[Then] He came to His own [world, while on earth], but His own [people, the Israelites] did not welcome Him.

And I would not have recognized Him, but I came immersing people in water so that He would become known to the Israelites."

[As] Jesus saw Nathaniel coming toward Him, He said [this] about him, "Look, [there is] a true Israelite, a completely honest man!"

Jesus answered him, "Are you a teacher of the Israelites and [yet] you do not understand these things?

Now it was almost time for the Jewish Festival of Tabernacles [Note: This was also called "Festival of Shelters," and was one of three principal, annual Jewish festivals and commemorated the occasion of the Israelites living in tents or shelters during their forty year wandering in the desert].