John 1:45 New English Translation
45 Philip found Nathanael[a] and told him, “We have found the one Moses wrote about in the law, and the prophets also[b] wrote about—Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.”
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- John 1:45 sn Nathanael is traditionally identified with Bartholomew (although John never describes him as such). He appears here after Philip; in all lists of the twelve except in Acts 1:13, Bartholomew follows Philip. Also, the Aramaic Bar-tolmai means “son of Tolmai,” the surname; the man almost certainly had another name. Other alternatives than Bartholomew have also been suggested, e.g. James the son of Alphaeus; see C. E. Hill, “The Identity of John’s Nathanael,” JSNT 20 (1998): 45-61.
- John 1:45 tn “Also” is not in the Greek text, but is implied.
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