John 1:37-39

Holman Christian Standard Bible

³⁷The two disciples heard him say this and followed Jesus. ³⁸When Jesus turned and noticed them following Him, He asked them, “What are you looking for?”

They said to Him, “Rabbi”^(A) (which means “Teacher”), “where are You staying?”

³⁹“Come and you’ll see,” He replied. So they went and saw where He was staying, and they stayed with Him that day. It was about 10 in the morning.^[a]

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Footnotes

John 1:39 Lit about the tenth hour. Various methods of reckoning time were used in the ancient world. John probably used a different method from the other 3 Gospels. If John used the same method of time reckoning as the other 3 Gospels, the translation would be: It was about four in the afternoon.