Philip
found Nathanael and told him, "We have found the one about whom Moses
wrote in the law, and also the prophets, Jesus son of Joseph, from
Nazareth." But Nathanael said to him, "Can anything good come from
Nazareth?" Philip said to him, "Come and see." Jesus saw
Nathanael coming toward him and said of him, "Here is a true child of
Israel. There is no duplicity in him." Nathanael said to him, "How do
you know me?" Jesus answered and said to him, "Before Philip called
you, I saw you under the fig tree." Nathanael answered him, "Rabbi,
you are the Son of God; you are the King of Israel." Jesus answered and
said to him, "Do you believe because I told you that I saw you under the
fig tree? You will see greater things than this." And he said to him,
"Amen, amen, I say to you, you will see heaven opened and the angels of
God ascending and descending on the Son of Man."
Reflection:
Tag-sugin’lan
ni Philip an ija amigo na si Nathanael na ini na sa ato katalirungan an
tag-laong ni Moses sanan nan mga propeta na Son of Man, an Messiah, na amo’y
motubos sa ato mga kasay’anan sa kalibutan.
Bagan
dili makatoo si Nathanael nan ini na kamatuoran kay para dija, waya man kuno’y
marajaw na manggikan sa Nazareth amo na tagdajeg ni Jesus an pagka-sensiro
sanan pagka-matinud’anon ni nija sa ija pagkatawo.
Ugsa
seguro na taghimo ni Jesus si Nathanael na isa sa dose ka apostles Nija na
nakilaya sanan tag-ngan’lan na Batholomew.
Marajaw ‘sab
unta kon may kagawian kita na parehas kan Nathanael na may malagsik sanan
maabtikon na tinuohan kan God.
