NATHANAEL  , a See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character in the New Testament, who appears in See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John i . 45 sqq. as one of the first disciples of Jesus . In John xxi . 2 he is described as belonging to See also:

• CANA

Cana of See also:

• GALILEE
• GALILEE (Heb. 5'S?, " border " or " ring," Gr. I'aXi?aia)
• GALILEE, SEA OF

Galilee . The See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of his See also:

• CALL (from Anglo-Saxon ceallian, a common Teutonic word, cf. Dutch kallen, to talk or chatter)

call reveals to us a See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man of a deeply spiritual and sincere nature . Otherwise we know nothing beyond the mention of his name as one of the seven to whom, after the Resurrection, See also:

• CHRIST (Gr. X pLQTOS, Anointed)
• CHRIST, WILHELM VON (1831-1906)

Christ revealed himself at the See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea of See also:

• TIBERIAS

Tiberias (John xxi . 2) . But the See also:

• INTEREST

interest he has evoked is shown by the attempts to identify him with other New Testament characters . Of these the one which has found most favour See also:

• SEES

sees in him the apostle See also:

• BARTHOLOMEW, JOHN (1831-1893)
• BARTHOLOMEW, SAINT

Bartholomew (q.v.) . The actual See also:

• IDENTIFICATION (Lat. idem, the same)

identification must however remain a See also:

• MATTER

matter of pure conjecture . Still less can be said for the attempts to find in Nathanael another name for the apostle See also:

• MATTHEW, GOSPEL OF ST
• MATTHEW, ST (MaOOaior or MarOaIos, probably a shortened form of the Hebrew equivalent to Theodorus)
• MATTHEW, TOBIAS

Matthew, or for See also:

• MATTHIAS
• MATTHIAS (1557-1619)

Matthias, or for See also:

• PAUL
• PAUL (PAULUS)

Paul " the apostle of visions," or even for the writer of the See also:

• FOURTH

Fourth See also:

• GOSPEL (O. Eng. godspel, i.e. good news, a translation of Lat. bona annuntiatio, or evangelium, Gr. evayyeXwv; cf. Goth. iu spillon, " to announce good news," Ulfilas' translation of the Greek, from iu, that which is good, and spellon to announce)

Gospel himself .