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48 [a](A)Nathanael said to him, “How do you know me?” Jesus answered and said to him, “Before Philip called you, I saw you under the fig tree.”

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  1. 1:48 Under the fig tree: a symbol of messianic peace (cf. Mi 4:4; Zec 3:10).

50 Jesus answered and said to him, “Do you believe because I told you that I saw you under the fig tree?[a] You will see greater things than this.”

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  1. 1:50 Possibly a statement: “You [singular] believe because I saw you under the fig tree.”