Before we leave chapter one I would like to take a moment to point out an interesting but obscure disciple. John calls him Nathanael. Mathew, Mark and Luke call him Nathanael. Jesus called him an Israelite in deed in whom there was not guile (deceit). We know he was a man of the word because when Philip told him about Jesus he said, “We have found him of whom Moses in the law, and also the prophets, wrote…” Nathanael evidently was knew these scriptures because he came with Philip.
Jesus said to Nathanael that he would see “heaven open and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of Man.”
We have no other record of Nathanael’s vision. We have only John’s words here in the first chapter. Why is this vision recorded? It may be a reflection back to Jacob’s vision in Genesis 28:12. Jacob saw Jesus at the top of the ladder with angels ascending and descending. Nathanael would see Jesus on earth with the angels ascending and descending.
Jesus’ location never changed his supremacy.
