Charles Spurgeon Commentary John 1:37

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

And the two disciples heard him speak, and they followed Jesus.

It is hard preaching when you preach away your congregation, but John did this deliberately. He wished these two no longer to be his disciples, but to become the disciples of Jesus. He had mastered the meaning of his own words, He must increase, but I must decrease, and he was quite willing that it should be so: The two disciples heard him speak, and they followed Jesus.

And the two disciples heard him speak, and they followed Jesus.

Thus John was losing his own disciples. By his testimony to the truth, he was sending them to follow the Lord Jesus Christ, and he did it well and gracefully. There are many who would find it a hard task to reduce the number of their disciples; but it was not so with John.

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

They went beyond their teacher. And oh! what a mercy it is if our hearers can go Christward far beyond us. John was well content to be left behind if they followed Jesus; and so may any minister of Christ rejoice if his people will follow Jesus, even if they go far beyond his attainments.