John 1:43

Plain English Version

The next day, Jesus wanted to go north, to Galilee country. But first he found a man called Philip and said to him, “Follow me.”

Cross References

Matthew 4:12

After that, Jesus heard that some soldiers grabbed John and put him in jail. So Jesus left Judea country and went back to Galilee country.

Matthew 8:22

Jesus said to him, “No. You come and follow me now. You see, some people are spiritually dead, so they can bury the dead bodies of their own people. But you come and follow me.” (We have not yet translated 8:23—9:26. You can read those stories in Mark 2:1-22; 4:35-41; 5:1-43.)

Luke 19:10

I am God’s special man from heaven, and I came to earth to look for people that went wrong and got lost, so that I can save them.”

John 1:28

That all happened at a place called Bethany, on the east side of the Jordan River. John was baptising people there.

John 1:29

The next day, John saw Jesus coming to him. John said to the people there, “Look at that man. He is the special one that God sent. You know how people kill a young sheep to pay for the bad things they did. Well, God sent this man to die, like those young sheep. He is going to let people kill him, to pay for all the bad things that everybody in the world does.

John 1:35

The next day, John was standing near the Jordan River again.

John 1:37

John’s 2 followers heard him say that about Jesus, so they left John and followed Jesus.

John 1:44

Philip was from a town called Bethsayida, the same town that Andrew and Peter were from.

John 12:21

Those Greek people went to see Philip, one of Jesus’s special workers. (He was from a town called Bethsayida, in Galilee country.) They said to Philip, “Sir, we want to meet Jesus.”

John 14:8

Then Philip said, “Sir, show us the father, that’s all we want.”

John 2:11

This was the first powerful thing Jesus did. He did it in Cana, in Galilee country. He did it to show that his power came from God, and his followers believed in him. They believed that he came from God.

John 6:5

Jesus looked around and saw the big mob of people walking towards him. He knew what he was going to do, but he wanted to test Philip, one of his special workers. So he said, “Philip, where can we get food for all these people?”

John 6:7

Philip said, “We haven’t got much money. If we want to buy enough bread to give all these people just a little bit each, we need thousands of dollars.”

Philippians 3:12

I’m not saying that I have already done all that. I’m not saying that I’m properly good now. But, you see, Jesus Christ picked me to be one of his people, so I’m trying hard to be the sort of person that he wants me to be.