“And looking upon Jesus as he walked, he saith, Behold the Lamb of God!”
When the two disciples heard him say this, they followed Jesus — the disciples respond to the Baptist's word by following Jesus. The movement is simple yet momentous: a verbal pointer becomes the beginning of discipleship. Unlike the Synoptic calls requiring radical renunciation, John portrays following as a gradual, growing commitment initiated by attraction to Jesus.
Church Fathers on John 1:36
Again the next day after John stood, and two of his disciples.
John stood, because he had ascended that citadel of all excellences, from which no temptations could cast him down: his disciples stood with him, as stout-hearted followers of their master.
Looking he said, as if signifying by his looks his love and admiration for Christ.
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