NATHANAEL
“God has given.”
(a) Disciple originally from Cana in Galilee. Jesus declared that he was a guileless Israelite. Philip informed him that Jesus was the Messiah announced by the prophets; He had a hard time believing this, because Nazareth did not appear in the OT prophecies, and it was also a city of bad reputation.
But his doubts disappeared when he realized the gift of supernatural knowledge that Jesus had (John 1: 45-51).
Nathanael was in the boat with Simon Peter during the last miraculous catch (John 21:2). The lists of apostles in the Synoptic Gospels do not contain the name of Nathanael, who was possibly Bartholomew.
(b) Eleven people with this name are mentioned in the OT. Of them we can mention:
a prince of the tribe of Issachar during the wilderness wandering, Nathanael son of Zuar (Num. 1:8, etc.);
the son of Jesse and brother of David (1 Chron. 2:14); and
a priest in the time of Nehemiah (Neh. 12:36).