John 1:47

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him and said of him, See, here is a true son of Israel in whom there is nothing false.

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  • Ps 32:2 : 2 Happy is the man in whom the Lord sees no evil, and in whose spirit there is no deceit.
  • Rom 9:6 : 6 But it is not as if the word of God was without effect. For they are not all Israel, who are of Israel:
  • Ps 73:1 : 1 Truly, God is good to Israel, even to such as are clean in heart.
  • John 8:31 : 31 Then Jesus said to the Jews who had faith in him, If you keep my word, then you are truly my disciples;
  • Rom 9:4 : 4 Who are Israelites: who have the place of sons, and the glory, and the agreements with God, and the giving of the law, and the worship, and the hope offered by God:
  • Rev 14:5 : 5 And in their mouth there was no false word, for they are untouched by evil.
  • John 8:39 : 39 In answer they said to him, Our father is Abraham. Jesus said to them, If you were Abraham's children you would do what Abraham did.
  • Rom 2:28-29 : 28 The true Jew is not one who is only so publicly, and circumcision is not that which may be seen in the flesh: 29 But he is a Jew who is a secret one, whose circumcision is of the heart, in the spirit and not in the letter; whose praise is not from men, but from God.
  • Phil 3:3 : 3 For we are the circumcision, who give worship to God and have glory in Jesus Christ, and have no faith in the flesh:
  • 1 Pet 2:1 : 1 So putting away all wrongdoing, and all tricks and deceits and envies and evil talk,
  • 1 Pet 2:22 : 22 Who did no evil, and there was no deceit in his mouth:

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    45 Philip came across Nathanael and said to him, We have made a discovery! It is he of whom Moses, in the law, and the prophets were writing, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.

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    50 In answer Jesus said to him, You have faith because I said to you, I saw you under the fig-tree. You will see greater things than these.

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  • 34 This I saw myself and my witness is that he is the Son of God.

  • 31 I myself had no knowledge of him, but I came giving baptism with water so that he might be seen openly by Israel.

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  • 29 Come and see a man who has been talking to me of everything I ever did! Is it possible that this is the Christ?

  • 21 But he whose life is true comes to the light, so that it may be clearly seen that his acts have been done by the help of God.

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  • 14 And so the Word became flesh and took a place among us for a time; and we saw his glory--such glory as is given to an only son by his father--saw it to be true and full of grace.

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  • 12 And he said to them, No, but you have come to see how poor the land is.

  • 10 And when these words came to the ears of Jesus he was surprised, and said to those who came after him, Truly I say to you, I have not seen such great faith, no, not in Israel.

  • 28 Now then, let your eyes be turned to me, for truly I will not say what is false to your face.

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