John 14:8

John 14:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Philip saith unto him, Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us.
• New International Version (NIV)Philip said, “Lord, show us the Father and that will be enough for us.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)Philip said to him, "Lord, show us the Father, and it is enough for us."
• New King James Version (NKJV)Philip said to Him, “Lord, show us the Father, and it is sufficient for us.”

Context of John 14:8

6Jesus told him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. 7If you know me, you will also know my Father. From now on you do know him and have seen him.” “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’? 10Don’t you believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words I speak to you I do not speak on my own. The Father who lives in me does his works.

John 14:8 word by word

λέγει αὐτῷ Φίλιππος· κύριε, δεῖξον ἡμῖν τὸν πατέρα, καὶ ἀρκεῖ ἡμῖν.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• PhilipΦίλιπποςPhilippos · PhilipG5376
• saithλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• unto himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• Lordκύριοςkurios · lord: GodG2962
• shewδεικνύωdeiknuō · to showG1166
• usἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• the Fatherὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the Fatherπατήρpatēr · fatherG3962
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• it sufficethἀρκέωarkeō · be sufficientG714

Cross-references for John 14:8

• John 1:43The next day Jesus decided to leave for Galilee. He found Philip and told him, “Follow me.”
• John 6:5So when Jesus looked up and noticed a huge crowd coming toward him, he asked Philip, “Where will we buy bread so that these people can eat?”
• John 12:21So they came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and requested of him, “Sir, we want to see Jesus.”
• John 16:25“I have spoken these things to you in figures of speech. A time is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figures, but I will tell you plainly about the Father.
• Exodus 33:18Then Moses said, “Please, let me see your glory.”
• Exodus 34:5The Lord came down in a cloud, stood with him there, and proclaimed his name, “the Lord.”
• Job 33:26He will pray to God, and God will delight in him. That person will see his face with a shout of joy, and God will restore his righteousness to him.
• Psalms 17:15But I will see your face in righteousness; when I awake, I will be satisfied with your presence.
• Psalms 63:2So I gaze on you in the sanctuary to see your strength and your glory.
• Matthew 5:8Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.
• Revelation 22:3and there will no longer be any curse. The throne of God and of the Lamb will be in the city, and his servants will worship him.

Commentaries on John 14:8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8Show us the Father - As if he had said, We have seen and adored thee, and our happiness will be complete if thou show us the Father. The demand of Philip was similar to that made by Moses, Exodus 33:18. He wished to see the glory of God. In Peter, James, or John, this would have been inexcusable; but Philip had not seen the transfiguration on the mount. The Jewish history is full of the manifestations which God made of himself, and especially when he gave…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8Lord, show us the Father - Philip here referred to some outward and visible manifestation of God. God had manifested himself in various ways to the prophets and saints of old, and Philip affirmed that if some such manifestation should be made to them they would be satisfied. It was right to desire evidence that Jesus was the Messiah, but such evidence “had been” afforded abundantly in the miracles and teaching of Jesus, and that “should” have sufficed…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8Philip did not yet understand that in Jesus he was seeing the full embodiment of God (14:9).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 8-128-12. The substance of this passage is that the Son is the ordained and perfect manifestation of the Father, that His own word for this ought to His disciples to be enough; that if any doubts remained His works ought to remove them (see on Joh 10:37); but yet that these works of His were designed merely to aid weak faith, and would be repeated, nay exceeded, by His disciples, in virtue of the power He would confer on them after His departure. His miracles…Read the comment

Topics related to John 14:8

• Apostles
• Doubting
• God
• Jesus, the Christ
• Philip

In the dictionaries

• Believe
• Comforter
• Comfortless
• Hence
• Philip
• Present
• Suffice
• Truth
• Atonement
• Communion; (fellowship)

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