1:38
Jesus saw them following. The use of the word “follow” in verses 37 and 38 is not used in the strong sense of “Follow Me!” (i.e. not in the strong sense of a lifelong commitment), but in the more general sense of just following. As was His want, Jesus asked them a question “What do you want?”. The two disciples addressed Jesus as “Rabbi”, this was a common term of honour used of teachers and at this time did not imply any official capacity. The disciples ask Jesus where He is staying. Obviously they had much deeper questions as they had been told He was the Lamb of God, but they were leading in gently. Any maybe they wanted to know this so that they would know where to go to listen to His teaching.
1:39
“Come and you will see.” The only way to really get to know Jesus is to follow Him, to be with Him. There is only so much one can learn by the intellectual route, only so much we can learn by knowing about Jesus. So they spent the rest of the day with Jesus from about four in the afternoon (NIV). ESV and KJV have “the tenth hour”. The Jews measured time from six o’clock in the morning, hence NIV’s “four in the afternoon”.
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