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The same name traced across the biblical canon and the Second Temple texts, side by side.
Nathanael
Philip brought him to Jesus, and his first words were whether anything good could come out of Nazareth. Jesus told him he had seen him under the fig tree before Philip called, and Nathanael called him the Son of God. Many think he is Bartholomew, since John never names Bartholomew, the other Gospels never name Nathanael, and both are paired with Philip.
Philip brought him to Jesus, and his first words were whether anything good could come out of Nazareth. Jesus told him he had seen him under the fig tree before Philip called, and Nathanael called him the Son of God. Many think he is Bartholomew, since John never names Bartholomew, the other Gospels never name Nathanael, and both are paired with Philip.
Nathanael was one of Jesus's earliest disciples, introduced to Jesus by his friend Philip and famous for his skeptical first reaction, asking whether anything good could come out of Nazareth. Jesus won him over instantly by telling him he had seen Nathanael sitting under a fig tree before Philip ever called him, a small detail that convinced Nathanael he was looking at the Son of God. Many identify Nathanael with the apostle Bartholomew, since the Synoptic Gospels never mention a Nathanael and John's Gospel never mentions a Bartholomew, and the two names always appear paired with Philip in their respective lists.
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- John 1:45
- John 1:46
- John 1:47
- John 1:48
- John 1:49
- John 21:2
