Question: Of whom did Jesus say, “Here is a true Israelite in whom there is no guile”?
Answer: Nathanael. (John 1:47)
Comments: In the Gospel of John, Nathanael is one of the first disciples to join Jesus. He was a believer from Cana in Galilee (John 21:2) who professed Jesus as the Son of God (John 1:49) after Jesus acknowledged seeing him under the fig tree (a place of private prayer).
Jesus saw Nathanael coming to Him, and said of him, "Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom there is no deceit!" (John 1:47, NASB)
Nathanael appears only in the fourth gospel though tradition identifies him with the disciple Bartholomew from the synoptic gospels (Matthew 10:3; Mark 3:18; Luke 6:14).
Note: This opaque watercolour over graphite of Nathanael under the fig tree was painted by James Tissot (1836-1902).
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