Christian Standard Bible
John 14:7
7If you know me, you will also know my Father. From now on you do know him and have seen him.”
John 14:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him.
- New International Version (NIV)If you really know me, you will know my Father as well. From now on, you do know him and have seen him.”
- English Standard Version (ESV)If you had known me, you would have known my Father also. From now on you do know him and have seen him."
- New King James Version (NKJV)“If you had known Me, you would have known My Father also; and from now on you know Him and have seen Him.”
Context of John 14:7
5“Lord,” Thomas said, “we don’t know where you’re going. How can we know the way?” 6Jesus told him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. If you know me, you will also know my Father. From now on you do know him and have seen him.” 8“Lord,” said Philip, “show us the Father, and that’s enough for us.” 9Jesus said to him, “Have I been among you all this time and you do not know me, Philip? The one who has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?
Read all of John 14John 14:7 word by word
εἰ ἐγνώκατέ με, καὶ τὸν πατέρα μου γνώσεσθε· καὶ ἀπ᾽ ἄρτι γινώσκετε αὐτὸν καὶ ἑωράκατε αὐτόν.Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for John 14:7
- John 14:9Jesus said to him, “Have I been among you all this time and you do not know me, Philip? The one who has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?
- John 1:18No one has ever seen God. The one and only Son, who is himself God and is at the Father’s side — he has revealed him.
- John 8:19Then they asked him, “Where is your Father?” “You know neither me nor my Father,” Jesus answered. “If you knew me, you would also know my Father.”
- John 15:24If I had not done the works among them that no one else has done, they would not be guilty of sin. Now they have seen and hated both me and my Father.
- John 16:3They will do these things because they haven’t known the Father or me.
- John 17:3This is eternal life: that they may know you, the only true God, and the one you have sent — Jesus Christ.
- Matthew 11:27All things have been entrusted to me by my Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son desires to reveal him.
- Luke 10:22All things have been entrusted to me by my Father. No one knows who the Son is except the Father, and who the Father is except the Son, and anyone to whom the Son desires to reveal him.”
- 2 Corinthians 4:6For God who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of God’s glory in the face of Jesus Christ.
- Colossians 1:15He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.
- Colossians 2:2I want their hearts to be encouraged and joined together in love, so that they may have all the riches of complete understanding and have the knowledge of God’s mystery — Christ.
- Hebrews 1:3The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact expression of his nature, sustaining all things by his powerful word. After making purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high.
- John 14:16And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Counselor to be with you forever.
- John 16:13When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth. For he will not speak on his own, but he will speak whatever he hears. He will also declare to you what is to come.
- John 17:6“I have revealed your name to the people you gave me from the world. They were yours, you gave them to me, and they have kept your word.
Commentaries on John 14:7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father - Because I and the Father are One, John 10:30. Or, if ye had properly examined the intention and design of the law, ye would have been convinced that it referred to me; and that all that I have done and instituted was according to the design and intention of the Father, as expressed in that law.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7If ye had known me - By this Jesus does not intend to say that they were not truly his disciples, but that they had not a full and accurate knowledge of his character and designs. They still retained, to a large extent, the Jewish notions respecting a temporal Messiah, and did not fully understand that he was to die and be raised from the dead. Ye should have known my Father also - You would have known the counsels and designs of my Father respecting my…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-31Jesus provided answers to his disciples’ many spoken and unspoken concerns.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 4-74-7. whither I go ye know ... Thomas saith, Lord, we know not whither thou guest ... Jesus saith, I am the way, &c.--By saying this, He meant rather to draw out their inquiries and reply to them. Christ is "THE Way" to the Father--"no man cometh unto the Father but by Me"; He is "THE Truth" of all we find in the Father when we get to Him, "For in Him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily" (Col 2:9), and He is all "THE Life" that shall ever flow…Read the comment
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Commentaries on John 14
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Catena Aurea
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- John Lightfoot Commentary
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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