48Nathanael saith unto him, Whence knowest thou me? Jesus answered and said unto him, Before that Philip called thee, when thou wast under the fig tree, I saw thee.
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And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.
But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me. …
And needed not that any should testify of man: for he knew what was in man.
And unto the angel of the church in Thyatira write; These things saith the Son of God, who hath his eyes like unto a flame of fire, and his feet are like fine brass; …
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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…
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