John 14:9

Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you for so long and still yoʋ do not know me, Philip? Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father, so how can yoʋ say, ‘Show us the Father’?

Text-Critical English NT

In The King James Version

Jesus saith unto 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, Shew us the Father?

In Context

8Philip said to him, “Lord, show us the Father, and that will be enough for us.”

10Do yoʋ not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words that I speak to you I do not speak on my own authority, but the Father who abides in me does his works.

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Cross References

Mark 9:19Jesus answered him, “O faithless generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I bear with you? Bring him to me.”

John 1:14The Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.

John 12:45And whoever sees me sees him who sent me.

John 14:20On that day you will know that I am in my Father, and you are in me, and I am in you.

Philippians 2:6who, though he was in the form of God, did not consider equality with God as something to be exploited,

Matthew Henry on John 14:5-12

Christ's Consolatory Discourse. 4 And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know. 5 Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest; and how can we know the way? 6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. 7 If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him. 8 Philip saith unto him, Lord, show us the Father, and it sufficeth us. 9 Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you,… Read the whole commentary →

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