John 1:46 (YLT)

Passage

and Nathanael said to him, `Out of Nazareth is any good thing able to be?' Philip said to him, `Come and see.'

Nearby Context

John 1:44 And Philip was from Bethsaida, of the city of Andrew and Peter;

John 1:45 Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith to him, `Him of whom Moses wrote in the Law, and the prophets, we have found, Jesus the son of Joseph, who <FI>is<Fi> from Nazareth;'

John 1:46 and Nathanael said to him, `Out of Nazareth is any good thing able to be?' Philip said to him, `Come and see.'

John 1:47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming unto him, and he saith concerning him, `Lo, truly an Israelite, in whom guile is not;'

John 1:48 Nathanael saith to him, `Whence me dost thou know?' Jesus answered and said to him, `Before Philip's calling thee--thou being under the fig-tree--I saw thee.'

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "nathanael", "said", "nazareth", "good", "able", "philip", and "come". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "nathanael" and "said", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 45's "Philip findeth Nathanael and saith to him..." into verse 47's "Jesus saw Nathanael coming unto him and...", so "nathanael" and "said" belong inside that flow. In John context, the local focus is the identity of Jesus, new birth, eternal life, and belief and unbelief.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "nathanael" and "said" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.