Léctio sancti Evangélii secúndum Ioánnem (1,47-51)
In illo tempore: Vidit Iésus Nathánæl veniéntem ad se et dicit de eo: “Ecce vere Israelíta, in quo dolus non est.” Dicit ei Nathánæl: “Unde me nosti?” Respóndit Iésus et dixit ei: “Priúsquam te Philíppus vocáret, cum esses sub ficu, vidi te.” Respóndit ei Nathánæl: “Rábbi, tu es Fílius Dei, tu rex es Israel!” Respóndit Iésus et dixit ei: “quia dixi tibi: Vidi te sub ficu, credis? Maióra his vidébis.” Et dicit ei: “Amen, amen dico vobis: Vidébitis cælum apértum et ángelos Dei ascendéntes et descendéntes supra Fílium hóminis.”
At that time: Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and he saith of him: Behold an Israelite in very deed, in whom there is no guile. Nathanael saith to him: How knowest thou me? Jesus answered and said to him: Before that Philippe did call thee, when thou wast under the figtree, I saw thee. Nathanael answered him and saith: Rabbi, thou art the Son of God, thou art the King of Israel. Jesus answered, and said to him: Because I said unto thee, I saw thee under the figtree, thou believest; greater than these things shalt thou see. And he saith to him: Amen Amen I say to you, You shall see the Heaven opened, and the Angels of God ascending and descending, upon the Son of man.
