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Fig leaves then signify sins; and Nathanael, when he was under the fig tree, was under the shadow of death: so that our Lord seemeth to say, O Israel, whoever of you is without guile, O people of the Jewish faith, before that I called thee by My Apostles, when thou wert as yet under the shadow of death, and sawest Me not, I saw thee." [2]
In the King James Version of the Bible the text reads: Nathanael answered and saith unto him, Rabbi, thou art the Son of God; thou art the King of Israel. The New International Version translates the passage as: Then Nathanael declared, "Rabbi, you are the Son of God; you are the King of Israel."
In the Gospel of John, Nathanael is introduced as a friend of Philip, from Bethsaida (1:43-44). [2] The first disciples who follow Jesus are portrayed as reaching out immediately to family or friends: thus, Philip found Nathanael and said to him, "We have found Him of whom Moses in the law, and also the prophets, wrote — Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph".
In the King James Version of the Bible the text reads: Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile! The New International Version translates the passage as: When Jesus saw Nathanael approaching, he said of him, "Here is a true Israelite, in whom there is nothing false."
Come and see. Since either way of reading agrees equally with what follows, we must inquire the meaning of the passage. Nathanael was well-read in the Law, and therefore the word Nazareth (Philip having said that he had found Jesus of Nazareth) immediately raises his hopes, and he exclaims, Something good can come out of Nazareth.
The parable of the barren fig tree is a parable of Jesus recorded in the Gospel of Luke 13:6-9. A vinekeeper holds out hope that a barren fig tree will bear fruit next year. [14] Mark 11 includes an account of Jesus cursing the fig tree: [15] The next day as they were leaving Bethany, Jesus was hungry. Seeing in the distance a fig tree in leaf ...
Most scholars believe that the Gospel of Mark was the first gospel and was used as a source by the authors of Matthew and Luke. [12] Mark uses the cursing of the barren fig tree to bracket and comment on the story of the Jewish temple: Jesus and his disciples are on their way to Jerusalem when Jesus curses a fig tree because it bears no fruit; in Jerusalem he drives the money-changers from the ...
In the King James Version of the Bible the text reads: Then Jesus turned, and saw them following, and saith unto them, What seek ye? They said unto him, Rabbi, (which is to say, being interpreted, Master,) where dwellest thou? The New International Version translates the passage as: Turning around, Jesus saw them following and asked, "What do ...