43. *On the following day he would go forth.* The sense is: when He was about to set out; “cum in eo esset, ut e Judaea abiret” (Kuin.). Jesus had come from Nazareth, the home of His private life in Galilee, to be baptized by John, (Matt. iii. 13; Mark i. 9). He had then spent forty days in the desert, and been tempted there, (Matt. iii. 16‐iv. 3); had returned from the desert to the Jordan, and been witnessed to again by the Baptist (see above John i. 15, 19‐36), and was now on the point of returning to Galilee. *Follow me.* Philip to whom these words were addressed was afterwards the Apostle of that name. The call to follow our Lord on this occasion was not the formal call to the _Apostleship_, but rather an invitation to him to become a disciple. The same is to be said regarding the others referred to in this chapter, Peter, Andrew, James, John, and Nathanael. Four of these—Peter, Andrew, James, and John, who had in the meantime returned to Galilee, and were pursuing their calling of fishermen, were again called, Matt. iv. 18‐22, Luke v. 1‐11; and on this second occasion “leaving all things they followed Him,” and became inseparably attached to Him as disciples. Finally, the solemn formal call of the twelve to the Apostleship is narrated, Matt. x. 2; Luke vi. 13. 44. Erat autem Philippus a 44. Now Philip was of Bethsaida, civitate Andreae et Bethsaida, the city of Andrew Petri. and Peter. 44. *Bethsaida.* In our view there were two towns of this name: the one mentioned here, on the western shore of the sea of Galilee, about four miles south of Capharnaum; the other Bethsaida Julias, situated to the north east of the same sea. The latter was enlarged and greatly improved by Philip the Tetrarch, son of Herod the Great, who gave it the name Julias, in honour of Julia the daughter of the Roman Emperor Augustus. 45. Invenit Philippus 45. Philip findeth Nathanael, Nathanaël, et dicit ei: Quem and saith to him: We have scripsit Moyses in lege, et found him of whom Moses in the prophetae, invenimus Iesum law, and the prophets did filium Ioseph a Nazareth. write, Jesus the son of Joseph of Nazareth. 46. Et dixit ei Nathanaël: A 46. And Nathanael said to him: Nazareth potest aliquid boni Can anything of good come from esse? Dicit ei Philippus: Nazareth? Philip saith to him: Veni, et vide. Come and see.