"On reaching Cana he found a throng surrounding Jesus. With an anxious heart he pressed through to the Saviour's presence. His faith faltered when he saw only a plainly dressed man, dusty and worn with travel. He doubted that this Person could do what he had come to ask of Him; yet he secured an interview with Jesus, told his errand, and besought the Saviour to accompany him to his home. But already his sorrow was known to Jesus. Before the officer had left his home, the Saviour had beheld his affliction. DA 197.1"
"Nathanael saith unto him, Whence knowest thou me? Jesus answered and said unto him, Before that Philip called thee, when thou wast under the fig tree, I saw thee."
Both passages highlight Jesus's ability to know things about people before they tell him. In the EGW passage, Jesus knows the nobleman's sorrow before he arrives. In the John passage, Jesus knows Nathanael's location and activity before Philip calls him. This suggests a thematic parallel regarding Jesus's divine knowledge.