1In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. (创1:1; 约17:5; 腓2:6; 西1:17; 來4:12; 约一1:1; 约一1:2; 启1:4; 启1:8; 启1:17; 启3:14; 启19:13; 启21:6; 启22:13)2He was in the beginning with God.3All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. (诗33:6; 约1:10; 林前8:6; 西1:16; 來1:2)4In him was life,[1] and the life was the light of men. (约5:26; 约8:12; 约9:5; 约11:25; 约12:46; 约一1:2; 约一5:11)5The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. (约3:19)6There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. (玛3:1; 太3:1; 可1:4; 路3:2; 约1:33; 约3:28)7He came as a witness, to bear witness about the light, that all might believe through him. (约3:26; 约5:33; 徒19:4)8He was not the light, but came to bear witness about the light. (约1:20)9The true light, which gives light to everyone, was coming into the world. (赛49:6; 约一2:8)10He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet the world did not know him. (约16:3; 约一3:1)11He came to his own,[2] and his own people[3] did not receive him. (太21:38; 约3:11; 约3:32; 约5:43; 约13:1)12But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God, (太5:45; 约11:52; 加3:26; 约一3:1; 约一5:1; 约一5:13)13who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God. (约3:3; 约3:6; 雅1:18; 彼前1:3; 彼前1:23)14And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son[4] from the Father, full of grace and truth. (路9:32; 约1:1; 约1:7; 约2:11; 约6:51; 约14:6; 羅1:3; 羅8:3; 加4:4; 腓2:7; 西1:22; 提前3:16; 來2:14; 彼后1:16; 约一1:1; 约一4:2; 约一4:14; 约二1:7; 启7:15; 启21:3)15(John bore witness about him, and cried out, “This was he of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me ranks before me, because he was before me.’”) (太3:11; 约1:7; 约1:27; 约1:30)16For from his fullness we have all received, grace upon grace.[5] (太25:29; 弗1:23; 弗3:19; 弗4:13; 西1:19; 西2:9)17For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. (出20:1; 约1:14; 约7:19; 羅5:21)18No one has ever seen God; the only God,[6] who is at the Father’s side,[7] he has made him known. (出33:20; 太11:27; 约1:14; 约3:16; 约3:32; 约5:37; 约6:46; 约12:45; 西1:15; 提前6:16; 约一4:12; 约一4:20)
The Testimony of John the Baptist
19And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, “Who are you?” (约3:26; 约8:25)20He confessed, and did not deny, but confessed, “I am not the Christ.” (路3:15; 约1:8; 约3:28; 徒13:25)21And they asked him, “What then? Are you Elijah?” He said, “I am not.” “Are you the Prophet?” And he answered, “No.” (申18:15; 申18:18; 太11:14; 太16:14)22So they said to him, “Who are you? We need to give an answer to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?”23He said, “I am the voice of one crying out in the wilderness, ‘Make straight[8] the way of the Lord,’ as the prophet Isaiah said.” (赛40:3; 太3:3)24(Now they had been sent from the Pharisees.)25They asked him, “Then why are you baptizing, if you are neither the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?” (太3:6; 可1:4; 路3:3; 路3:7)26John answered them, “I baptize with water, but among you stands one you do not know, (太3:11; 可1:7; 路3:16; 徒1:5; 徒13:25)27even he who comes after me, the strap of whose sandal I am not worthy to untie.” (约1:15; 约1:30)28These things took place in Bethany across the Jordan, where John was baptizing.
Behold, the Lamb of God
29The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world! (创22:8; 出12:3; 赛53:7; 约1:36; 约3:16; 约4:42; 约12:47; 徒8:32; 來10:4; 來10:11; 彼前1:19; 约一2:2; 约一3:5; 约一4:14; 启5:6)30This is he of whom I said, ‘After me comes a man who ranks before me, because he was before me.’ (约1:15; 约1:27)31I myself did not know him, but for this purpose I came baptizing with water, that he might be revealed to Israel.” (路1:17; 路1:76)32And John bore witness: “I saw the Spirit descend from heaven like a dove, and it remained on him. (赛11:2; 太3:16; 可1:10; 路3:22; 约1:7; 徒10:38)33I myself did not know him, but he who sent me to baptize with water said to me, ‘He on whom you see the Spirit descend and remain, this is he who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.’ (太3:11; 可1:8; 路3:2; 路3:16; 约1:6; 约3:5; 徒1:5)34And I have seen and have borne witness that this is the Son[9] of God.”
Jesus Calls the First Disciples
35The next day again John was standing with two of his disciples,36and he looked at Jesus as he walked by and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God!” (约1:29)37The two disciples heard him say this, and they followed Jesus.38Jesus turned and saw them following and said to them, “What are you seeking?” And they said to him, “Rabbi” (which means Teacher), “where are you staying?” (可10:51; 约1:49; 约3:2; 约3:26; 约6:25; 约18:4; 约18:7; 约20:15; 约20:16)39He said to them, “Come and you will see.” So they came and saw where he was staying, and they stayed with him that day, for it was about the tenth hour.[10]40One of the two who heard John speak and followed Jesus[11] was Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother. (太4:18; 可1:16; 路5:2)41He first found his own brother Simon and said to him, “We have found the Messiah” (which means Christ). (约4:25)42He brought him to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said, “You are Simon the son of John. You shall be called Cephas” (which means Peter[12]). (太16:18; 约21:15; 林前1:12; 林前3:22)
Jesus Calls Philip and Nathanael
43The next day Jesus decided to go to Galilee. He found Philip and said to him, “Follow me.” (约1:28; 约1:35; 约2:1)44Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter. (约12:21)45Philip found Nathanael and said to him, “We have found him of whom Moses in the Law and also the prophets wrote, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.” (太2:23; 路3:23; 路16:16; 路24:27; 约6:42; 约21:2)46Nathanael said to him, “Can anything good come out of Nazareth?” Philip said to him, “Come and see.” (约7:41; 约7:52)47Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him and said of him, “Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom there is no deceit!” (诗32:2; 诗73:1; 番3:13; 羅9:4; 羅9:6; 启14:5)48Nathanael said to him, “How do you know me?” Jesus answered him, “Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you.” (约2:24)49Nathanael answered him, “Rabbi, you are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!” (番3:15; 亚9:9; 太27:11; 太27:42; 约1:38; 约6:69; 约11:27; 约12:13; 约20:28)50Jesus answered him, “Because I said to you, ‘I saw you under the fig tree,’ do you believe? You will see greater things than these.”51And he said to him, “Truly, truly, I say to you,[13] you will see heaven opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man.” (创28:12; 结1:1; 但7:13; 太3:16; 路3:21)