John 1:47 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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⁴⁷Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!

John 1:47 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Revelation 14:5
And in their mouth was found no guile: for they are without fault before the throne of God.
Psalms 32:2
Blessed is the man unto whom the LORD imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile.
Psalms 73:1
A Psalm of Asaph. Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart.
Romans 9:4
Who are Israelites; to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises;
Romans 2:28-29
For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh: …

Topics

Godliness Holiness Nathanael Perfection Sanctification Sin

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 43-51)

We have here the call of Philip and Nathanael. I. Philip was called immediately by Christ himself, not as Andrew, who was directed to Christ by John, or Peter, who was invited by his brother. God has various methods of bringing his chosen ones home to himself. But, whatever means he uses, he is not tied to any. 1. Philip was called in a preventing was: Jesus findeth Philip. Christ sought us, and f…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 47)

47. an Israelite indeed ... no guile--not only no hypocrite, but with a guileless simplicity not always found even in God’s own people, ready to follow wherever truth might lead him, saying, Samuel-like, “Speak, Lord, for Thy servant heareth” (1Sa 3:10).