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Book of John Chapter 1 - Read Chapter 1:45 - [In Context ]Philip found Nathanael and told him, "Remember what Moses wrote in the law. Moses wrote about a man that was coming. The prophets F30 wrote about him too. We have found him. His name is Jesus, the son of Joseph. He is from Nazareth."
1:46 - [In Context ]But Nathanael said to Philip, "Nazareth! Can anything good come from Nazareth?" Philip answered, "Come and see."
1:47 - [In Context ]Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him. Jesus said, "This man coming is truly one of God's people. F31 There is nothing false in him."
1:48 - [In Context ]Nathanael asked, "How do you know me?" Jesus answered, "I saw you when you were under the fig tree. That was before Philip told you about me."
1:49 - [In Context ]Then Nathanael said to Jesus, "Teacher, you are the Son of God. You are the King of Israel (God's people)."
1:50 - [In Context ]Jesus said to Nathanael, "I told you that I saw you under the fig tree. That is why you believe in me. But you will see much greater things than that!"
1:51 - [In Context ]Jesus also said, "I tell you the truth. You will all see heaven open. You will see 'angels of God going up and coming down' F32 on the Son of Man. F33 "
FOOTNOTES: F30: prophet(s) People that spoke for God. Some of them wrote books that are part of the Old Testament.
F31: one of God's people Literally, "an Israelite."
F32: 'angels … coming down' Quote from Gen. 28:12.
F33: Son of Man A name Jesus used for himself. In Dan. 7:13-14, this is the name for the Messiah, the one God chose to save his people.
Abbreviations Legend: BCC - Burton Coffman; DSN - Darby's Synopsis; GEB - Gill's Exposition; GSB - Geneva Study Bible; JFB - Jamieson, Fausset, Brown; MHC-COM - Matthew Henry Complete; MHC-CON - Matthew Henry Concise; PNT - People's New Testament; RWP - Robertson's Word Pictures; SRN - Scofield Reference Notes; TFG - The Fourfold Gospel; TSK - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; WEN - Wesley's Explanatory Notes; NTB - Nave's Topical Bible; TSK - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; TTT - Torrey's Topical Textbook; EBD - Easton's Bible Dictionary; SBD - Smith's Bible Dictionary; WJD - What Jesus Did!; UTM - My Utmost for His Highest;
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