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Joh 1:47. Περὶ αὐτοῦ) concerning Him, not immediately to Him-ἀληθῶς, truly) An affirmation showing intimate knowledge.-Ἰσραηλίτης, an Israelite)[44] one worthy to see angels ascending and descending, as Jacob did [on the ladder in his dream], Joh 1:51; comp. Gen 28:12. No mere creature could bear the name, Israel, unless it were divinely given him; so vast [comprehensive] it is: the guileless, ἄδολοι, are worthy of it. [A pre-eminent virtue truly is guilelessness.-V. g.] This speech contains a proof 1) of His omniscience; 2) of His benignity. Nathanael had been hasty; Joh 1:46, “Can there any good thing come out of Nazareth?” The Lord gives to him Himself as the Good.
[44] ch. Joh 7:42, “Hath not the Scripture said that Christ cometh of the seed of David, and out of the town of Bethlehem, where David was.” The expression of the Evangelist, ch. Joh 4:44, as to Judea, “His own country,” implies his taking for granted the birth-place, as recorded by the Three Synoptic Gospels.-E. and T.