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45 Philippos finds Natan’el and says to him, He whom Moshe*1:45 Rabbeinu wrote of in the Sefer Torah, he whom the Nevi’im also wrote of — Yehoshua ben Yosef [ben Dovid], from Natzeret we have found!*1:45 Dt 18:18; Isa 7:14; 9:6[5]; Ezek 34:23 46 And Natan’el said to Philippos, Can anything good come out of Natzeret?*1:46 7:41; Isa 11:1; Zech 6:11-12 Philippos says to Natan’el, Bo’u u’re’u! (Come and see!)*1:46 2Kgs 6:13 47 Yehoshua saw Natan’el coming to him, and he says, Hinei a genuine Ben Yisroel, in whom is no MIRMAH (deceit).*1:47 Ps 32:2; Zeph 3:13; Isa 53:9 48 Natan’el says to him, How do you have da’as of me? In reply, Yehoshua said to him, Before you received your kri’ah (call) from Philippos, while you were beneath the etz hate’enah*1:48 Mic 4:4; Zech 3:10 (fig tree), I watched you. 49 In reply, Natan’el said to him, Rebbe, you are the Ben HaElohim,*1:49 2Sm 7:14; Ps 2:7; 89:26-27 the Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach of Yisroel. 50 In reply, Yehoshua said to Natan’el, Because I told you that I watched you beneath the etz hate’enah, do you have emunah (faith)? Greater than these things you will see. 51 And he says to Natan’el, Omein, omein, I say to you, you will see Shomayim having been opened and malachim (angels) of Hashem ascending and descending on the Bar Enosh.*1:51 i.e, Moshiach Dan 7:13-14; Zeph 3:15; Gn 28:12