Turned (στραφεις). Second aorist pa ive participle of στρεφω, vividly picturing the sudden act of Jesus on hearing their steps beh…

What do you seek? - This was not asked to obtain “information.” Compare to John 1:48. It was not a harsh reproof, forbidding them to follo…

Jesus turned, and saw them following.—They follow wishing, and yet not daring, to question Him. He sees this and seeks to draw the…

Then Jesus turned, and saw them following, and said to them, What do you seek? They said to him, Rabbi (which is to say, being interpreted, Mas…

Alcuin of York: After John had borne witness that Jesus was the Lamb of God, the disciples who had been with him until now fo…

As John’s disciples followed him, Jesus turned to challenge their motives by asking, “What do you want?” He probed them to find out whether they we…

Rabbi. This name was commonly given to persons of high rank, or who possessed any kind of honor. But the Evangelist here points out anothe…

Then Jesus turned, and saw them following
That is, "him", as the Vulgate Latin, and all the Oriental versions add: h…

The strongest and most prevailing argument for an awakened soul to follow Christ is that He alone takes away sin. Whatever communion there is betwe…

1. Previously, the Evangelist presented the Baptist’s testimony to the people; here he presents his testimony to John’s own disciples.