"Jesus the Messiah Returns"
ISBN 1-59196-730-9 at Barnes and Noble .com.John the Baptist testifies to the Committee from Jerusalem
And this is the record of John the Baptist, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who are you? And he confessed, and denied not; but confessed, I am not the Messiah. And they asked him, What then? Are you Elijah? And he said, I am not. Are you "that Prophet?" (that Moses spoke of ) And he answered, No. Then they said to him, Who are you? that we may give an answer to them that sent us. What do you say of yourself? He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the Prophet Isaiah. And they which were sent were of the Pharisees. And they asked him, and said to him, Why do you baptize then, if you are not the Messiah, nor Elijah, neither "that Prophet?" John answered them, saying, I baptize with water: but there stands one among you, whom you know not; He it is, who coming after me is preferred before me, whose shoe's latchet I am not worthy to unloose. These things were done in Bethabara beyond Jordan, where John was baptizing. .. John 1:19-28
The Lamb of God announced
The next day John saw Jesus coming to him, and said, Behold the Lamb of God, which takes away the sin of the world. This is he of whom I said, After me comes a man which is preferred before me: for he was before me. And I knew him not: but that he should be made manifest to Israel, therefore I come baptizing with water. And John bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon him. And I knew him not: but he that sent me to baptize with water, the same said to me, Upon whom you shall see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, the same is he which baptizes with the Holy Ghost. And I saw, and bare record that this is the Son of God ... John 1:29-34
The first disciples of Jesus the Messiah
And the two disciples heard him (John the Baptist) speak, and they followed Jesus. Then Jesus turned, and saw them following, and said to them, What do you want? They said to him, Rabbi, (which is to say, being interpreted, Teacher,) where do you live? He said to them, Come and see. They came and saw where he dwelt, and stayed with him that day: for it was about the tenth hour- 4:00 PM
One of the two (John was the other) which heard John the Baptist speak, and followed him, was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother. He first found his own brother Simon, and said to him, We have found the Messiah,. And he brought him to Jesus. And when Jesus beheld him, he said, You are Simon the son of Jonah: you shall be called Cephas, which is by interpretation, A stone... .. The day following Jesus went forth into Galilee, and found Philip, and said to him, Follow me. Now Philip was of Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter. Philip found Nathanael, and said to him, We have found him, of whom Moses in the Law, and the Prophets, did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph. And Nathanael said to him, Can there any good thing come out of Nazareth? Philip said to him, Come and see. Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and said of him, Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile! Nathanael said to him, Where do you know me from? Jesus answered and said to him, Before that Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you. Nathanael answered and said to him, Rabbi, you are the Son of God; you are the King of Israel. Jesus answered and said to him, Because I said to you, I saw you under the fig tree, do you believe? you shall see greater things than this. And he said to him, Truly, truly, I say to you, Later on you shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of Man.... John 1:37-
