John 1:40–49

⁴⁰One of them was Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother. ⁴¹At once he found his brother Simon and told him, “We have found the Messiah.” (This word means “Christ”.) ⁴²Then he took Simon to Jesus.

Jesus looked at him and said, “Your name is Simon son of John, but you will be called Cephas.” (This is the same as Peter and means “a rock”.)

Jesus Calls Philip and Nathanael

⁴³The next day Jesus decided to go to Galilee. He found Philip and said to him, “Come with me!” ⁴⁴(Philip was from Bethsaida, the town where Andrew and Peter lived.) ⁴⁵Philip found Nathanael and told him, “We have found the one whom Moses wrote about in the book of the Law and whom the prophets also wrote about. He is Jesus son of Joseph, from Nazareth.”

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

“Come and see,” answered Philip.

⁴⁷When Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, he said about him, “Here is a real Israelite; there is nothing false in him!”

⁴⁸Nathanael asked him, “How do you know me?”

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

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