Albert Barnes Commentary John 1:37

"And the two disciples heard him speak, and they followed Jesus." — John 1:37 (ASV)

They followed Jesus — they had been the disciples of John. His office was to point out the Messiah. When that was done, they immediately left their master and teacher, John, and followed the long-expected Messiah.

This shows that John was sincere, not desiring to form a party or build up a sect. He was willing for all those whom he had attracted to himself by his ministry to become followers of Christ.

The object of ministers should not be to build up their own interests or extend their own fame. It is to point people to the Savior.

Ministers, however popular or successful, should be willing for their disciples to look to Christ rather than to them. Indeed, they should be willing for their disciples to forget them and look away from them, to tread in the footsteps of the Son of God.

The conduct of these disciples shows us that we should forsake all and follow Jesus when He is pointed out to us as the Messiah. We should not delay or debate the matter, but immediately leave all our old teachers, guides, and companions, and follow the Lamb of God. We should do this even though “to the world” the Lord Jesus may appear, as He did to the multitude of the Jews, as poor, unknown, and despised.

Reader, have you left all and followed Him? Have you forsaken the guides of false philosophy and deceit, of sin and infidelity, and committed yourself to the Lord Jesus Christ?