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.
• 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.”
• New Living Translation (NLT)Philip said, “Lord, show us the Father, and we will be satisfied.”

Context of John 14:8

6Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. 7If you really know me, you will know my Father as well. From now on, you do know him and have seen him.” Philip said, “Lord, show us the Father and that will be enough for us.” 9Jesus answered: “Don’t you know me, Philip, even after I have been among you such a long time? Anyone 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 that the Father is in me? The words I say to you I do not speak on my own authority. Rather, it is the Father, living in me, who 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 leave for Galilee. Finding Philip, he said to him, “Follow me.”
• John 6:5When Jesus looked up and saw a great crowd coming toward him, he said to Philip, “Where shall we buy bread for these people to eat?”
• John 12:21They came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, with a request. “Sir,” they said, “we would like to see Jesus.”
• John 16:25“Though I have been speaking figuratively, a time is coming when I will no longer use this kind of language but will tell you plainly about my Father.
• Exodus 33:18Then Moses said, “Now show me your glory.”
• Exodus 34:5Then the Lord came down in the cloud and stood there with him and proclaimed his name, the Lord.
• Job 33:26then that person can pray to God and find favor with him, they will see God’s face and shout for joy; he will restore them to full well-being.
• Psalms 17:15As for me, I will be vindicated and will see your face; when I awake, I will be satisfied with seeing your likeness.
• Psalms 63:2I have seen you in the sanctuary and beheld your power and your glory.
• Matthew 5:8Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.
• Revelation 22:3No longer will there be any curse. The throne of God and of the Lamb will be in the city, and his servants will serve 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