⁴⁰Andrew,^c Simon Peter’s brother, was one of the two who heard John and followed him. ⁴¹He first found his own brother Simon and told him, “We have found the Messiah”^F^d (which is translated “the Christ”),^e ⁴²and he brought Simon to Jesus.

When Jesus saw him, he said, “You are Simon, son of John.^G You will be called Cephas”^f (which is translated “Peter”^H).

PHILIP AND NATHANAEL

⁴³The next day Jesus^I decided to leave for Galilee. He found Philip^g and told him, “Follow me.”

⁴⁴Now Philip was from Bethsaida,^h the hometown of Andrew and Peter. ⁴⁵Philip found Nathanaelⁱ and told him, “We have found the one Moses wrote about in the law (and so did the prophets^j): Jesus the son of Joseph,^k from Nazareth.”^l

⁴⁶“Can anything good^m come out of Nazareth?” Nathanael asked him.

“Come and see,” Philip answered.

⁴⁷Then Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him and said about him, “Here truly is an Israeliteⁿ in whom there is no deceit.”

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

“Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you,” Jesus answered.

⁴⁹“Rabbi,”^o Nathanael replied, “You are the Son^p of God; you are the King of Israel!”^q

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Footnotes

FBoth Messiah and Christos mean “anointed one”
GOther read “Simon, son of Jonah
HBoth Aramaic Cephas and Petros mean “rock”
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Cross references

c Mt 4:18–22; Mk 1:16–20; Lk 5:2–11
d Mt 1:17
e Ex 29:29
f 1Co 1:12; 3:22; 9:5; 15:5; Gl 1:18; 2:9,11,14
g Mk 3:18
h Jn 12:21
i Jn 1:46–49; 21:2
j Mt 2:23; Ac 7:52; Rm 3:21
k Mt 1:16; Lk 1:27; 2:4,16,33; 3:23; Jn 6:42
l Mk 1:9
m Gn 1:31
n 2Co 11:22
o Jn 11:8
p Jn 5:19
q Mt 27:42; Mk 15:32; Jn 12:13