On the next day, he was determined to go out into Galilee, and he found Philip. Jesus said to him, "Follow me."
      [1.] Here is Nathanael's modesty, in that he was soon put out of countenance at the kind notice Christ was pleased to take of him: "Whence knowest thou me, me that am unworthy of thy cognizance? who am I, O Lord God?" 2 Samuel 7:18. This was an evidence of his sincerity, that he did not catch at the praise he met with, but declined it. Christ knows us better than we know ourselves; we know not what is in a man's heart by looking in his face, but all things are naked and open before Christ, Hebrews 4:12; Hebrews 4:13. Doth Christ know us? Let us covet to know him.