The next day Jesus decided to go to Galilee. He found Philip and said to him, “Follow me.” Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter. Philip found Nathanael and said to him, “We have found him of whom Moses in the Law and also the prophets wrote, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.” Nathanael said to him, “Can anything good come out of Nazareth?” Philip said to him, “Come and see.”(John 1:43-46 ESV)
In this series of scenes in John 1, there have been a lot of questions: "Who are you?... Why are you baptizing?... What do you seek?... Where are you staying?" Even this one, very possibly asked with a hint of sarcasm, is this: "Can anything good come out of Nazareth?" After all, the Messiah was to come from Bethlehem. The answer is always similar: "Come." Come and see, come, follow me." The open invitation, still available for us today, to come to Christ and see.
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