Charles Spurgeon Commentary John 1:35-36

"Again on the morrow John was standing, and two of his disciples; and he looked upon Jesus as he walked, and saith, Behold, the Lamb of God!" — John 1:35-36 (ASV)

Again the next day after John stood, and two of his disciples: And looking upon Jesus as he walked, he says, Behold the Lamb of God!

There is no objection to preaching the same sermon twice if it is on such a matter as this. Behold the Lamb of God, he said one day, and the next day he did not vary the phraseology. He had no new metaphor – no new figure – with which to set forth Christ, but, as striking a nail on the head and the same nail will help to fasten it, and may do more service than bringing out a new nail, so he returns to the same word and the same subject – Behold the Lamb of God.

Again the next day after John stood, and two of his disciples; and looking upon Jesus as he walked, he saith, Behold the Lamb of God!

This was the same text from which he had preached the day before, and it was the same sermon, somewhat shortened. So should it be with us.

"His only righteousness I show,
His saving truth proclaim;
It's all my business here below
To cry, Behold the Lamb!"

Again the next day after John stood, and two of his disciples; and looking upon Jesus as he walked, he saith, Behold the Lamb of God!

"Again the next day." See how the Evangelist goes by days in his record. John preached the same sermon two days running, and if you proclaim Christ and him crucified, you may preach him two hundred days running, but you will never preach him too often. If you preach Christ as the Lamb of God, the great Sin-bearer, you may be always at that blessed work.

There are some who very seldom preach Christ as bearing the sin of men, so that others of us must do it all the more often to make up for their shortcomings. As for me, I can say with Charles Wesley, – "His only righteousness I show, His saving truth proclaim;

"Tis all my business here below
To cry, Behold the Lamb!"

Again the next day after John stood, and two of his disciples; and looking upon Jesus as he walked,

With holy reverence, with loving awe, gazing upon this extraordinary Person as he walked, –