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Joh 1:48 Strong Concordance Nathanael [3482] saith [3004] unto him [846], Whence [4159] knowest thou [1097] me [3165]? Jesus [2424] answered [611] and [2532] said [2036] unto him [846], Before [4253] that Philip [5376] called [5455] thee [4571], when thou wast [5607] under [5259] the fig tree [4808], I saw [1492] thee [4571].
  King James Nathanael saith unto him, Whence knowest thou me? Jesus answered and said unto him, Before that Philip called thee, when thou wast under the fig tree, I saw thee.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
Whence knowest thou me--conscious that his very heart had been read, and at this critical moment more than ever before.

Before Philip called thee--showing He knew all that passed between Philip and him at a distance.

when . . . under the fig tree, &c.--where retirement for meditation and prayer was not uncommon [LIGHTFOOT]. Thither, probably--hearing that his master's Master had at length appeared, and heaving with mingled eagerness to behold Him and dread of deception--he had retired to pour out his guileless heart for light and guidance, ending with such a prayer as this, "Show me a token for good!" (See on Luk 2:8). Now he has it, "Thou guileless one, that fig tree scene, with all its heaving anxieties, deep pleadings and tremulous hopes--I saw it all." The first words of Jesus had astonished, but this quite overpowered and won him.
 
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8 And [2532] there were [2258] in [1722] the same [846] country [5561] shepherds [4166] abiding in the field [63], [2532] keeping [5442] watch [5438] over [1909] their [846] flock [4167] by night [3571].
12 And [1161] it came to pass [1096] in [1722] those [5025] days [2250], that he went out [1831] into [1519] a mountain [3735] to pray [4336], and [2532] continued all night [1273] [2258] in [1722] prayer [4335] to God [2316].
2 And [1161] Judas [2455] also [2532], which [3588] betrayed [3860] him [846], knew [1492] the place [5117]: for [3754] Jesus [2424] ofttimes [4178] resorted [4863] thither [1563] with [3326] his [846] disciples [3101].
45 Philip [5376] findeth [2147] Nathanael [3482], and [2532] saith [3004] unto him [846], We have found [2147] him, of whom [3739] Moses [3475] in [1722] the law [3551], and [2532] the prophets [4396], did write [1125], Jesus [2424] of [575] Nazareth [3478], the son [5207] of Joseph [2501].
10 In that day [03117], saith [05002] the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635], shall ye call [07121] every man [0376] his neighbour [07453] under the vine [01612] and under the fig tree [08384].
4 But they shall sit [03427] every man [0376] under his vine [01612] and under his fig tree [08384]; and none shall make them afraid [02729]: for the mouth [06310] of the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635] hath spoken [01696] it.
50 Jesus [2424] answered [611] and [2532] said [2036] unto him [846], Because [3754] I said [2036] unto thee [4671], I saw [1492] thee [4571] under [5270] the fig tree [4808], believest thou [4100]? thou shalt see [3700] greater things [3187] than these [5130].
15 And [1161] the evil [4190] spirit [4151] answered [611] and said [2036], Jesus [2424] I know [1097], and [2532] Paul [3972] I know [1987]; but [1161] who [5101] are [2075] ye [5210]?