John 14:7
5 “Lord,” said Thomas, “we do not know where You are going, so how can we know the way?”
6 Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
If you had known Me, you would know My Father as well. From now on you do know Him and have seen Him.”
8 Philip said to Him, “Lord, show us the Father, and that will be enough for us.”
9 Jesus replied, “Philip, I have been with you all this time, and still you do not know Me? Anyone who has seen Me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- If you had known Me, you would know My Father as well. From now on you do know Him and have seen Him.”
- KJV
- If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him.
- WEB
- If you had known me, you would have known my Father also. From now on, you know him and have seen him.”
- ASV
- If ye had known me, ye would have known my Father also: from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him.
- DARBY
- If ye had known me, ye would have known also my Father, and henceforth ye know him and have seen him.
- BLB
- If you⁺ had known Me, you⁺ would also have known My Father. From now, you⁺ know Him and have seen Him.”
- ÅB
- Hadde dere kjent meg, da hadde dere også kjent Faren, og fra nå av kjenner dere ham og har sett ham.
- OTB
- Hvis dere virkelig kjente meg, ville dere også kjenne min Far. Fra nå av kjenner dere ham og har sett ham.»
- B1930
- Hadde I kjent mig, da hadde I også kjent Faderen, og fra nu av kjenner I ham og har sett ham.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Colossians 1:15–17
The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.
Read in contextJohn 8:19
“Where is Your Father?” they asked Him. “You do not know Me or My Father,” Jesus answered. “If you knew Me, you would know My Father as well.”
Read in contextLuke 10:22
All things have been entrusted to Me by My Father. No one knows who the Son is except the Father, and no one knows who the Father is except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal Him.”
Read in contextJohn 17:8
For I have given them the words You gave Me, and they have received them. They knew with certainty that I came from You, and they believed that You sent Me.
Read in contextJohn 17:6
I have revealed Your name to those You have given Me out of the world. They were Yours; You gave them to Me, and they have kept Your word.
Read in contextJohn 14:16–20
And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Advocate to be with you forever—
Read in context1 John 2:13
I am writing to you, fathers, because you know Him who is from the beginning. I am writing to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one. I have written to you, children, because you know the Father.
Read in contextColossians 2:2–3
that they may be encouraged in heart, knit together in love, and filled with the full riches of complete understanding, so that they may know the mystery of God, namely Christ,
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