⁴⁵ Philip found ^(A)Nathanael and said to him, “We have found Him of whom ^(B)Moses in the law, and also the ^(C)prophets, wrote—Jesus ^(D)of Nazareth, the ^(E)son of Joseph.”

^18 (A)I will raise up for them a Prophet like you from among their brethren, and ^(B)will put My words in His mouth, ^(C)and He shall speak to them all that I command Him. ^19 (D)And it shall be that whoever will not hear My words, which He speaks in My name, I will require it of him. ²⁰ But ^(E)the prophet who presumes to speak a word in My name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or ^(F)who speaks in the name of other gods, that prophet shall die.’ ²¹ And if you say in your heart, ‘How shall we know the word which the Lord has not spoken?’— ^22 (G)when a prophet speaks in the name of the Lord, ^(H)if the thing does not happen or come to pass, that is the thing which the Lord has not spoken; the prophet has spoken it ^(I)presumptuously; you shall not be afraid of him.

²⁷ And beginning at ^(A)Moses and ^(B)all the Prophets, He ^[a]expounded to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning Himself.

The Scriptures Opened

⁴⁴ Then He said to them, ^(A)“These are the words which I spoke to you while I was still with you, that all things must be fulfilled which were written in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms concerning Me.”

²³ And he came and dwelt in a city called ^(A)Nazareth, that it might be fulfilled ^(B)which was spoken by the prophets, “He shall be called a Nazarene.”

²² So all bore witness to Him, and ^(A)marveled at the gracious words which proceeded out of His mouth. And they said, ^(B)“Is this not Joseph’s son?”

¹¹ So the multitudes said, “This is Jesus, ^(A)the prophet from Nazareth of Galilee.”

² Simon Peter, ^(A)Thomas called the Twin, ^(B)Nathanael of ^(C)Cana in Galilee, ^(D)the sons of Zebedee, and two others of His disciples were together.

⁷ Then He asked them again, “Whom are you seeking?”

And they said, “Jesus of Nazareth.”