He first found his own brother, Simon, and said to him, "We have found the Messiah!" (which is, being interpreted, Christ{"Messiah" (Hebrew) and "Christ" (Greek) both mean "Anointed One".}).

 Here we meet another of John's key-words--darkness (skotos, G4655, skotia, G4653) . This word occurs seven times in the gospel. To John there was a darkness in the world that was as real as the light. 