John 1:41
Good News Translation
At once he found his brother Simon and told him, "We have found the Messiah." (This word means "Christ.")

New Revised Standard Version
He first found his brother Simon and said to him, “We have found the Messiah” (which is translated Anointed ).

Contemporary English Version
The first thing Andrew did was to find his brother and tell him, "We have found the Messiah!" The Hebrew word "Messiah" means the same as the Greek word "Christ."

New American Bible
He first found his own brother Simon and told him, “We have found the Messiah” (which is translated Anointed).

Douay-Rheims Bible
He findeth first his brother Simon and saith to him: We have found the Messias, which is, being interpreted, the Christ.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

He findeth first his brother Simon and saith to him: We have found the Messias, which is, being interpreted, the Christ.

first.

John 1:36,37,45 And beholding Jesus walking, he saith: Behold the Lamb of God. . . .

John 4:28,29 The woman therefore left her waterpot and went her way into the city and saith to the men there: . . .

2 Kings 7:9 Then they said one to another: We do not well: for this is a day of good tidings. If we hold our peace, and do not tell it till the morning, we shall be charged with a crime: come, let us go, and tell it in the king's court.

Isaiah 2:3-5 And many people shall go, and say: Come and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, and to the house of the God of Jacob, and he will teach us his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for the law shall come forth from Sion, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem. . . .

Luke 2:17,38 And seeing, they understood of the word that had been spoken to them concerning this child. . . .

Acts 13:32,33 And we declare unto you that the promise which was made to our fathers, . . .

1 John 1:3 That which we have seen and have heard, we declare unto you: that you also may have fellowship with us and our fellowship may be with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ.

the Messias.

John 4:25 The woman saith to him: I know that the Messias cometh (who is called Christ): therefore, when he is come, he will tell us all things.

Daniel 9:25,26 Know thou, therefore, and take notice: that from the going forth of the word, to build up Jerusalem again, unto Christ, the prince, there shall be seven weeks, and sixty-two weeks: and the street shall be built again, and the walls, in straitness of times. . . .

Christ.

Psalm 2:2 The kings of the earth stood up, and the princes met together, against the Lord, and against his Christ.

Psalm 45:7 Thou hast loved justice, and hated iniquity: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.

Psalm 89:20 I have found David my servant: with my holy oil I have anointed him.

Isaiah 11:2 And the spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him: the spirit of wisdom, and of understanding, the spirit of counsel, and of fortitude, the spirit of knowledge, and of godliness.

Isaiah 61:1 The spirit of the Lord is upon me, because the Lord hath anointed me: he hath sent me to preach to the meek, to heal the contrite of heart, and to preach a release to the captives, and deliverance to them that are shut up.

Luke 4:18-21 The spirit of the Lord is upon me. Wherefore he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor, he hath sent me to heal the contrite of heart, . . .

Acts 4:27 For of a truth there assembled together in this city against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel,

Acts 10:38 Jesus of Nazareth: how God anointed him with the Holy Ghost and with power, who went about doing good and healing all that were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him.

Hebrews 1:8,9 But to the Son: Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of justice is the sceptre of thy kingdom. . . .

Context
The First Disciples
40And Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, was one of the two who had heard of John and followed him. 41He findeth first his brother Simon and saith to him: We have found the Messias, which is, being interpreted, the Christ. 42And he brought him to Jesus. And Jesus looking upon him, said: Thou art Simon the son of Jona. Thou shalt be called Cephas, which is interpreted Peter.…
Cross References
Psalm 2:2
The kings of the earth stood up, and the princes met together, against the Lord, and against his Christ.

Daniel 9:25
Know thou, therefore, and take notice: that from the going forth of the word, to build up Jerusalem again, unto Christ, the prince, there shall be seven weeks, and sixty-two weeks: and the street shall be built again, and the walls, in straitness of times.

Matthew 1:23
Behold a virgin shall be with child, and bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.

John 4:25
The woman saith to him: I know that the Messias cometh (who is called Christ): therefore, when he is come, he will tell us all things.

John 1:40
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