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 I said : ‘After  me  cometh  a Man,  who  is  preferred  before  me, because He  was  before  me.’  I gave  testimony  that  this  is  the Son of  God.”

On the  following  day,  when  John  was  on  the  banks  of  the Jordan with  two  of  his  disciples,  he  beheld  Jesus  coming  towards him, and  he  again  said:  ‘Behold  the  Lamb  of  God!”  The  two disciples, hearing  this,  left  John  and  followed  Jesus. And Jesus, turning, spoke  to  them:  “What  seek  you?”  They  asked  Him: “Master, where  dwellest  Thou”? He said:  “Come  and  see!” They came,  and  saw  where  He  abode,  and  they  remained  with Him all  that  day.

These two  disciples  were  John  and  Andrew. The latter  had a brother named  Simon,  who  was  wishing  to  see  the  Messias. Andrew went  to  seek  Simon  and  said:  “We  have  found  the Messias.” And  he  conducted  him  to  Jesus. When Jesus  saw  Simon, He looked  upon  him  and  said:  “Thou  art  Simon,  the  son  of  Jona; thou shalt  be  called  Cephas”,  that  is  to  say,  Peter6,  a rock.

The next  day  Jesus  went  forth  into  Galilee,  and  on  the  road He met  a man  named  Philip,  who  also  longed  for  the  coming