John has included this incident to demonstrate to his readers that the whole purpose of John the Baptist's ministry was to prepare the way for people to follow Jesus, not to follow himself. John the Baptist again declares that Jesus is the Lamb of God, and the two disciples go to follow Jesus. They had obviously grasped John's teaching effectively.
Jesus greets them with a question, to which they reply with another question. There is nothing "super spiritual" about Jesus' response to "where are you staying", "come and you will see". He simply took them to the place He was staying at and they went along with Him.
Andrew, the brother of Peter, was one of the two. We are not told who the other one was. Some have said it was John himself. This may or may not be true, there is no conclusive evidence either way.
Andrew's reaction was to go and tell his brother and bring him along too. Andrew told him "they had found the messiah". How did he know this? This was based on two things (i) the teaching of John the Baptist; and (ii) the personal encounter with Jesus. Evangelism works in the same way today. We need to tell people, and they also need to have a personal encounter with the Lord.
On meeting Simon, Jesus immediately declares that he will become the rock.
Note that this incident implies that Jesus calling of Andrew and Peter from their nets to follow Him (Mark 1:16) was not the first time they had met Jesus. Jesus' call to them to follow Him did not come out of the blue, but was built on the back of previous meetings.
Jesus greets them with a question, to which they reply with another question. There is nothing "super spiritual" about Jesus' response to "where are you staying", "come and you will see". He simply took them to the place He was staying at and they went along with Him.
Andrew, the brother of Peter, was one of the two. We are not told who the other one was. Some have said it was John himself. This may or may not be true, there is no conclusive evidence either way.
Andrew's reaction was to go and tell his brother and bring him along too. Andrew told him "they had found the messiah". How did he know this? This was based on two things (i) the teaching of John the Baptist; and (ii) the personal encounter with Jesus. Evangelism works in the same way today. We need to tell people, and they also need to have a personal encounter with the Lord.
On meeting Simon, Jesus immediately declares that he will become the rock.
Note that this incident implies that Jesus calling of Andrew and Peter from their nets to follow Him (Mark 1:16) was not the first time they had met Jesus. Jesus' call to them to follow Him did not come out of the blue, but was built on the back of previous meetings.
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