Ἰωάννην 1:49

Greek Modern Translation

Απεκριθη ο Ναθαναηλ και λεγει προς αυτον· Ραββι, συ εισαι ο Υιος του Θεου, συ εισαι ο βασιλευς του Ισραηλ.

Parallel Translations

SBL Greek New Testament (2010)
ἀπεκρίθη ⸂αὐτῷ Ναθαναήλ⸃· Ῥαββί, σὺ εἶ ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ θεοῦ, σὺ ⸂βασιλεὺς εἶ⸃ τοῦ Ἰσραήλ.

Tischendorf 8th Edition
λέγει αὐτῷ Ναθαναήλ· πόθεν με γινώσκεις; ἀπεκρίθη Ἰησοῦς καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ· πρὸ τοῦ σε Φίλιππον φωνῆσαι ὄντα ὑπὸ τὴν συκῆν εἶδόν σε.

Textus Receptus (1550/1894)
απεκριθη ναθαναηλ και λεγει αυτω ραββι συ ει ο υιος του θεου συ ει ο βασιλευς του ισραηλ

Westcott/Hort UBS4 (1881)
απεκριθη αυτω ναθαναηλ αββι συ ει ο υιος του θεου συ βασιλευς ει του ισραηλ

Byzantine/Majority Text
απεκριθη ναθαναηλ και λεγει αυτω ραββι συ ει ο υιος του θεου συ ει ο βασιλευς του ισραηλ

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Rabbi: John 1:38

thou: John 1:18, John 1:34, John 20:28, John 20:29, Matthew 14:33

the King: John 12:13-15, John 18:37, John 19:19-22, Psalms 2:6, Psalms 110:1, Isaiah 9:7, Jeremiah 23:5, Jeremiah 23:6, Ezekiel 37:21-25, Daniel 9:25, Hosea 3:5, Micah 5:2, Zephaniah 3:15, Zechariah 6:12, Zechariah 6:13, Zechariah 9:9, Matthew 2:2, Matthew 21:5, Matthew 27:11, Matthew 27:42, Luke 19:38

Reciprocal: Numbers 24:7 - his king Hosea 13:10 - I will be thy king Zechariah 14:16 - the King Matthew 16:16 - Thou Matthew 22:42 - What Matthew 23:7 - Rabbi Matthew 25:34 - the King Matthew 26:63 - the Christ Mark 1:1 - son Mark 9:7 - This Mark 12:6 - one Mark 14:61 - the Son Mark 15:32 - Christ Luke 1:35 - the Son of God Luke 9:20 - The Luke 22:70 - the Son Luke 23:3 - the King Luke 23:42 - when John 4:19 - I perceive John 4:25 - Messias John 7:41 - This is John 9:35 - Dost John 11:27 - Yea John 18:33 - the king John 20:16 - Rabboni John 20:31 - these Acts 9:20 - that Romans 1:3 - his Son 2 Corinthians 1:19 - the Son Galatians 2:20 - the Son Revelation 2:18 - the Son

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Nathanael answered and saith unto him,.... Being fully convinced of his omniscience by these instances:

Rabbi; that is, master, as it is interpreted in John 1:38, and is not here, because it is there:

thou art the Son of God; not by creation, for this would be to say no more of him, than may be said of every man; nor by adoption, for in that sense Nathanael himself was a Son of God, and many others; nor on account of his wonderful incarnation, which, it is very likely, at this time Nathanael knew nothing of; nor by reason of his resurrection from the dead, which, as yet, was not, and still less might be known by this person; nor because of his office, as Mediator, for this is expressed in the next clause; but by nature, as being of the same essence, and possessed of the same perfections God is; and of which he was convinced by the instances he gave of his omniscience; for it was from hence, and no other consideration, that he concludes him to be the Son of God: wherefore this phrase must be understood of him, not as Mediator, but as a divine person; as the natural, essential, and eternal Son of God; and who is truly and properly God: he adds,

thou art the King of Israel; having in view, no doubt, the passage in Psalms 2:6, where the characters of Son of God, and King of Zion, meet in the same person: not King of Israel, in a literal sense; though he was the son of David, and a descendant of his in a right line, and was of the royal line, and had a legal right to the throne of Israel; and Nathanael might have a view to this, being tinctured with the common national prejudice, that the Messiah would be a temporal prince: but his kingdom is not of this world; nor with observation; but is spiritual; and he is a King over Israel in a spiritual sense, even of saints, whether Jews or Gentiles: whom he conquers by his power, and rules in their hearts by his Spirit, and grace; and protects, and defends them from all their enemies.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Rabbi - Master. Applied appropriately to Jesus, and to no one else, Matthew 23:10.

The Son of God - By this title he doubtless meant that he was the Messiah. His conscience told him that he had judged right of his character, and that therefore he must know the heart and the desires of the mind. If so, he could not be a mere man, but must be the long-expected Messiah.

The King of Israel - This was one of the titles by which the Messiah was expected, and this was the title which was affixed to his cross, John 19:18. This case of Nathanael John adduces as another evidence that Jesus was the Christ. The great object he had in view in writing this gospel was to collect the evidence that he was the Messiah, John 20:31. A case, therefore, where Jesus searched the heart, and where his knowledge of the heart convinced a pious Jew that he was the Christ, is very properly adduced as important testimony.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 49. Rabbi — That is, Teacher! and so this word should be translated.

Thou art the Son of God — The promised Messiah.

Thou art the King of Israel. — The real descendant of David, who art to sit on that spiritual throne of which the throne of David was the type.