1. “Train up a child,” etc. (Proverbs 22:6), has the sense in Heb. hanak of “to imbue one with anything,” to initiate; and so to train up a child according to his way, according to his disposition and habits.
—New Unger's Bible Dictionary
John 1:29-51 (AMP)
29 The next day John saw Jesus coming to
him and said, Look! There is the Lamb of God, Who takes away the sin of the
world!
30 This is He of Whom I said, After me
comes a Man Who has priority over me [Who takes rank above me] because He was
before me and existed before I did.
31 And I did not know Him and
did not recognize Him [myself]; but it is in order that He should be made
manifest and be revealed to Israel [be brought out where we can see
Him] that I came baptizing in (with) water.
32 John gave further evidence, saying, I
have seen the Spirit descending as a dove out of heaven, and it dwelt on Him
[never to depart].
33 And I did not know Him nor
recognize Him, but He Who sent me to baptize in (with) water said to me, Upon
Him Whom you shall see the Spirit descend and remain, that One is He Who
baptizes with the Holy Spirit.
34 And I have seen [that happen—I
actually did see it] and my testimony is that this is the Son of God!
35 Again the next day John was standing
with two of his disciples,
36 And he looked at Jesus as He walked
along, and said, Look! There is the Lamb of God!
37 The two disciples heard him say this,
and they followed Him.
38 But Jesus turned, and as He saw them
following Him, He said to them, What are you looking for? [And what is it you
wish?] And they
answered Him, Rabbi—which translated is Teacher—where are You staying?
39 He said to them, Come and see. So
they went and saw where He was staying, and they remained with Him that day. It
was then about the tenth hour (about four o’clock in the afternoon).
40 One of the two who heard what John
said and followed Jesus was Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother.
41 He first sought out and
found his own brother Simon and said to him, We have found (discovered) the
Messiah!—which translated is the Christ (the Anointed One).
42 Andrew then led (brought) Simon to
Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said, You are Simon son of John. You shall be
called Cephas—which translated is Peter [Stone].
43 The next day Jesus desired and
decided to go into Galilee; and He found Philip and said to him,
Join Me as My
attendant and follow Me.
44 Now Philip was from Bethsaida, of the
same city as Andrew and Peter.
45 Philip sought and found
Nathanael and told him, We have found (discovered) the One Moses in the Law and
also the Prophets wrote about—Jesus from Nazareth, the [legal] son of Joseph!
46 Nathanael answered him, [Nazareth!]
Can anything good come out of Nazareth? Philip replied, Come and see!
47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward Him
and said concerning him, See! Here is an Israelite indeed [a true descendant of
Jacob], in whom there is no guile nor deceit nor falsehood
nor duplicity!
48 Nathanael said to Jesus, How do You
know me? [How is it that You know these things about me?] Jesus answered him,
Before [ever] Philip called you, when you were still under the fig tree, I saw
you.
49 Nathanael answered, Teacher, You are
the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!
50 Jesus replied, Because I said to you,
I saw you beneath the fig tree, do you believe in and rely on and
trust in Me? You shall see greater things than this!
51 Then He said to him, I assure you,
most solemnly I tell you all, you shall see heaven opened, and the angels of God
ascending and descending upon the Son of Man!