The “you” here changes from singular to plural in v51, so Jesus starts off by addressing Nathaniel. Nathaniel will see greater things than what initially attracted him to Jesus. This is true of all of us. Whatever the reason we initially came to Christ He has greater things in store for us. The “truly I tell you” is then addressed to all those listening.
“seeing angels of God ascending and descending” is a reference to the vision that Jacob had (Gen 28:12). There has already been an allusion to Jacob in saying that Nathaniel is a man without guile. Jesus is the fulfilment of the promise to Jacob.
The term Son of Man is often used by Jesus of Himself. It is almost certainly a reference to Daniel 7:13,14. This speaks of His kingdom being everlasting and never being destroyed. Isaiah 9:7 has a similar promise about the Messiah.
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