Ἰωάννην 1:45

Greek Modern Translation

Ευρισκει Φιλιππος τον Ναθαναηλ και λεγει προς αυτον· Εκεινον τον οποιον εγραψεν ο Μωυσης εν τω νομω και οι προφηται ευρηκαμεν, Ιησουν τον υιον του Ιωσηφ τον απο Ναζαρετ.

Parallel Translations

SBL Greek New Testament (2010)
εὑρίσκει Φίλιππος τὸν Ναθαναὴλ καὶ λέγει αὐτῷ· Ὃν ἔγραψεν Μωϋσῆς ἐν τῷ νόμῳ καὶ οἱ προφῆται εὑρήκαμεν, ⸀Ἰησοῦν υἱὸν τοῦ Ἰωσὴφ τὸν ἀπὸ Ναζαρέτ.

Tischendorf 8th Edition
ἦν δὲ ὁ Φίλιππος ἀπὸ Βηθσαϊδά, ἐκ τῆς πόλεως Ἀνδρέου καὶ Πέτρου.

Textus Receptus (1550/1894)
ευρισκει φιλιππος τον ναθαναηλ και λεγει αυτω ον εγραψεν μωσης εν τω νομω και οι προφηται ευρηκαμεν ιησουν τον υιον του ιωσηφ τον απο ναζαρετ

Westcott/Hort UBS4 (1881)
ευρισκει φιλιππος τον ναθαναηλ και λεγει αυτω ον εγραψεν μωυυσης εν τω νομω και οι προφηται ευρηκαμεν ιησουν υιον του ιωσηφ τον απο ναζαρετ

Byzantine/Majority Text
ευρισκει φιλιππος τον ναθαναηλ και λεγει αυτω ον εγραψεν μωσης εν τω νομω και οι προφηται ευρηκαμεν ιησουν τον υιον του ιωσηφ τον απο ναζαρετ

Bible Verse Review
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Luke 24:27, Luke 24:44

Nathanael: John 21:2

of whom: John 5:45, John 5:46, Genesis 3:15, Genesis 22:18, Genesis 49:10, Deuteronomy 18:18-22

and the: Isaiah 4:2, Isaiah 7:14, Isaiah 9:6, Isaiah 53:2, Micah 5:2, Zechariah 6:12, Zechariah 9:9

Jesus: John 18:5, John 18:7, John 19:19, Matthew 2:23, Matthew 21:11, Mark 14:67, Luke 2:4, Acts 2:22, Acts 3:6, Acts 10:38, Acts 22:8, Acts 26:9

the son: Matthew 13:55, Mark 6:3, Luke 4:22

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 18:15 - a Prophet Deuteronomy 31:9 - Moses Jeremiah 23:5 - Branch Zechariah 3:10 - shall Matthew 16:20 - Jesus Luke 1:26 - a city Luke 2:11 - which Luke 6:14 - Philip Luke 11:9 - seek Luke 16:16 - Law Luke 18:37 - Jesus John 1:41 - first John 4:42 - for John 5:39 - they which John 6:69 - we believe John 11:28 - and called Acts 10:43 - him Acts 17:11 - more Acts 17:12 - many Acts 24:14 - in the law Acts 26:22 - the prophets Romans 3:21 - being

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Philip findeth Nathanael,.... Who was of Cana of Galilee,

John 21:2 and where, it is very likely, Philip found him; since we quickly read of Jesus, and his disciples being there. This man is thought, by some, to be the same with Bartholomew; and so he is called Bartholomew, in a Syriac dictionary o; and the rather, since he and Philip are always mentioned together in the account of the apostles, Matthew 10:3. And certain it is, from the above mentioned place, that Nathanael was among the apostles after our Lord's resurrection; and it is highly probable was one of them? his name might be Nathanael bar Tholmai, the son of Tholmai, Ptolomy, or Tholomew. It is the same name with Nethaneel, and which is read Nathanael, as here, in:

"And of the sons of Phaisur; Elionas, Massias Israel, and Nathanael, and Ocidelus and Talsas.'' (1 Esdras 9:22)

and by the Septuagint on 1 Chronicles 2:14

Nehemiah 12:36; and signifies one given of God; and is the same with Theodore in Greek, and Adeodatus in Latin; a doctor of this name, R. Nathaniel, is mentioned in the Jewish writings p:

and saith unto him, we have found him of whom Moses, in the law, and the prophets, did write. He does not say, that he, and Andrew, and Simon, had found the Messiah; though he designs him by this circumlocution; Nathanael being, as is generally thought, a person well versed in the law, and the prophets, and so would at once know who Philip meant: for Moses, in the law, or Pentateuch, in the five books written by him, frequently speaks of the Messiah as the seed of the woman, that should break the serpent's head; as the seed of Abraham, in whom all nations should be blessed; and as the Shiloh to whom the gathering of the people should be; and as the great prophet, like to himself, God would raise up among the children of Israel, to whom they were to hearken: and as for the prophets, they wrote of his birth of a virgin; of the place of his birth, Bethlehem; of his sufferings, and the glory, that should follow; of his resurrection from the dead, his ascension to heaven, and session at the right hand of God; and of many things relating to his person, and office, and work. And Philip having given this general account of him, proceeds to name him particularly; and affirms him to be

Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph; that his name was Jesus, which signifies a saviour; and answers to the promises, and prophecies, and character of him in the Old Testament; that he was of Nazareth, a place not above three hours walk from Cana, as Adrichomius says, where Philip and Nathanael were: Nazareth was the place where Christ had lived almost all his days hitherto, and therefore is said to be of it; though Bethlehem was the place of his birth, which Philip might not as yet know; as Capernaum afterwards was his city, or the more usual place of his residence: and that he was the son of Joseph; this Philip says, according to the common opinion of people, for he was supposed to be the son of Joseph; he having married his mother Mary.

o Bar Bahlui apud Castell Lex. Polyglott. col. 2437. p Pirke Eliezer, c. 48.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Moses, in the law - Moses, in that part of the Old Testament which he wrote, called by the Jews “the law.” See Deuteronomy 18:15, Deuteronomy 18:18; Genesis 49:10; Genesis 3:15.

And the prophets - Isaiah 53:1-12; Isaiah 9:6-7; Daniel 9:24-27; Jeremiah 23:5-6; etc.

Jesus of Nazareth ... - They spoke according to common apprehension. They spoke of him as the son of Joseph because he was commonly supposed to be. They spoke of him as dwelling at Nazareth, though they might not have been ignorant that he was born at Bethlehem.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 45. Nathanael — This apostle is supposed to be the same with Bartholomew, which is very likely, for these reasons

1. That the evangelists who mention Bartholomew say nothing of Nathanael; and that St. John, who speaks of Nathanael, says nothing of Bartholomew.

2. No notice is taken any where of Bartholomew's vocation, unless his and that of Nathanael mentioned here be the same.

3. The name of Bartholomew is not a proper name; it signifies the son of Ptolomy; and Nathanael might have been his own name.

4. St. John seems to rank Nathanael with the apostles, when he says that Peter and Thomas, the two sons of Zebedee, Nathanael, and two other disciples, being gone a fishing, Jesus showed himself to them, John 21:2-4.

Moses in the law — See Genesis 3:16; Genesis 22:18; Genesis 49:10; Deuteronomy 18:18.

And the prophets — See Isaiah 4:2; Isaiah 7:14; Isaiah 9:5; Isaiah 40:10; Isaiah 53:1, c.; Jeremiah 23:5; Jeremiah 33:14-15; Ezekiel 34:23; Ezekiel 37:24; Daniel 9:24; Micah 5:2; Zechariah 6:12; Zechariah 9:9; Zechariah 12:10.