John 1:43-51

Jesus Calls Philip and Nathanael

43 ¹The next day Jesus decided ²to go to Galilee. He found Philip and said to him, “Follow me. ”

44 Now ³Philip was from Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter.

45 Philip found ⁴Nathanael and said to him, “We have found him of whom ⁵Moses in the Law and also the prophets wrote, Jesus ⁶of Nazareth, ⁷the son of Joseph. ”

46 Nathanael said to him, ⁸“Can anything good come out of Nazareth? ” Philip said to him, “Come and see. ”

47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him and said of him, “Behold, ⁹an Israelite indeed, ¹⁰in whom there is no deceit! ”

48 Nathanael said to him, “How ¹¹do you know me? ” Jesus answered him, “Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you. ”

49 Nathanael answered him, ¹²“Rabbi, ¹³you are the Son of God! You are the ¹⁴King of Israel! ”

50 Jesus answered him, “Because I said to you, ‘I saw you under the fig tree, ’ do you believe? You will see greater things than these. ”

51 And he said to him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, ^[a] you will see ¹⁵heaven opened, and ¹⁶the angels of God ascending and descending on ¹⁷the Son of Man. ”

Cross References

• 1. 1:43 [ver. 35; ch. 2:1]
• 2. 1:43 [ver. 28]
• 3. 1:44 ch. 12:21
• 4. 1:45 ch. 21:2
• 5. 1:45 See Luke 16:16; 24:27
• 6. 1:45 See Matt. 2:23
• 7. 1:45 ch. 6:42; Luke 3:23
• 8. 1:46 [ch. 7:41, 52]
• 9. 1:47 Ps. 73:1; Rom. 9:4, 6
• 10. 1:47 Ps. 32:2; [Zeph. 3:13; Rev. 14:5]
• 11. 1:48 ch. 2:24, 25
• 12. 1:49 See ver. 38
• 13. 1:49 [ch. 6:69; 11:27; 20:28]
• 14. 1:49 ch. 12:13; Zeph. 3:15; Matt. 27:11, 42; [Zech. 9:9]
• 15. 1:51 Ezek. 1:1; Matt. 3:16; Luke 3:21
• 16. 1:51 [Gen. 28:12]
• 17. 1:51 See Dan. 7:13

Footnotes

• [a] 1:51 The Greek for 'you' is plural; twice in this verse