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 answered, ‘I am the way. I am the truth. I am the life. Nobody comes to the Father except by me. 7If you really know me, you will also know my Father. From now on, you do know him and you have seen him.’ Philip said, ‘Lord, show the Father to us. That is all that we need.’ 9Jesus answered, ‘I have been with all of you for a long time. But still you do not seem to know me, Philip! Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father. So why do you say, “Show the Father to us”? 10I am in the Father and the Father is in me. You should believe that. The words that I say to you do not come from me myself. But the Father lives in me, and he is doing his work.

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 go to Galilee. He met Philip, and Jesus said to Philip, ‘Follow me.’
• John 6:5Jesus looked up. He saw a large crowd of people who were coming towards him. He said to Philip, ‘Where can we buy enough bread to feed all these people?’
• John 12:21These Greek people came to Philip, who was from a town in Galilee called Bethsaida. They said to him, ‘Please sir, we want to meet Jesus.’
• John 16:25I have spoken to you with words and stories that are like pictures. But there will be a time when I will not speak like that any more. Instead, I will speak clearly to you about the Father.
• Exodus 33:18Then Moses said, ‘Please, show me your glory!’
• Exodus 34:5Then the Lord came down in the cloud. He came and he stood with Moses. The Lord spoke aloud his own name, the Lord.
• Job 33:26When he prays to God, God will be happy to answer him. He will again worship God with joy. And God will give him a good way of life again.
• Psalms 17:15As for me, Lord, I am not guilty of sin. So I will see your face. When I wake up, I will see you clearly, and I will be really happy!
• Psalms 63:2When I have gone into your temple, I have seen what you are like. I have seen your great power and your glory.
• Matthew 5:8Happy are the people who have only good thoughts. They will come near to God and see him.
• Revelation 22:3Nothing that is in the city will be under a curse. The throne where God and the Lamb sit to rule will be in the city. God's servants will worship him there.

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