1:43 On the next day Jesus ¹  wanted to set out for Galilee. ²  He ³  found Philip and said ⁴  to him, “Follow me.” 1:44 (Now Philip was from Bethsaida, ⁵  the town of ⁶  Andrew and Peter.) 1:45 Philip found Nathanael ⁷  and told him, “We have found the one Moses wrote about in the law, and the prophets also ⁸  wrote about – Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.” 1:46 Nathanael ⁹  replied, ¹⁰  “Can anything good come out of Nazareth?” ¹¹  Philip replied, ¹²  “Come and see.”

1:47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him and exclaimed, ¹³  “Look, a true Israelite in whom there is no deceit!” ¹⁴  1:48 Nathanael asked him, “How do you know me?” Jesus replied, ¹⁵  “Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, ¹⁶  I saw you.” 1:49 Nathanael answered him, “Rabbi, you are the Son of God; you are the king ¹⁷  of Israel!” ¹⁸  1:50 Jesus said to him, ¹⁹  “Because I told you that I saw you under the fig tree, do you believe? You will see greater things than these.” ²⁰  1:51 He continued, ²¹  “I tell all of you the solemn truth ²²  – you will see heaven opened and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man.” ²³