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THE FII~ST DI~CIPLXS OF JESC'S CHRIST. 245
you ? " They asked Hirn : " Master, where dwsllest Thnn 7''
He said : " Come and see." They came, and saw wherc He
abode, and they remajnecl with Hirn all that day.
3. Thcse two disciples mere Jollrl and Andrew. Tl~c latter
Iiad a brotller namecl Simon, who was wishing to see the
Mossias. Andrew went to seek Simon md mid : " We havc
found the Messias." And he. condnctcd liim to Jesus. When
Jeslis snrv Simon, he lookcd upon hirn arirl said : Thou art
Si~non, the son of Jon:t ; thou sfialt bc called Cephas,l that is
to say, Peter, a rock.
4. Tlle next clay Jesus went forth into Galilee, and on tho
road He met a ln:m nxmcd lJhilip, who also longed for the
coming of thc Messins. ,Jesns mid to hirn : " Follow me."
ROW Philip haci s friend 11a111cil Nnthnnnel, nn upriglit, Gob
fearing nla.11. Philip hasknccl to hi rn a~.rlrI told him : '' -We
have found Hirn of ~vhonz Moses, in the law and tlle l)uopl~etr;,
cl i d rvritc, Jeslts of h'w:~reth. " Hut h':~than,wl said to hiln :
" Call t~t~ything good cornc f'rorn Naaarelh ? " Pllilip answerecl
: " Come and sec."
5. When Jesus paw Nathanncl coming, He said : " Behold
an I'sl.aelite indeed, in wl~orn thcre is no guile.'' NatJ~anncl
nslrccl in surprise : " Wherioc knor\wst Thou me? " Jeslis
at~swert.cl and said to him : .Hc£o~c that Philip called thee,
wlieii thou wast ancler the fig-lrctl, I saw tl~ee."
6. Tl~en Natl~anael, A11cd ~vitlr ~vondcr ~~ncl respect, cried
out: "Rabbi,"I'houa.rt the So11 of (iocl ; Thvu nut the King of
Israel." Jcs~zs spoke to 11ilii : " l3ccause I said unto thee : ' I
lhee under the fig-trce,' tlion believest ; greater things
than tl~csc shalt thou sce. Amcn, Amen, I gay unto you,
yon shall see the henrcn openctl, nncl llie nngcls of God ascending
and descending ~zyon the 80x1 of Bluian."
QUESTIONS.
1. Whither did Jesus return after leaving the dacrt f As soon aa
John sarv Him, hat did hc gay to thc ~uullitade that surrounded
him. 2. The next day, when John sarv Jesi~e coming toeards him,
~CEPHAS (pr. Secr-fae.) PNABBX, maater, lord.