28This happened in Bethany on the east side of the Jordan River, where John was baptizing.
29John saw Jesus coming toward him the next day and said, "Look! This is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world. 30He is the one I spoke about when I said, 'A man who comes after me was before me because he existed before I did.' 31I didn't know who he was. However, I came to baptize with water to show him to the people of Israel." 32John said, "I saw the Spirit come down as a dove from heaven and stay on him. 33I didn't know who he was. But God, who sent me to baptize with water, had told me, 'When you see the Spirit come down and stay on someone, you'll know that person is the one who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.' 34I have seen this and have declared that this is the Son of God."
35The next day John was standing with two of his disciples. 36John saw Jesus walk by. John said, "Look! This is the Lamb of God." 37When the two disciples heard John say this, they followed Jesus. 38Jesus turned around and saw them following him. He asked them, "What are you looking for?" They said to him, "Rabbi" (which means "teacher"), "where are you staying?" 39Jesus told them, "Come, and you will see." So they went to see where he was staying and spent the rest of that day with him. It was about ten o'clock in the morning. 40Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, was one of the two disciples who heard John and followed Jesus. 41Andrew at once found his brother Simon and told him, "We have found the Messiah" (which means "Christ"). 42Andrew brought Simon to Jesus. Jesus looked at Simon and said, "You are Simon, son of John. Your name will be Cephas" (which means "Peter").
43The next day Jesus wanted to go to Galilee. He found Philip and told him, "Follow me!" 44(Philip was from Bethsaida, the hometown of Andrew and Peter.) 45Philip found Nathanael and told him, "We have found the man whom Moses wrote about in his teachings and whom the prophets wrote about. He is Jesus, son of Joseph, from the city of Nazareth." 46Nathanael said to Philip, "Can anything good come from Nazareth?" Philip told him, "Come and see!" 47Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him and remarked, "Here is a true Israelite who is sincere." 48Nathanael asked Jesus, "How do you know anything about me?" Jesus answered him, "I saw you under the fig tree before Philip called you." 49Nathanael said to Jesus, "Rabbi, you are the Son of God! You are the king of Israel!" 50Jesus replied, "You believe because I told you that I saw you under the fig tree. You will see greater things than that." 51Jesus said to Nathanael, "I can guarantee this truth: You will see the sky open and God's angels going up and coming down to the Son of Man."
