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Nathanael (נְתַנְאֵל natanael)

Philip found Nathanael, and he said to him, We have found the one about whom Moses wrote in the Law and the Prophets: Jesus, the son of Joseph, from Nazareth. (Jn 1:45)

εὑρίσκει Φίλιππος τὸν Ναθαναὴλ καὶ λέγει αὐτῷ· Ὃν ἔγραψεν Μωϋσῆς ἐν τῷ νόμῳ καὶ οἱ προφῆται εὑρήκαμεν, Ἰησοῦν υἱὸν τοῦ Ἰωσὴφ τὸν ἀπὸ Ναζαρέτ.

invenit Philippus Nathanahel et dicit ei quem scripsit Moses in lege et prophetae invenimus Iesum filium Ioseph a Nazareth.

Nathanael, in order to truly live as someone whom God gave (נְתַנְאֵל), first had to experience an encounter with Him.

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