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NATHANAEL , a See also:character in the New Testament, who appears in See also: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 of See also:Galilee. The See also:account of his See also:call reveals to us a See also: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 revealed himself at the See also:sea of See also:Tiberias (John xxi. 2). But the See also: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 in him the apostle See also:Bartholomew (q.v.). The actual See also:identification must however remain a See also:matter of pure conjecture. Still less can be said for the attempts to find in Nathanael another name for the apostle See also:Matthew, or for See also:Matthias, or for See also:Paul " the
apostle of visions," or even for the writer of the See also:Fourth See also:Gospel himself.
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