John 14:6–9
He tells Philip that seeing him is seeing the Father, and that he is the way
Study it word by word6Jesus says to him, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
7If you had known me, you would have known my Father also. From now on you know him and have seen him.”
8Philip says to him, “Lord, show us the Father, and it is enough for us.”
9Jesus says to him, “Have I been with you so long and you do not know me, Philip? Whoever has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?
In its context
4And where I am going, you know the way.”
5Thomas says to him, “Lord, we do not know where you are going; how can we know the way?”
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10Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father in me? The words that I say to you I do not speak on my own; but the Father who remains in me does his works.
11Believe me that I am in the Father and the Father in me; or else believe because of the works themselves.
Its words in the original
- λέγειlegei· say
Say, speak; in the passive, "be called".
- ἸησοῦςIēsous· Jesus
Jesus, the Greek form of the Hebrew Yehoshua (Joshua), which means "YHWH saves". It is the name the angel told Joseph to give him (Matthew 1:21).
- εἰμιeimi· be
Be, exist.
- ὁδὸςhodos· way, road
Way, road; journey; also way of life.
- ἀλήθειαalētheia· truth
Truth.
- ζωήzōē· life
Life; the true life that God gives.
- ἔρχεταιerchetai· come, go
Come, arrive; go.
- πατέραpatera· father, Father
Father; also ancestor.
- ἐγνώκειτέegnōkeite· know
Know, come to know, realize. Said of a man and a woman, have sexual relations.
- ᾔδειτεēideite· know
Know, understand; also see.
- ἄρτιarti· now
Now, just now, at this moment.
- ἑωράκατεheōrakate· see
See, look; notice.
- ΦίλιπποςPhilippos· Philip
Philip, the name of several men: one of the Twelve; Philip the evangelist (Acts 6:5; 8; 21:8); Philip the tetrarch, son of Herod (Luke 3:1); and the brother of Herod Antipas, Herodias' husband (Mark 6:17).
- ΚύριεKyrie· Lord, lord
Lord, master, owner. Said of God, the Lord; in Old Testament quotations it stands for the name YHWH.
- δεῖξονdeixon· show
Show, point out.
- ἀρκεῖarkei· be enough
Be enough, suffice; also be content.
- ΤοσούτῳTosoutōi· so much, so great
So much, so great.
- χρόνῳchronōi· time
Time; a span of time.