John 1:41 in every translation
Leer en españolThe same verse in each translation we publish, grouped by language and by the tradition that made it. Numbering is matched for each text (for example, Psalms in the Septuagint).
English
Catholic
DRB Douay-Rheims (Challoner), American Edition 1899
He findeth first his brother Simon, and saith to him: We have found the Messias, which is, being interpreted, the Christ.
CPDV Catholic Public Domain Version
First, he found his brother Simon, and he said to him, “We have found the Messiah,” (which is translated as the Christ).
Protestant
WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
He first found his own brother, Simon, and said to him, “We have found the Messiah!” (which is, being interpreted, Christ).
WEBBE World English Bible British Edition (with Deuterocanon)
He first found his own brother, Simon, and said to him, “We have found the Messiah!” (which is, being interpreted, Christ).
KJV King James Version (with Apocrypha)
He first findeth his own brother Simon, and saith unto him, We have found the Messias, which is, being interpreted, the Christ.
RV Revised Version with Apocrypha
He findeth first his own brother Simon, and saith unto him, We have found the Messiah (which is, being interpreted, Christ).
MSB Majority Standard Bible
He first found his brother Simon and told him, “We have found the Messiah” (which is translated as Christ).
BSB Berean Standard Bible
He first found his brother Simon and told him, “We have found the Messiah” (which is translated as Christ).
ASV American Standard Version (1901)
He findeth first his own brother Simon, and saith unto him, We have found the Messiah (which is, being interpreted, Christ).
LSV Literal Standard Version
this one first finds his own brother Simon and says to him, “We have found the Messiah,” (which is, being interpreted, Anointed One),
Read in context · Literal Standard Version. Copyright © 2020 Covenant Press. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/englsv/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Darby Darby Translation
He first finds his own brother Simon, and says to him, We have found the Messias (which being interpreted is Christ).
Webster Noah Webster's Bible (1833)
He first findeth his own brother Simon, and saith to him, We have found the Messiah; which is, being interpreted, the Christ.
GNV Geneva Bible (1599)
The same founde his brother Simon first, and said vnto him, We haue founde that Messias, which is by interpretation, that Christ.
ULB Unlocked Literal Bible
He first found his own brother Simon and said to him, “We have found the Messiah” (which translated is: Christ).
Read in context · Unlocked Literal Bible. Copyright © 2017 Door43 World Missions Community. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/engULB/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tyndale Tyndale New Testament (1534)
The same founde his brother Simon fyrst and sayde vnto him: we have founde Messias which is by interpretacion annoynted:
Individual translator
YLT Young's Literal Translation
this one doth first find his own brother Simon, and saith to him, 'We have found the Messiah,' (which is, being interpreted, The Anointed,)
FBV Free Bible Version
He went at once to find his brother Simon and told him, “We've found the Messiah!” (which means “Christ”).
Read in context · Free Bible Version. Copyright © 2018 Dr. Jonathan Gallagher. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/engfbv/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Scholarly edition
BBE Bible in Basic English
Early in the morning he came across his brother and said to him, We have made discovery! It is the Messiah! (which is to say, the Christ).
Spanish
Catholic
Scío Scío de San Miguel New Testament (1797)
Este halló primero á su hermano Simón, y le dixo: Hemos hallado al Messías. (Que quiere decir el Christo).
Protestant
RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909
Este halló primero á su hermano Simón, y díjole: Hemos hallado al Mesías (que declarado es, el Cristo).
ONBV Biblica Open New Living Bible (Nueva Biblia Viva 2008)
Andrés, al primero que encontró fue a su hermano Simón y le dijo: ―Hemos encontrado al Mesías (es decir, al Cristo).
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PDT God's Word for You (Latin American Textual Bible)
Éste halló primero a su hermano Simón y le dijo: Hallamos al Mesías, que significa Cristo.
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Individual translator
VBL Free Bible Version (Spanish)
Él se fue de inmediato a buscar a su hermano Simón y le dijo: “¡Hemos encontrado al Mesías!” (Que significa “Cristo”).
Read in context · Versión Biblia Libre. Copyright © 2018-2020 Jonathan Gallagher y Shelly Barrios de Avila. Texto de eBible.org (https://ebible.org/spavbl/), sin cambios. Licencia CC BY-SA 4.0.
BES Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
Andrés encontró primero a su hermano Simón y le dijo: Hemos encontrado al Mesías, que significa el Cristo.
Read in context · La Biblia en Español Sencillo, traducida y editada por Irma Flores (AudioBiblia.org).
Greek
Orthodox
PT1904 Patriarchal Text 1904 (accented, eBible edition)
ἦν Ἀνδρέας ὁ ἀδελφὸς Σίμωνος Πέτρου εἷς ἐκ τῶν δύο τῶν ἀκουσάντων παρὰ Ἰωάννου καὶ ἀκολουθησάντων αὐτῷ.
PT Patriarchal Text (Antoniades 1904/1912)
ευρισκει ουτος πρωτος τον αδελφον τον ιδιον σιμωνα και λεγει αυτω· ευρηκαμεν τον μεσσιαν· ο εστιν μεθερμηνευομενον χριστος·
Read in context · Patriarchal Text, Antoniades 1904/1912 edition, verified by Maurice A. Robinson and Jussi Ala-Konni (https://github.com/byztxt/greektext-antoniades). Public domain.
Individual translator
TR Textus Receptus (Boyd collation)
Εὑρίσκει οὗτος πρῶτος τὸν ἀδελφὸν τὸν ἴδιον Σίμωνα, καὶ λέγει αὐτῷ, Εὑρήκαμεν τὸν Μεσσίαν — ὅ ἐστι μεθερμηνευόμενον, ὁ Χριστός.
Scholarly edition
RP2018 Byzantine Textform (Robinson-Pierpont 2018)
ευρισκει ουτοσ πρωτοσ τον αδελφον τον ιδιον σιμωνα και λεγει αυτω ευρηκαμεν τον μεσιαν ο εστιν μεθερμηνευομενον χριστοσ
Nestle 1904 Nestle Greek New Testament (1904)
εὑρίσκει οὗτος πρῶτον τὸν ἀδελφὸν τὸν ἴδιον Σίμωνα καὶ λέγει αὐτῷ Εὑρήκαμεν τὸν Μεσσίαν (ὅ ἐστιν μεθερμηνευόμενον Χριστός).
SBLGNT SBL Greek New Testament
εὑρίσκει οὗτος ⸀πρῶτον τὸν ἀδελφὸν τὸν ἴδιον Σίμωνα καὶ λέγει αὐτῷ· Εὑρήκαμεν τὸν Μεσσίαν (ὅ ἐστιν μεθερμηνευόμενον χριστός).
Read in context · The Greek New Testament: SBL Edition. Copyright 2010 by the Society of Biblical Literature and Logos Bible Software. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/grcsbl/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Latin
Catholic
VUL Clementine Vulgate
Invenit hic primum fratrem suum Simonem, et dicit ei: Invenimus Messiam (quod est interpretatum Christus).
Church Slavonic
Orthodox
Slavonic Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
Ѡ҆брѣ́те се́й пре́жде бра́та своего̀ сі́мѡна и҆ глаго́ла є҆мꙋ̀: ѡ҆брѣто́хомъ мессі́ю, є҆́же є҆́сть сказа́емо хрⷭ҇то́съ.
Read in context · Church Slavonic text: Ponomar Project (github.com/typiconman/ponomar), © 2006–2018 Aleksandr Andreev and others, licensed under the GNU General Public License v3 or later. Changes for this site (2026-10-18): lectionary pericope markers, marginal glosses and the closing note of Genesis removed, Psalm verses renumbered to the Russian Synodal numbering, joined verses noted; the words are unchanged.
Russian
Orthodox
Synodal Russian Synodal Bible (1876)
Он первый находит брата своего Симона и говорит ему: мы нашли Мессию, что значит: Христос;
Greek (modern)
Individual translator
Vamvas Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Ούτος πρώτος ευρίσκει τον εαυτού αδελφόν Σίμωνα και λέγει προς αυτόν· Ευρήκαμεν τον Μεσσίαν, το οποίον μεθερμηνευόμενον είναι ο Χριστός.
Serbian
Individual translator
DK Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Cyrillic)
он нађе најпре брата свог Симона, и рече му: Ми нађосмо Месију, које значи Христос.
DK latinica Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Latin script)
on nađe najpre brata svog Simona, i reče mu: Mi nađosmo Mesiju, koje znači Hristos.
Arabic
Protestant
SVD Arabic Bible: Smith–Van Dyck (1865)
هَذَا وَجَدَ أَوَّلًا أَخَاهُ سِمْعَانَ، فَقَالَ لَهُ: «قَدْ وَجَدْنَا مَسِيَّا» ٱلَّذِي تَفْسِيرُهُ: ٱلْمَسِيحُ.
Not in these translations (5)
Brenton, LXXUP, JPS, LXX, WLC