Jesus's Premonition Regarding Nathanael, Part 2 (TMF:2996)
Monday, November 02, 2026
by Daniel Litton Listen to the Feature
We do know he was likely doing something spiritual, something that pertained to God himself. That explains Nathanael’s response, in his surprise of him having this knowledge, that Jesus must be the Son of God. However, notice how Nathanael jumps straight to the king part, the fact that he believed Jesus must be the coming king. Again, we are faced with the focus of the worldly part of what the Jews were looking for, and not the sacrifice for sin part. The temptation lies also for us—for us to get too caught up in the worldly, to get too caught up in our present Christian circumstances. But Jesus explains he saw Nathanael under the fig tree, an apparent reference perhaps to a vision he himself saw while he was praying, or perhaps it’s simply some kind of divine knowledge granted to him by the Father. Nevertheless, Jesus acknowledges that it is a miracle, showing that whatever Nathanael was doing under the tree couldn’t have been known by anyone else, including Jesus. Jesus notes that in the future he would do greater miracles, and it’s not going to be too long before that prediction comes to pass.