Come and ye shall see (ερχεσθε κα οψεσθε). Polite invitation and definite promise (future middle indicative οψεσθε from οραω, corr…

Come and see - This was a kind and gracious answer. He did not put them off to a later time. Then, as now, he was willing that they should…

Come and see.—They think of a visit later, perhaps, on the following day. He tells them to come at once.

We do not know whe…

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…

It was about the tenth hour; that is, the evening was approaching, for it was not more than two hours until sunset. The day was at that ti…

He says unto them, come and see
He gave them an invitation, to go along with him directly, and see with their own ey…

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.