I Saw You

“A mysterious visitor seeks to meet Jesus, but the disciples are hesitant. Tension builds between Simon and Matthew. As the group heads to a new city, word arrives that Jesus' fame is growing.”

Deuteronomy 6:4, Psalms 102:1-2, and 7 more

1. Ezekiel 39:9-10

   07:46-08:16

   Philip quotes the prophecy of burning weapons for fuel while helping Matthew with firewood.

   1. 9 And they that dwell in the cities of Israel shall go forth, and shall set on fire and burn the weapons, both the shields and the bucklers, the bows and the arrows, and the handstaves, and the spears, and they shall burn them with fire seven years:
   2. 10 So that they shall take no wood out of the field, neither cut down any out of the forests; for they shall burn the weapons with fire: and they shall spoil those that spoiled them, and rob those that robbed them, saith the Lord GOD.

2. Deuteronomy 6:4

   16:42-16:47

   Jesus recites the Shema.

   1. Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD:

3. Psalm 102:1-2

   16:58-17:29

   Nathanael recites this Psalm in distress under a fig tree.

   1. 1 Hear my prayer, O LORD, and let my cry come unto thee.
   2. 2 Hide not thy face from me in the day when I am in trouble; incline thine ear unto me: in the day when I call answer me speedily.

4. John 1:43

   23:26-23:32

   Jesus calls Philip to follow Him.

   1. ¶ The day following Jesus would go forth into Galilee, and findeth Philip, and saith unto him, Follow me.

5. John 1:46

   45:09-45:12

   Nathanael famously asks if anything good can come out of Nazareth.

   1. And Nathanael said unto him, Can there any good thing come out of Nazareth? Philip saith unto him, Come and see.

6. John 1:47-48

   47:19-48:30

   Jesus identifies Nathanael as a true Israelite and tells him He saw him under the fig tree.

   1. 47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!
   2. 48 Nathanael 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.

7. John 1:49

   48:44-48:50

   Nathanael declares Jesus as the Son of God and the King of Israel.

   1. Nathanael answered and saith unto him, Rabbi, thou art the Son of God; thou art the King of Israel.

8. Genesis 28:12

   49:09-49:19

   Jesus' promise to Nathanael alludes to Jacob's dream of a ladder to heaven.

   1. And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it.

9. John 1:51

   49:09-49:19

   Jesus tells Nathanael he will see heaven open and angels ascending and descending upon the Son of Man.

   1. And he saith unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Hereafter ye shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man.