a disciple of our Lord. He appears to have been a pious Jew
who waited for the Messiah: and upon Jesus saying to him, Before Philip
called thee, I saw thee under the fig tree,” Nathanael, convinced, by
some circumstance not explained, of his omniscience, exclaimed, Master,
thou art the Son of God, and the King of Israel.” Many have thought that
Nathanael was the same as Bartholomew. The evangelists, who mention
Bartholomew, say nothing of Nathanael; and St. John, who mentions
Nathanael, takes no notice of Bartholomew. We read at the end of St.
John’s Gospel, that our Saviour, after his resurrection, manifested
himself to Peter, Thomas, Nathanael, and the sons of Zebedee, as they
were fishing in the lake of Gennesareth. We know no other circumstances
of the life of this holy man.
who waited for the Messiah: and upon Jesus saying to him, Before Philip
called thee, I saw thee under the fig tree,” Nathanael, convinced, by
some circumstance not explained, of his omniscience, exclaimed, Master,
thou art the Son of God, and the King of Israel.” Many have thought that
Nathanael was the same as Bartholomew. The evangelists, who mention
Bartholomew, say nothing of Nathanael; and St. John, who mentions
Nathanael, takes no notice of Bartholomew. We read at the end of St.
John’s Gospel, that our Saviour, after his resurrection, manifested
himself to Peter, Thomas, Nathanael, and the sons of Zebedee, as they
were fishing in the lake of Gennesareth. We know no other circumstances
of the life of this holy man.