Léctio sancti Evangélii secúndum Ioánnem (1,43-51)
In illo tempore: vóluit Iesus exíre in Galilǽam et invénit Philíppum. Et dicit ei Iésus: " Séquere me ". Erat autem Philíppus a Bethsáida, civitáte Andréæ et Petri. Invénit Philíppus Nathánæl et dicit ei: " Quem scripsit Móyses in Lege et Prophétæ invénimus, Iésum fílium Ióseph a Názareth ". Et dixit ei Nathánæl: " A Názareth potest áliquid boni esse? ". Dicit ei Philíppus: " Veni et vide ". 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: " Rabbi, 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 would go forth into Galilee, and he findeth Philippe. And Jesus saith to him: Follow me. And Philippe was of Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter. Philippe findeth Nathanael, and saith to him: Him whom Moyses in the law, and the Prophets wrote of, we have found, Jesus the son of Joseph, of Nazareth. And Nathanael said to him: From Nazareth can there be any good? Philippe saith to him: Come and see. 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.
Commentarium evangelii
Commentary on the Gospel
