The real story of a man named Nathaniel

Who was Nathaniel? 

Some scholars of scripture think the Nathaniel named in the Gospel of John is the same as the apostle Bartholomew. According to the Catholic Encyclopedia, the name (Bartholomaios) means “son of Talmai” (or Tholmai). This means Bartholomew is a last name, rather than a first name so the apostle’s name would have been Nathaniel Bartholomew!