John 14:7
If 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 translations
| BSB | If you had known Me, you would know My Father as well. From now on you do know Him and have seen Him.” |
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| WEB | If you had known me, you would have known my Father also. From now on, you know him and have seen him.” |
| ASV | If ye had known me, ye would have known my Father also: from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him. |
| YLT | if ye had known me, my Father also ye would have known, and from this time ye have known Him, and have seen Him.' |
| DARBY | If ye had known me, ye would have known also my Father, and henceforth ye know him and have seen him. |
| BBE | If you had knowledge of me, you would have knowledge of my Father: you have knowledge of him now and have seen him. |
| Webster | If ye had known me, ye would have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him. |
What does John 14:7 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on John 14:4-7
4-7. 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…
Barnes' Notes
Ye should have known my Father also. You would have known the counsels and designs of my Father respecting my death and resurrection. If you had been divested of your Jewish prejudices about the Messiah, if you had understood that it was proper for me to die, you would also have understood the purposes and plans of God in my death; and, knowing that, you would have seen that it was wise and best. We see here that a correct knowledge of the character and work of Christ is the same as a correct knowledge of the counsels and plans of God; and we see, also, that the reasons why we have not such a knowledge are our previous prejudices and erroneous views.
From henceforth. From this time. From my death and resurrection you shall understand the plans and counsels of God.
Ye know him. You shall have just views of his plans and designs.
Have seen him. That is, they had seen Jesus Christ, his image, and the brightness of his glory (Heb 1:3), which was the same as having seen the Father, Jn 14:9.
Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on John 14:1-11
Here are three words, upon any of which stress may be laid. Upon the word troubled. Be not cast down and disquieted. The word heart. Let your heart be kept with full trust in God. The word your. However others are overwhelmed with the sorrows of this present time, be not you so. Christ's disciples, more than others, should keep their minds quiet, when everything else is unquiet. Here is the remedy against this…
John 14:7 in the original Greek
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Cross references for John 14:7
- Colossians 1:15-17
Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature: For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him: And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.
- John 8:19
Then said they unto 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.
- Luke 10:22
All things are delivered to me of 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.
- John 17:8
For I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me; and they have received them, and have known surely that I came out from thee, and they have believed that thou didst send me.
- John 17:6
I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them me; and they have kept thy word.
- John 14:16-20
And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you. I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you. Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also. …
- 1 John 2:13
I write unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I write unto you, young men, because ye have overcome the wicked one. I write unto you, little children, because ye have known the Father.
- Colossians 2:2-3
That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgement of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ; In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
- John 17:23
I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me.
- John 16:3
And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor me.
- John 1:18
No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.
- John 17:21
That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.
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Context
- John 14:6
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
- John 14:7
If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him.
- John 14:8
Philip saith unto him, Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us.
John 14:7 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Si me conocieseis, también á mi Padre conocierais: y desde ahora le conocéis, y le habéis visto. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Si vous m’aviez connu, vous auriez connu aussi mon Père; et dès maintenant vous le connaissez et vous l’avez vu. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Wenn ihr mich erkannt hättet, so würdet ihr auch meinen Vater erkannt haben; und von jetzt an erkennet ihr ihn und habt ihn gesehen. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Si cognovissetis me, et Patrem meum utique cognovissetis: et amodo cognoscetis eum, et vidistis eum. |