Geneva Study Bible Commentary
John 1:47
(20) Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!
(20) Simple uprightness discerns the true Israelites from the false.
(20) Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!
(20) Simple uprightness discerns the true Israelites from the false.
Verse 47. _BEHOLD AN ISRAELITE INDEED_] A worthy descendant of the patriarch Jacob, who not only professes to believe in Israel's God, but who worships him in sincerity and truth, according to his lig...
AN ISRAELITE INDEED - One who is really an Israelite - not by birth only, but one worthy of the name. One who possesses the spirit, the piety, and the integrity which become a man who is really a Jew,...
ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS I. The Only-begotten, the Eternal Word; His Glory and His Manifestation -- Chapter 1:1-2:22 CHAPTER 1 __ 1. The Word: the Creator, the Life and the Light. (John 1:1 .)...
THE BAPTIST'S DISCIPLES AND JESUS. On the morrow to two of his disciples John bears similar witness. The account in its details suggests the recollections of one to whom the incident bad been the turn...
BEHOLD AN ISRAELITE INDEED, IN WHOM IS NO GUILE! The Savior salutes Nathanael with. tribute to his honest, guileless character. He was. true Israelite, without hypocrisy, worshiping God with sincere...
On the next day Jesus determined to go away to Galilee; and there he found Philip. Jesus said to him: "Follow me!" Now Philip came from Bethsaida, which was the town from which Andrew and Peter came....
THE WORD (John 1:1-18)...
ISRAELITE: i.e. not. "Jacob". See notes on Genesis 32:28. INDEED. truly. Greek _alethos._ Adverb of No. 1, App-175....
_saw Nathanael coming_ This contradicts the theory that Christ overheard Nathanael's question. S. John represents Christ's knowledge of Nathanael as miraculous; as in John 1:42 He appears as the searc...
THE TESTIMONY OF DISCIPLES This section falls into two divisions, each occupying a day; (1) the call of Andrew, John, Peter, and perhaps James; (2) that of Philip and Nathanael. Of these Peter and Ja...
PHILIP AND NATHANAEL...
ἘΚ ΝΑΖ. Κ.Τ.Λ. All Galileans were despised for their want of culture, their rude dialect, and contact with Gentiles. They were to the Jews what Bœotians were to the Athenians. But here it is a Galilea...
Ver 47. Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and said of him, Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile! 48. Nathanael said to him, Whence know you me? Jesus answered and said to him, Before that...
_THE ETERNAL WORD KNOWS THE HEARTS OF MEN -- JOHN 1:43-51:_ The Lord knows both a Philip and a Nathanael. (John 1:43-51) With the simple words "follow me" Philip was called to Jesus. Nathanael was mov...
ΈΡΧΌΜΕΝΟΝ _praes. med. (dep.) part., см._ John 1:7. ΑΛΗΘΏΣ (G230) подлинно. H.Kuhli, "Nathanael — 'Wahrer Israelii'? Zum angeblischen attributiven Gebrauch von ΆΛΗΘΏΣ in Joh 1,47" BN 9 (1979): 11-19....
DISCOURSE: 1604 AN ISRAELITE INDEED John 1:47. _Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!_ IT is comfortable to reflect, that there are man...
JESUS SAW NATHANAEL— Nathanael, being a man of a candid disposition, resolved to go and converse with Jesus, that he might judge with the more certainty concerning his pretensions. He was coming there...
THE CALL OF PHILIP AND NATHANAEL _Text 1:43-51_ 43 On the morrow he was minded to go forth into Galilee, and he findeth Philip: and Jesus saith unto him, Follow me. 44 Now Philip was from Bethsai...
EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN John 1:35-51 We first submit a brief Analysis of the passage which is to be before us. We would divide it as follows:— 1. John points to Christ as God’s Lamb, John...
Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile! JESUS SAW NATHANAEL COMING TO HIM, AND SAITH OF HIM, BEHOLD AN ISRAELITE INDEED, IN WHOM IS NO...
Government and education are still the panaceas proposed by the majority of priest-craft. But John wisely withdraws himself from their notice, and as the Voice, heralds the coming of the Messiah Himse...
NO GUILE] 'guile' or deceitfulness was the special failing of Jacob (Israel) and of Israelites generally. Again our Lord discerns the heart of man....
PRELIMINARY CALL OF FIVE APOSTLES, ANDREW, JOHN, PETER, PHILIP, AND BARTHOLOMEW (peculiar to Jn). This account, so far from conflicting with the (later) call described Matthew 4:18; Mark 1:15; (cp. Lu...
THE DIVINITY AND INCARNATION OF THE WORD. WITNESS OF JOHN. THE FIRST DISCIPLES 1-18. Preface, declaring (1) that the Word was God, (2) that He was made man, (3) that He revealed the Father. This subl...
JOHN TELLS THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT JESUS GOSPEL OF JOHN _MARION ADAMS_ THE AUTHOR Most people agree that John, Jesus’ *disciple, wrote the 4th *Gospel. John’s father was called Zebedee. And John had...
JESUS SAW NATHANAEL COMING. — Nathanael is at once willing that his prejudice should give way before the force of truth. He is coming, when the look directed towards others rests also upon him. It fin...
CHAPTER 4 THE FIRST DISCIPLES. “Again on the morrow John was standing, and two of his disciples; and he looked upon Jesus as He walked, and saith, Behold, the Lamb of God! And the two disciples heard...
Philip's announcement is received with incredulity. ἐκ Ναζαρὲτ δύναταί τι ἀγαθὸν εἶναι; “Can anything good be from Nazareth.” _Cf._ John 8:52, “out of Galilee ariseth no prophet”. Westcott, representi...
_Further manifestations of Jesus as Messiah_....
THE DOUBTER BECOMES A DISCIPLE John 1:43-51 The Apostles were attracted to the Master in different ways. Some came to Him through preaching, as when John proclaimed His rank and sacrifice. Others wer...
The Gospel of John brings us into the profoundest facts concerning the Person of Jesus. The first eighteen verses constitute the introduction to the whole Book. The main declaration is found by bringi...
“ _And Nathanael said unto him: Can anything good come out of Nazareth? Philip says to him: Come and see._ ” According to _Meyer_, Nathanael's answer alludes to the reputation which the town of Nazare...
II. SECOND GROUP: JOHN 1:44-51. The following narrative seems to be contrived for the purpose of driving to despair, by its conciseness, the one who attempts to account for the facts from an external...
SECOND SECTION: 1:38-52. BEGINNINGS OF THE WORK OF JESUS. BIRTH OF FAITH. Testimony is the condition of faith. For faith is, at the outset, the acceptance of a divine fact on the foundation of testimo...
The day following, Jesus would go forth into Galilee, and findeth Philip, and saith unto him, Follow me, (44) Now Philip was of Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter. (45) Philip findeth Nathanael,...
The opening verses (John 1:1-18) introduce the most glorious subject which God Himself ever gave in employing the pen of man; not only the most glorious in point of theme, but in the profoundest point...
47._Behold, one truly an Israelite. _It is not on Nathanael’s own account that Christ bestows on him this commendation, but under his person he holds out a general doctrine. For, since many who boast...
The first chapter asserts what He was before all things, and the different characters in which He is a blessing to man, being made flesh. He is, and He is the expression of, the whole mind that subsis...
JESUS SAW NATHANAEL COMING TO HIM,.... For notwithstanding his prejudices, he was a man of so much uprightness and honesty, that he thought Philip's request was very reasonable; and that it was but ri...
Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile! Ver. 47. _Behold an Israelite, &c._] Here Christ wondereth at his own work of renovation, as wond...
_Jesus saw Nathanael coming_ “Nathanael, being a man of a candid disposition, resolved to go and converse with Jesus, that he might judge with the more certainty concerning his pretensions. He was com...
ISRAELITE INDEED; not merely a descendant of Israel, but one who has the true character of an Israelite-a holy and believing man. NO GUILE; not hypocritical; open, honest, upright, sincere....
The winning of Nathanael:...
JESUS SAW NATHANAEL COMING TO HIM, AND SAITH OF HIM, BEHOLD AN ISRAELITE INDEED IN WHOM IS NO GUILE!...
CHRIST THE LIVING WORD (vs.1-5) Revelation 19:13, speaking of the Lord Jesus, says, "His name is called the Word of God." As such He had no beginning: in the beginning He was there. In person He is...
43-51 See the nature of true Christianity, it is following Jesus; devoting ourselves to him, and treading in his steps. Observe the objection Nathanael made. All who desire to profit by the word of G...
_ They are not all Israel, which are of Israel,_ ROMANS 9:6. _For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh: but he is a Jew, which is one in...
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book III By whom also Nathanael, being taught, recognised [Him], he to whom also the Lord bare witness, that he was "an Israelite indeed, in whom was no guile."[138] Clemen...
John 1:47 Jesus G2424 saw G1492 (G5627) Nathanael G3482 coming G2064 (G5740) toward G4314 Him G846 and...
JOHN THE BAPTISER'S TESTIMONY TO JESUS AND THE CALLING OF DISCIPLES (JOHN 1:19). The portrayal of John the Baptiser by the writer is in interesting contrast to the John the Baptiser portrayed in the o...
DISCIPLES BEGIN TO GATHER TO JESUS (JOHN 1:35). The great teachers of Israel would often have bands of ‘disciples' who gathered round them to learn from them, and then to pass on their teaching. Here...
‘Jesus saw Nathaniel coming to him and says to him, “Look, an Israelite indeed in whom is no guile”.' When Jesus sees Nathaniel He declares, ‘See, a true Israelite who is without guile'. The idea is t...
The same general subject is continued in this section Jesus taking His place on the stage of history. We pass now, however, from the witness of the Baptist, given on two successive days, to the manife...
John 1:47. JESUS SAW NATHANAEL COMING TO HIM, AND SAITH OF HIM, BEHOLD, AN ISRAELITE INDEED, IN WHOM IS NO GUILE. Again, as at John 1:43, we are left to infer that the call thus addressed to Nathanael...
BEHOLD (ιδε). Here an exclamation (see John 1:29) as often like ιδου.AN ISRAELITE INDEED (αληθως Ισραηλειτης). "Truly an Israelite," one living up to the covenant name, Israel at its best (Romans...
John 1:45 The First Disciples Nathanael. I. Look first at the preparation a soul brought to Christ by a brother. "Philip findeth Nathanael." Nathanael's prejudice was but the giving voice to a fault...
John 1:47 Guilelessness. An even unvaried life is the lot of most men, in spite of occasional troubles or other accidents; and we are apt to despise it and get tired of it, and to long to see the wor...
John 1:19. _And this is the record of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who art thou ? And he confessed, and denied not; but confessed, I am not the Christ._ «I...
John 1:29. _The next day_ This chapter is a record of the events that occurred on different days. Sometimes God does great things in a single day; one extraordinary day may have more in it than a hun...
CONTENTS: Deity of Christ. Ministry of John the Baptist. Jesus announced as the Lamb of God, and the first converts to Him. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, John the Baptist, Moses, Elias, Isaiah, Pharisees,...
John 1:1. _In the beginning was the Word._ Εν αρχη ο λογος. John begins the new creation with the words of Moses of the old creation, and continues to speak of Christ in the running language of all th...
THERE IS NOTHING FALSE IN HIM. Quite a contrast to the formalism and hypocrisy of that time. This also shows that the statement of Nathanael in John 1:46 was not based on jealousy (Cana and Nazareth w...
_Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile._ This is a chapter of “beholds.” We are first to “Behold the Lamb of God,” and then to behold a man of God. Nathanael was simple, straightforward, hon...
_Philip findeth Nathanael._ The equivalent of Theodore. He is probably to be identified with Bartholomew, for 1. The mention of him here and in John 21:2, shows that he occupied a prominent position...
_The next day_ THE FIRST UTTERANCES OF THE WORD 1. A searching question. 2. A gracious invitation. 3. An encouraging promise. 4. A Divine command. 5. A heart revelation. 6. An assurance of a p...
WITHOUT GUILE Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile! John 1:47. Many of you boys and girls have a baby brother or sister. Do you sometimes wonder what they think about? They are taking in...
JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 1:19 Signs of the Messiah, with Teaching about Life in Him. The first half of John’s Gospel features Jesus’ demonstration of his messianic identity through several selected “signs” ...
THE HOLY GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST, ACCORDING TO JOHN. T HIS is the title in the Greek and Latin codices. In the Syriac it is as follows, _The Holy Gospel, the Preaching of Jouchanon_ (John), _which...
_ Was made_ : not that the Word was changed into flesh, or flesh into the Word, for, as S. Chrysostom says, "far from that immortal nature is transmutation." For how could flesh become God, that is, h...
_EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES_ John 1:45. NATHANAEL = Theodorus. The gift of God (נְתַנְאֵל). Probably this is the disciple mentioned afterward as Bartholomew (Matthew 10:3). How quickly did those e...
EXPOSITION THE title of the book is differently given in the manuscripts and ancient versions, and the differences are so considerable that they cannot be referred to the original text. The simplest f...
Shall we turn in our Bibles to the gospel according to John. The gospel of John was the last of the gospels that were written. It was written towards the close of that first century, written by John,...
1 Peter 2:1; 1 Peter 2:22; John 8:31; John 8:39; Philippians 3:3;...
FOLLOWING CHRIST John 1:36 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We delight in the study of John the Baptist. Christ said that he was the greatest man born of woman, yet he was not self-centered or proud. Had he been...
Were the apostles called at this time or later? PROBLEM: John records that Jesus called Andrew, Peter, Philip, Nathanael, and another disciple at this time. However, the other Gospels record their cal...