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Text -- John 1:43-51 (NET)
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The Calling of More Disciples
1:43 On the next day Jesus wanted to set out for Galilee . He found Philip and said to him , “Follow me .”
1:44 (Now Philip was from Bethsaida , the town of Andrew and Peter .)
1:45 Philip found Nathanael and told him , “We have found the one Moses wrote about in the law , and the prophets also wrote about– Jesus of Nazareth , the son of Joseph .”
1:46 Nathanael replied , “Can anything good come out of Nazareth ?” Philip replied , “Come and see .”
1:47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him and exclaimed , “Look , a true Israelite in whom there is no deceit !”
1:48 Nathanael asked him , “How do you know me ?” Jesus replied , “Before Philip called you , when you were under the fig tree , I saw you .”
1:49 Nathanael answered him , “Rabbi , you are the Son of God ; you are the king of Israel !”
1:50 Jesus said to him , “Because I told you that I saw you under the fig tree , do you believe ? You will see greater things than these .”
1:51 He continued , “I tell all of you the solemn truth – you will see heaven opened and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man .”
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Philip |
JAMES |
Jesus, The Christ |
JESUS CHRIST, 4B |
Nathanael |
NATHANAEL (2) |
Rabbi |
Zeal |
Nazareth |
Bethsaida |
PHILIP (2) |
Converts |
Faith |
Andrew |
JOHN THE BAPTIST |
PETER, SIMON |
PALESTINE, 3 |
MESSIAH |
CHRIST, OFFICES OF |
JACOB |
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NET Notes: Joh 1:44 Probably ἀπό (apo) indicates “originally from” in the sense of birthplace rather than current residence; Mark 1:21, 29 see...
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NET Notes: Joh 1:48 Many have speculated about what Nathanael was doing under the fig tree. Meditating on the Messiah who was to come? A good possibility, since the fig t...
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NET Notes: Joh 1:49 Nathanael’s confession – You are the Son of God; you are the King of Israel – is best understood as a confession of Jesus’ mes...
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NET Notes: Joh 1:50 What are the greater things Jesus had in mind? In the narrative this forms an excellent foreshadowing of the miraculous signs which began at Cana of G...
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