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John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Nathanael saith unto him, whence knowest thou me?.... This he said as one surprised, that he, who was a stranger to him, should hit upon his general character, and describe the internal state and frame of his soul: this was more surprising to him, than if he had called him by his name Nathanael, as he did Simon; or had said what was the place, of...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Nathanael saith unto him, Whence knowest thou me ? Jesus answered and said unto Him, Before that Philip called thee, when thou wast under the fig tree, I saw thee. What Nathanael had been doing there, we do not know; probably he had been meditating, or he may have been engaged in prayer. But this announcement was a proof to Nathanael that Jesus...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Jesus answered and said unto him, Before that Philip called thee, when thou wast under the fig tree, I saw thee. What was he doing under the fig tree? Jesus knew, and Nathanael knew, but nobody else knew, and perhaps nobody else ever will know. That was a secret between Christ and Nathanael. He was doing something there that he regarded as quite...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
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...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Nathanael answered and saith unto him, Rabbi, thou art the Son of God; thou art the King of Israel. “Thou sawest what I was doing in secret; and by that token I perceive that thou art God’s own Son.”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Nathanael answered and saith unto him: Rabbi, thou art the Son of God; thou art the king of Israel. Jesus answered and said unto him, Because I said unto thee, I saw thee under the fig tree, believest thou? thou shalt see greater things than these. You who are honest in heart, you who can be convinced by a single argument, — and, mark you, one...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Jesus answered and said unto him,.... Not as reproving him for his faith, as if he was too credulous, and too easily gave into the belief of Christ, as the Son of God, and true Messiah, upon these single expressions of his; but as approving of it, and surprised at it: because I said unto thee, I saw thee under the fig tree, believest thou? some...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Jesus answered and said unto him, Because I said unto thee, I saw thee under the fig tree, believest thou!’ thou shalt see greater things than these. Those who are ready to believe Christ, on what may be thought to be slender evidence, shall “see greater things than these.” “Blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed.” They shall...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And he saith unto him, verily, verily, I say unto you,.... Not only to Nathanael, but to the rest of the disciples that were then with him; and to show himself to be the "Amen", and faithful witness, as well as more strongly to asseverate what he was about to say, he doubles the expression: hereafter you shall see heaven open; either in a literal...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he saith unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Hereafter ye shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man. “Thou art a true Israelite, and thou shalt have Israel’s vision. Thou shalt see the same sight as thy father Jacob saw when he fell asleep with a stone for his pillow, only thy vision shall...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he saith unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Hereafter ye shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of Man. He could see actually what Jacob saw only in a dream, when he beheld that wonderful stairway of light which leads from earth to heaven, even the Lord Jesus Christ, who by his manhood and his...