John 1:47
Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!
הערת לימוד
Study Note
Jesus's recognition of Nathanael — 'Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!' — sets up the contrast with Jacob (Israel-whose-name-means-heel-grasper) whose defining trait was craftiness, now superseded by an Israelite of transparent integrity. The allusion to Jacob-without-guile is supported by verse 51's promise that Nathanael will see 'angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man' — a direct echo of Jacob's ladder at Bethel (Genesis 28:12), now identified as Jesus rather than a physical location. John's Nathanael scene thus encapsulates the gospel's claim: what Jacob saw in type, Nathanael's generation witnesses in person — the intersection of heaven and earth is not a geographic site but the body of the incarnate Son. Zephaniah 3:13's promise of a remnant 'Israel that shall do no iniquity and not speak lies, neither shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth' may provide the eschatological Israelite-without-guile vision Jesus recognises fulfilled in Nathanael.
תרגומים נוספים
Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!
Jesus saw Nathanael coming unto him, and he saith concerning him, `Lo, truly an Israelite, in whom guile is not;'
Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him and said of him, See, here is a true son of Israel in whom there is nothing false.
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