John 1:40–49

⁴⁰One of the two men who followed Jesus after they heard John speak about him was Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother. ⁴¹The first thing Andrew did was to find his brother Simon and say to him, “We have found the Messiah.” (“Messiah” means “Christ.”)

⁴²Then Andrew took Simon to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said, “You are Simon son of John. You will be called Cephas.” (“Cephas” means “Peter.” ⁿ)

⁴³The next day Jesus decided to go to Galilee. He found Philip and said to him, “Follow me.”

⁴⁴Philip was from the town of Bethsaida, where Andrew and Peter lived. ⁴⁵Philip found Nathanael and told him, “We have found the man that Moses wrote about in the law, and the prophets also wrote about him. He is Jesus, the son of Joseph, from Nazareth.”

⁴⁶But Nathanael said to Philip, “Can anything good come from Nazareth?”

Philip answered, “Come and see.”

⁴⁷As Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him, he said, “Here is truly an Israelite. There is nothing false in him.”

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

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

⁴⁹Then Nathanael said to Jesus, “Teacher, you are the Son of God; you are the King of Israel.”