John 1:48
Nathanael asked him,“How do you know me?” Jesus replied,“Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you.”
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- John 2:25 : 25 He did not need anyone to testify about man, for he knew what was in man.
- Isa 65:24 : 24 Before they even call out, I will respond; while they are still speaking, I will hear.
- Matt 6:6 : 6 But whenever you pray, go into your inner room, close the door, and pray to your Father in secret. And your Father, who sees in secret, will reward you.
- Ps 139:1-2 : 1 For the music director, a psalm of David. O LORD, you examine me and know. 2 You know when I sit down and when I get up; even from far away you understand my motives.
- Rev 2:18-19 : 18 To the Church in Thyatira“To the angel of the church in Thyatira write the following:“This is the solemn pronouncement of the Son of God, the one who has eyes like a fiery flame and whose feet are like polished bronze: 19 ‘I know your deeds: your love, faith, service, and steadfast endurance. In fact, your more recent deeds are greater than your earlier ones.
- 1 Cor 4:5 : 5 So then, do not judge anything before the time. Wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light the hidden things of darkness and reveal the motives of hearts. Then each will receive recognition from God.
- 1 Cor 14:25 : 25 The secrets of his heart are disclosed, and in this way he will fall down with his face to the ground and worship God, declaring,“God is really among you.”
- Gen 32:24-30 : 24 So Jacob was left alone. Then a man wrestled with him until daybreak. 25 When the man saw that he could not defeat Jacob, he struck the socket of his hip so the socket of Jacob’s hip was dislocated while he wrestled with him. 26 Then the man said,“Let me go, for the dawn is breaking.”“I will not let you go,” Jacob replied,“unless you bless me.” 27 The man asked him,“What is your name?” He answered,“Jacob.” 28 “No longer will your name be Jacob,” the man told him,“but Israel, because you have fought with God and with men and have prevailed.” 29 Then Jacob asked,“Please tell me your name.”“Why do you ask my name?” the man replied. Then he blessed Jacob there. 30 So Jacob named the place Peniel, explaining,“Certainly I have seen God face to face and have survived.”
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49 Nathanael answered him,“Rabbi, you are the Son of God; you are the king of Israel!”
50 Jesus said to him,“Because I told you that I saw you under the fig tree, do you believe? You will see greater things than these.”
51 He continued,“I tell all of you the solemn truth– you will see heaven opened and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man.”
- John 1:42-476 verses81%
42 Andrew brought Simon to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said,“You are Simon, the son of John. You will be called Cephas”(which is translated Peter).
43 The Calling of More Disciples On the next day Jesus wanted to set out for Galilee. He found Philip and said to him,“Follow me.”
44 (Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the town of Andrew and Peter.)
45 Philip found Nathanael and told him,“We have found the one Moses wrote about in the law, and the prophets also wrote about– Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.”
46 Nathanael replied,“Can anything good come out of Nazareth?” Philip replied,“Come and see.”
47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him and exclaimed,“Look, a true Israelite in whom there is no deceit!”
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13 After noticing in the distance a fig tree with leaves, he went to see if he could find any fruit on it. When he came to it he found nothing but leaves, for it was not the season for figs.
14 He said to it,“May no one ever eat fruit from you again.” And his disciples heard it.
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9 Nicodemus replied,“How can these things be?”
10 Jesus answered,“Are you the teacher of Israel and yet you don’t understand these things?
11 I tell you the solemn truth, we speak about what we know and testify about what we have seen, but you people do not accept our testimony.
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19 After noticing a fig tree by the road he went to it, but found nothing on it except leaves. He said to it,“Never again will there be fruit from you!” And the fig tree withered at once.
20 When the disciples saw it they were amazed, saying,“How did the fig tree wither so quickly?”
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30 So Philip ran up to it and heard the man reading the prophet Isaiah. He asked him,“Do you understand what you’re reading?”
31 The man replied,“How in the world can I, unless someone guides me?” So he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.
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39 Jesus answered,“Come and you will see.” So they came and saw where he was staying, and they stayed with him that day. Now it was about four o’clock in the afternoon.
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29 The Parable of the Fig Tree Then he told them a parable:“Look at the fig tree and all the other trees.
30 When they sprout leaves, you see for yourselves and know that summer is now near.
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9 Jesus replied,“Have I been with you for so long, and you have not known me, Philip? The person who has seen me has seen the Father! How can you say,‘Show us the Father’?
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37 Jesus told him,“You have seen him; he is the one speaking with you.”[
- John 3:1-22 verses68%
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2 came to Jesus at night and said to him,“Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the miraculous signs that you do unless God is with him.”
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20 The Withered Fig Tree In the morning as they passed by, they saw the fig tree withered from the roots.
21 Peter remembered and said to him,“Rabbi, look! The fig tree you cursed has withered.”
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50 Nicodemus, who had gone to Jesus before and who was one of the rulers, said,
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4 So he ran on ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see him, because Jesus was going to pass that way.
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29 “Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did. Surely he can’t be the Messiah, can he?”
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56 Your father Abraham was overjoyed to see my day, and he saw it and was glad.”
57 Then the Judeans replied,“You are not yet fifty years old! Have you seen Abraham?”
58 Jesus said to them,“I tell you the solemn truth, before Abraham came into existence, I am!”
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21 So these approached Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and requested,“Sir, we would like to see Jesus.”
22 Philip went and told Andrew, and they both went and told Jesus.
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6 Warning to Israel to Bear Fruit Then Jesus told this parable:“A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came looking for fruit on it and found none.
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34 Jesus replied,“Are you saying this on your own initiative, or have others told you about me?”
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10 In that day,’ says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies,‘everyone will invite his friend to fellowship under his vine and under his fig tree.’”
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37 When John’s two disciples heard him say this, they followed Jesus.
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4 Then Jesus, because he knew everything that was going to happen to him, came and asked them,“Who are you looking for?”
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5 Then Jesus, when he looked up and saw that a large crowd was coming to him, said to Philip,“Where can we buy bread so that these people may eat?”
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10 “So the trees said to the fig tree,‘You come and be our king!’
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7 If you have known me, you will know my Father too. And from now on you do know him and have seen him.”
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45 and the one who sees me sees the one who sent me.
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31 I did not recognize him, but I came baptizing with water so that he could be revealed to Israel.”
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24 Regaining his sight he said,“I see people, but they look like trees walking.”
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35 So Philip started speaking, and beginning with this scripture proclaimed the good news about Jesus to him.
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30 Now we know that you know everything and do not need anyone to ask you anything. Because of this we believe that you have come from God.”