Jesus Calls Philip and Nathanael

43 The next day [Jesus] decided to set out for Galilee. Finding Philip, [He] told him, “Follow Me.” 44 Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the [same] town as Andrew and Peter.

45 Philip found Nathanael and told him, “We have found the [One] Moses wrote about in the Law, [ the One] the prophets [foretold]—Jesus of Nazareth, [the] son of Joseph.”

46 “Can anything good come from Nazareth?” Nathanael asked.

“Come and see,” said Philip.

47 [When] Jesus saw Nathanael approaching, He said of him, “Here [is] a true Israelite, in whom there is no deceit.”

48 “How do You know me?” Nathanael asked.

Jesus replied, “Before Philip called you, I saw you under the fig tree.”

49 “Rabbi,” Nathanael answered, “You are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!”

50 Jesus said to him, “Do you believe just because I said to you,[fn] ‘I saw you under the fig tree’? You will see greater things than these.” 51 Then He declared, “Truly, truly, I tell you, from now on[fn] you will all see heaven open and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man.”[fn]