First he finds his own brother Simon and tells him, “We’ve found the Messiah!” (which is translated Anointed One).
John 7:41 - Tree of Life Version Others were saying, “This is the Messiah.” Still others were saying, “The Messiah doesn’t come from the Galilee, does He? Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Others said, This is the Christ. But some said, Shall Christ come out of Galilee? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Others said, This is the Christ (the Messiah, Anointed One)! But some said, What? Does the Christ come out of Galilee? American Standard Version (1901) Others said, This is the Christ. But some said, What, doth the Christ come out of Galilee? Common English Bible Others said, “He’s the Christ.” But others said, “The Christ can’t come from Galilee, can he? Catholic Public Domain Version Others were saying, "He is the Christ." Yet certain ones were saying: "Does the Christ come from Galilee? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Others said: This is the Christ. But some said: Doth the Christ come out of Galilee? |
First he finds his own brother Simon and tells him, “We’ve found the Messiah!” (which is translated Anointed One).
“Natzeret!” Nathanael answered. “Can anything good come from there?” Philip said to him, “Come and see.”
“Rabbi,” Nathanael answered, “You are Ben-Elohim! You are the King of Israel!”
The woman tells Him, “I know that Messiah is coming (He who is called the Anointed One.) When He comes, He will explain everything to us.”
“Come see a man who told me everything I ever did! He couldn’t be the Messiah, could He?”
They kept telling the woman, “It’s no longer because of your words that we believe. We’ve heard for ourselves! Now we know that this really is the Savior of the world!”
We have trusted and have come to know that you are the Holy One of God.”
But we know where this person is from. But the Messiah, whenever He may come, no one knows where He is from.”
Yet many from the crowd believed in Him and were saying, “When the Messiah comes, He won’t perform more signs than this person has, will He?”
They answered him, “You aren’t from the Galilee too, are you? Search, and see that no prophet comes out of the Galilee!”