot and went away into the city, and says to the men,
Acts 4:27
For in truth against thy holy servant Jesus, whom thou hadst anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the nations, and peoples of Israel, have been gathered together in this city
Acts 10:38
Jesus who was of Nazareth: how God anointed him with the Holy Spirit and with power; who went through all quarters doing good, and healing all that were under the power of the devil, because God was with him.
Acts 13:32-33
And we declare unto you the glad tidings of the promise made to the fathers,
Hebrews 1:8-9
but as to the Son, Thy throne, O God, is to the age of the age, and a sceptre of uprightness is the sceptre of thy kingdom.
1 John 1:3
that which we have seen and heard we report to you, that ye also may have fellowship with us; and our fellowship is indeed with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.