John 1:39 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

³⁹ Then He said to them, “Come, and you will see.” So, they went and saw where He was staying and they stayed with Him that day. It was about ten o’clock in the morning. [Note: Hour designations in this book are being calculated by Roman time, but this would have been 4 PM if Jewish time were meant].

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³⁹ He saith unto them, Come and see. They came and saw where he dwelt, and abode with him that day: for it was about the tenth hour.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³⁹ He said to them, Come and see. So they went and saw where He was staying, and they remained with Him that day. It was then about the tenth hour (about four o'clock in the afternoon).

American Standard Version (1901)

³⁹ He saith unto them, Come, and ye shall see. They came therefore and saw where he abode; and they abode with him that day: it was about the tenth hour.

Common English Bible

³⁹ He replied, “Come and see.” So they went and saw where he was staying, and they remained with him that day. It was about four o’clock in the afternoon.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³⁹ He said to them, "Come and see." They went and saw where he was staying, and they stayed with him that day. Now it was about the tenth hour.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³⁹ He saith to them: Come and see. They came, and saw where he abode, and they stayed with him that day: now it was about the tenth hour.

John 1:39 Cross References

Luke 24:29

So, the men urged Him to remain with them, saying, “Stay with us [i.e., overnight], because it is getting late and the day is almost over.” So, He went [to their house] to stay with them.

John 1:38

Then Jesus turned and saw them following [Him] and said to them, “What are you looking for?” And they answered Him, “Rabbi (which means Teacher), where are you staying?”

John 1:40

One of the two men who had listened to John and had become a follower of Jesus was Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother.

John 1:46

Nathaniel replied to him, “Can anything worthwhile come from Nazareth?” [Note: Nazareth had a bad reputation and Jewish writings made no prediction of a prophet coming from that area. See John 7:52]. Philip answered him, “Come and see.”

John 4:40

When the Samaritans came to Him, they urged Jesus to stay with them, so He remained there for two days.

John 6:37

Every person [Note: The Greek says, “every thing”] whom the Father gives me will [eventually] come to me [i.e., for salvation]; and I will never turn away that person who comes to me.

Revelation 3:20

Look, I am standing at [your] door and knocking; if anyone hears my voice [i.e., the sound of my knocking], and opens the door, I will [surely] come in to him and eat with him and he [will eat] with me.