The Life Of Jesus

The next day Jesus went into Galilee, and found Philip, and said to him, “Follow me.” Philip was from the city of Bethsaida, the same place where Andrew and Peter were from. Philip went and he found Nathaniel, and said to him, “We have found him, of whom Moses and the Prophets wrote about, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.”

And Nathaniel answered, “Can anything good come out of Nazareth?”

Philip replied, “Come and see.”

Jesus saw Nathaniel coming toward him and said, “Look an Israelite indeed, in whom there is no deceit!”

Nathaniel replied, “Where do you know me from?”

Jesus answered him, “Before Philip called you when you were under the fig-tree, I saw you.”

Nathaniel replied, “Rabbi, you are the Son of God; you are the King of Israel.”

Jesus said to him, “Because I said to you, I saw you under the fig tree, you believe? You’ll see greater things than these.” And he said, “Truly, truly, I say to you, from hereafter you’ll see heaven open, and angels of God descending and ascending upon the Son of Man.”