τῇ ἐπαύριον. We thus far have four days accurately marked; (1) John 1:19; (2) John 1:29; (3) John 1:35; (4) John 1:44. A writer of fiction would not have cared for minute details which might entangle him in discrepancies: they are thoroughly natural in an eyewitness profoundly interested in the events, and therefore remembering them distinctly.

ἠθέλησεν. Willed or was minded to go forth: the ‘would’ of A.V. is too weak (comp. John 6:67; John 8:44). Jesus determined to go from Judaea to Galilee: on His way He finds Philip (see on John 9:35).

ἀκολούθει μοι. In the Gospels these words seem always to be the call to become a disciple: Matthew 8:22; Matthew 9:9; Matthew 19:21; Mark 2:14; Mark 10:21; Luke 5:27; Luke 9:59; John 21:19. With two exceptions they are always addressed to those who afterwards became Apostles.

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