John 1:47

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him and exclaimed,“Look, a true Israelite in whom there is no deceit!”

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  • Ps 32:2 : 2 How blessed is the one whose wrongdoing the LORD does not punish, in whose spirit there is no deceit.
  • Rom 9:6 : 6 It is not as though the word of God had failed. For not all those who are descended from Israel are truly Israel,
  • Ps 73:1 : 1 Book 3(Psalms 73-89) A psalm by Asaph. Certainly God is good to Israel, and to those whose motives are pure!
  • John 8:31 : 31 Abraham’s Children and the Devil’s Children Then Jesus said to those Judeans who had believed him,“If you continue to follow my teaching, you are really my disciples
  • Rom 9:4 : 4 who are Israelites. To them belong the adoption as sons, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the temple worship, and the promises.
  • Rev 14:5 : 5 and no lie was found on their lips; they are blameless.
  • John 8:39 : 39 They answered him,“Abraham is our father!” Jesus replied,“If you are Abraham’s children, you would be doing the deeds of Abraham.
  • Rom 2:28-29 : 28 For a person is not a Jew who is one outwardly, nor is circumcision something that is outward in the flesh, 29 but someone is a Jew who is one inwardly, and circumcision is of the heart by the Spirit and not by the letter. This person’s praise is not from people but from God.
  • Phil 3:3 : 3 For we are the circumcision, the ones who worship by the Spirit of God, exult in Christ Jesus, and do not rely on human credentials
  • 1 Pet 2:1 : 1 So get rid of all evil and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander.
  • 1 Pet 2:22 : 22 He committed no sin nor was deceit found in his mouth.

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  • John 1:48-51
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    49 Nathanael answered him,“Rabbi, you are the Son of God; you are the king of Israel!”

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    28 These things happened in Bethany across the Jordan River where John was baptizing.

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  • 31 I did not recognize him, but I came baptizing with water so that he could be revealed to Israel.”

  • 45 and the one who sees me sees the one who sent me.

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  • 18 No one has ever seen God. The only one, himself God, who is in closest fellowship with the Father, has made God known.

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  • 12 “No,” he insisted,“but you have come to see if our land is vulnerable.”

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  • 28 Other Explanation“Now then, be good enough to look at me; and I will not lie to your face!

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