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Answered and said (apekrithē kai eipen). This redundant use of both verbs (cf. Joh 1:26) occurs in the Synoptics also and in the lxx also. It is Aramaic also and vernacular. It is not proof of an Aramaic original as Burney argues (Aramaic Origin, etc., p. 53).
Because (hoti). Causal use of hoti at beginning of the sentence as in Joh 14:19; Joh 15:19; Joh 16:6. The second hoti before eidon (I saw) is either declarative (that) or merely recitative (either makes sense here).
Thou shalt see greater things than these (meizō toutōn opsēi). Perhaps volitive future middle indicative of horaō (though merely futuristic is possible as with opsesthe in Joh 1:51) ablative case of toutōn after the comparative adjective meizō. The wonder of Nathanael no doubt grew as Jesus went on.