Nathanael
First appears at John 1:45
First named in Scripture at John 1:45 — read the chapter.
What Nathanael Did
The guileless Israelite of Cana, brought to Jesus by Philip: sitting under the fig tree when Philip called him, he doubted Nazareth, came anyway, and at one word from the Lord — "when thou wast under the fig tree, I saw thee" — confessed Christ in full; he stands among the seven to whom the risen Lord showed Himself at the sea of Tiberias (John 21:2).
Accomplished for Good
"Rabbi, thou art the Son of God; thou art the King of Israel" (John 1:49) — the first full confession of Christ in John’s Gospel; of him the Lord Himself testified, "Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!" (John 1:47).
Mistakes and Failures
His first word about the Saviour was prejudice against His town: "Can there any good thing come out of Nazareth?" (John 1:46) — answered, as all such doubts should be, by coming to see for himself.
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)
given or gift of God, one of our Lord’s disciples, “of Cana in Galilee” (John 21:2). He was “an Israelite indeed, in whom was no guile” (1:47, 48). His name occurs only in the Gospel of John, who in his list of the disciples never mentions Bartholomew, with whom he has consequently been identified. He was one of those to whom the Lord showed hi mself alive after his resurrection, at the Sea of Tiberias.