Nathanael said to him, “Can anything good come from Nazareth?” Philip said to him, “Come and see.”
Gospel's Commentary
Today we read a funny story. Philip has been with Jesus and he is delighted. When finding his friend Nathanael, he tells him right away: -I have found the Savior, whom the people of Israel were waiting for, Jesus of Nazareth! Nathanael replies with little courtesy: “Can anything good come from Nazareth?” What a blunder!
-Instead, Jesus speaks well of Nathanael: “Here is a true Israelite. There is no duplicity in him.” What a praise! And it is that God knows us deeply, without prejudice... and loves us as we are.