Revised Webster's Bible
John 14:7
7If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye 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
5Thomas saith to him, Lord, we know not where thou goest; and how can we know the way? 6Jesus saith to him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: no man cometh to the Father, but by me. If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him. 8Philip saith to him, Lord, show us the Father, and it sufficeth us. 9Jesus saith to him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Show us the Father?
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εἰ ἐγνώκατέ με, καὶ τὸν πατέρα μου γνώσεσθε· καὶ ἀπ᾽ ἄρτι γινώσκετε αὐτὸν καὶ ἑωράκατε αὐτόν.Read the interlinear
Cross-references for John 14:7
- John 14:9Jesus saith to him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Show us the Father?
- John 1:18No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him .
- John 8:19Then said they to him, Where is thy Father? Jesus answered, Ye neither know me, nor my Father: if ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also.
- John 15:24If I had not done among them the works which no other man hath done, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father.
- John 16:3And these things will they do to you, because they have not known the Father, nor me.
- John 17:3And this is life eternal, that they may know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.
- Matthew 11:27All things are delivered to me by my Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, except the Son, and he to whomever the Son will reveal him .
- Luke 10:22All things are delivered to me by my Father: and no man knoweth who the Son is, but the Father; and who the Father is, but the Son, and he to whom the Son will reveal him .
- 2 Corinthians 4:6For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shone into our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
- Colossians 1:15Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation:
- Colossians 2:2That their hearts may be comforted, being knit together in love, and to all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgement of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ;
- Hebrews 1:3Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;
- John 14:16And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;
- John 16:13But when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all the truth: for he shall not speak from himself; but whatever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will show you things to come.
- John 17:6I have manifested thy name to the men whom thou gavest to me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them to me; and they have kept thy 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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