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<P><FONT size=4>One thing you have to admire about Jesus’ apostles. They get who
the finger points to. They drop John like a hot potato and go to see what Jesus
is about. The four o’clock mention suggests these men likely stayed the night
with Jesus, and that time motivates Andrew to become the pointer as he finds his
brother Simon and tells him about (points him to) Jesus. Both Andrew and Simon
become Jesus’ followers.</FONT></P>
<P><A href="http://thehardestquestion.org/yeara/epiphany2gospel/"><FONT
size=4>http://thehardestquestion.org/yeara/epiphany2gospel/</FONT></A></P></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>Jennifer Johnson, 2011</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>- - - - -</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>Jesus' invitation to "come" (a location changing verb
connected to the theme of staying, remaining, and abiding) and "see" (an insight
changing verb connected to the theme of seeing, light, and revealing) is
precisely the invitation to which the rest of John's Gospel is the
response.</FONT></DIV>
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<P dir=ltr><FONT size=4>And, in my humble opinion, these two questions and the
invitation are still at the heart of our being Jesus' followers
today.</FONT></P>
<UL dir=ltr>
<LI>
<DIV><FONT size=4>What am I looking for when I come to
church?</FONT></DIV></LI>
<LI>
<DIV><FONT size=4>Where is what I am looking for staying? Where might I find
what I am looking for?</FONT></DIV></LI>
<LI>
<DIV><FONT size=4>Come - leave where you are</FONT></DIV></LI>
<LI>
<DIV><FONT size=4>See - open yourself to new insights, new ways of being in
the world.</FONT></DIV></LI></UL>
<P><A
href="http://www.holytextures.com/2011/01/john-1-29-42-year-a-epiphany-2-january-14-january-20-sermon.html"><FONT
size=4>http://www.holytextures.com/2011/01/john-1-29-42-year-a-epiphany-2-january-14-january-20-sermon.html</FONT></A></P>
<P><FONT size=4>David Ewart<BR>- - - - -</FONT></P>
<P dir=ltr><FONT size=4>The stronger association would be the "<SPAN
style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline">paschal</SPAN> lamb," the sacrifice mandated
by Torah at passover. The fourth gospel likes passover themes. Later
in the fourth gospel, Jesus will be condemned to death at noon on the day before
passover, the precise time when passover lambs were slain in the Temple.
(Ray Brown says that the hyssop Jesus was offered on the cross (19:29) is
also the hyssop that was smeared with the blood of the paschal lamb which was
then applied to the doorposts of the Israelites (Ex 12:22).)</FONT></P>
<P><A
href="http://www.progressiveinvolvement.com/progressive_involvement/2011/01/lectionary-blogging-john-1-29-42.html"><FONT
size=4>http://www.progressiveinvolvement.com/progressive_involvement/2011/01/lectionary-blogging-john-1-29-42.html</FONT></A></P></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>John Petty, 2011</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>- - - - -</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>...our Christian understanding of Jesus as the Lamb of God who
takes away the sin of the world.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=justify><FONT size=4>Note that "sin" is singular. As Brown
suggests, the plural "sins" refers to sinful acts, while the singular refers to
a sinful condition. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4><FONT size=4><A
href="http://www.crossmarks.com/brian/john1x29.htm">http://www.crossmarks.com/brian/john1x29.htm</A></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Brian Stoffregen<BR>- - - - -</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4><FONT size=4></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>The Mandaeans, some of whom have come to Australia as asylum
seekers from Iraq (and have doubtless also gone elsewhere), have traditions
which include a higher regard for John than for Jesus.</FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4><FONT size=4></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4><FONT size=4><A
href="http://wwwstaff.murdoch.edu.au/~loader/MtEpiphany2.htm">http://wwwstaff.murdoch.edu.au/~loader/MtEpiphany2.htm</A></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4><FONT size=4>William Loader</DIV></FONT></FONT>
<DIV><FONT size=4><FONT size=4><FONT size=4>- - - - -</FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4><FONT size=4></FONT></FONT> </DIV><FONT size=4><FONT
face=TimesNewRomanPSMT>
<DIV align=left>This story has a tone of deep friendship between John and his
disciples and then between Jesus and his first disciples. It needs to be told in
that spirit.</DIV></FONT></FONT>
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<DIV><FONT size=4><FONT size=4><A
href="http://gotell.org/pdf/commentary/John/Jn01_29-42_commentary.pdf">http://gotell.org/pdf/commentary/John/Jn01_29-42_commentary.pdf</A></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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face=Arial-BoldMT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4><FONT size=4><FONT size=4><FONT face=Arial-BoldMT>Thomas E.
Boomershine</DIV></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT>
<DIV><FONT size=4><FONT size=4><FONT size=4><FONT size=4>- - - -
-</FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>In vv. 35-42, two of John’s disciples begin to follow Jesus.
First, they are curious about Jesus when John tells them who he is. They follow
him, recognizing that he is an authority (“Teacher”, v. 38). Jesus invites them
to “Come and see” (v. 39), to investigate what he teaches. “Staying” and
“remained” are technical terms in this gospel: the two begin to understand the
way of life Jesus offers and expects. V. 40 tells us that one of the two is
“Andrew”; the other is unnamed. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4><FONT size=4><A
href="http://montreal.anglican.org/comments/archive/apr02m.shtml">http://montreal.anglican.org/comments/archive/apr02m.shtml?</A></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>Chris Haslam</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4><EM>Verse 29</EM>: “‘the Lamb of God’”: Meaning <EM>the Lamb
provided by God</EM>. See also Exodus 12:3-5 (the sacrificial lamb in Egypt);
Jeremiah 11:19 (“I was like a gentle lamb led to the slaughter”); Isaiah 42:1-9;
52:13-53:12 (both are Servant Songs). John the Baptist probably thinks of Isaiah
53:4, 7. By the time John wrote his gospel, the death of Jesus was seen as being
like that of the Passover lamb: see John 19:36. 1 Corinthians 5:7 shows that the
interpretation of Jesus’ death as that of the Passover lamb is early. [NJBC] In
Revelation, “the Lamb” is both a sacrifice (“a Lamb standing as if it had been
slaughtered”, Revelation 5:6) and the leader of God’s people, the Messiah (“the
Lamb at the centre of the throne will be their shepherd”, Revelation
7:17).</FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4><FONT size=4></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4><FONT size=4><A
href="http://montreal.anglican.org/comments/archive/apr02l.shtml">http://montreal.anglican.org/comments/archive/apr02l.shtml</A>?</FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Chris Haslam</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>- - - - -</FONT></DIV></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>When the disciples respond to Jesus' query with their own
question, they are not asking Jesus for the location of his tent, or the address
of the guest house at which he is visiting; they want to know about the
enduring, permanent, eternal, undying dwelling place of this Lamb of God. Where
are you staying? Where can we find you? Where shall we go to be with you, to
receive what you have to offer? Where can we be in the very presence of
God?<BR><BR>Jesus' question is one the preacher might ask of the congregation:
What are you seeking? </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4><A
href="http://www.workingpreacher.org/preaching.aspx?lect_date=1/20/2008&tab=4">http://www.workingpreacher.org/preaching.aspx?lect_date=1/20/2008&tab=4</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Audrey West, 2008</FONT></DIV>
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