John 1:48

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Nathanael said to him, Where did you get knowledge of me? In answer Jesus said, Before Philip was talking with you, while you were still under the fig-tree, I saw you.

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  • John 2:25 : 25 He had no need for any witness about man; for he himself had knowledge of what was in man.
  • Isa 65:24 : 24 And before they make their request I will give an answer, and while they are still making prayer to me, I will give ear.
  • Matt 6:6 : 6 But when you make your prayer, go into your private room, and, shutting the door, say a prayer to your Father in secret, and your Father, who sees in secret, will give you your reward.
  • Ps 139:1-2 : 1 <To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David.> O Lord, you have knowledge of me, searching out all my secrets. 2 You have knowledge when I am seated and when I get up, you see my thoughts from far away.
  • Rev 2:18-19 : 18 And to the angel of the church in Thyatira say: These things says the Son of God, whose eyes are like a flame of fire, and his feet like polished brass: 19 I have knowledge of your works, and your love and faith and help and strength in trouble, and that your last works are more than the first.
  • 1 Cor 4:5 : 5 For this reason let there be no judging before the time, till the Lord comes, who will make clear the secret things of the dark, and the designs of the heart; and then will every man have his praise from God.
  • 1 Cor 14:25 : 25 The secrets of his heart are made clear; and he will go down on his face and give worship to God, saying that God is truly among you.
  • Gen 32:24-30 : 24 Then Jacob was by himself; and a man was fighting with him till dawn. 25 But when the man saw that he was not able to overcome Jacob, he gave him a blow in the hollow part of his leg, so that his leg was damaged. 26 And he said to him, Let me go now, for the dawn is near. But Jacob said, I will not let you go till you have given me your blessing. 27 Then he said, What is your name? And he said, Jacob. 28 And he said, Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel: for in your fight with God and with men you have overcome. 29 Then Jacob said, What is your name? And he said, What is my name to you? Then he gave him a blessing. 30 And Jacob gave that place the name of Peniel, saying, I have seen God face to face, and still I am living.

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  • John 1:49-51
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    49 Nathanael said to him, Rabbi, you are the Son of God, you are King of Israel!

    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.

    51 And he said to him, Truly I say to you all, You will see heaven opening and God's angels going up and coming down on the Son of man.

  • John 1:42-47
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    42 And he took him to Jesus. Looking at him fixedly Jesus said, You are Simon, the son of John; your name will be Cephas (which is to say, Peter).

    43 The day after this, Jesus had a desire to go into Galilee. He came across Philip and said to him, Come and be my disciple.

    44 Now Philip's town was Beth-saida, where Andrew and Peter came from.

    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.

    46 Nazareth! said Nathanael, Is it possible for any good to come out of Nazareth? Philip said to him, Come and see.

    47 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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    13 And seeing a fig-tree in the distance with leaves, he went to see if by chance it had anything on it: and when he came to it, he saw nothing but leaves, for it was not the time for the fruit.

    14 And he said to it, Let no man take fruit from you for ever. And his disciples took note of his words.

  • John 3:9-11
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    9 And Nicodemus said to him, How is it possible for these things to be?

    10 And Jesus, answering, said, Are you the teacher of Israel and have no knowledge of these things?

    11 Truly, I say to you, We say that of which we have knowledge; we give witness of what we have seen; and you do not take our witness to be true.

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    19 And seeing a fig-tree by the wayside, he came to it, and saw nothing on it but leaves only; and he said to it, Let there be no fruit from you from this time forward for ever. And straight away the fig-tree became dry and dead.

    20 And when the disciples saw it they were surprised, saying, How did the fig-tree become dry in so short a time?

  • Acts 8:30-31
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    30 And Philip, running up to him, saw that he was reading Isaiah the prophet, and said to him, Is the sense of what you are reading clear to you?

    31 And he said, How is that possible when I have no guide? And he made Philip get up by his side.

  • 39 He said to them, Come and see. They went with him then and saw where he was living; and they were with him all that day: it was then about the tenth hour of the day.

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    29 And he made a story for them: See the fig-tree, and all the trees;

    30 When they put out their young leaves, you take note of it, and it is clear to you that summer is coming.

  • 9 Jesus said to him, Philip, have I been with you all this time, and still you have no knowledge of me? He who has seen me has seen the Father. Why do you say, Let us see the Father?

  • 37 Jesus said to him, You have seen him; it is he who is talking to you.

  • John 3:1-2
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    1 Now there was among the Pharisees a man named Nicodemus, who was one of the rulers of the Jews.

    2 He came to Jesus by night and said to him, Rabbi, we are certain that you have come from God as a teacher, because no man would be able to do these signs which you do if God was not with him.

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    20 And when they were going by in the morning, they saw the fig-tree dead from the roots.

    21 And Peter, having a memory of it, said to him, Master, see, the tree which was cursed by you is dead.

  • 50 Nicodemus--he who had come to Jesus before, being himself one of them--said to them,

  • 4 And he went quickly in front of them and got up into a tree to see him, for he was going that way.

  • 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?

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    56 Your father Abraham was full of joy at the hope of seeing my day: he saw it and was glad.

    57 Then the Jews said to him, You are not fifty years old; have you seen Abraham?

    58 Jesus said to them, Truly I say to you, Before Abraham came into being, I am.

  • 32 Now take an example from the fig-tree: when her branch has become soft and puts out its leaves, you are certain that the summer is near;

  • 28 Take an example from the fig-tree: when its branches become soft and put out their leaves, you see that the summer is near;

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    21 They came to Philip, who was of Beth-saida in Galilee, and made a request, saying, Sir, we have a desire to see Jesus.

    22 Philip went and gave word of it to Andrew; and Andrew went with Philip to Jesus.

  • 6 And he made up this story for them: A certain man had a fig-tree in his garden, and he came to get fruit from it, and there was no fruit.

  • 34 Jesus made answer, Do you say this of yourself, or did others say it about me?

  • 10 In that day, says the Lord of armies, you will be one another's guests under the vine and under the fig-tree.

  • 37 Hearing what he said, the two disciples went after Jesus.

  • 4 Then Jesus, having knowledge of everything which was coming on him, went forward and said to them, Who are you looking for?

  • 5 Lifting up his eyes, Jesus saw a great number of people coming to where he was, and he said to Philip, Where may we get bread for all these people?

  • 10 Then the trees said to the fig-tree, You come and be king over us.

  • 7 If you had knowledge of me, you would have knowledge of my Father: you have knowledge of him now and have seen him.

  • 45 And he who sees me, sees him who sent me.

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

  • 24 And looking up, he said, I see men; I see them like trees, walking.

  • 35 So Philip, starting from this writing, gave him the good news about Jesus.

  • 30 Now we are certain that you have knowledge of all things and have no need for anyone to put questions to you: through this we have faith that you came from God.