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Jesus said to him, “I am the way and the truth[a] and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.(A) If you know me, then you will also know my Father.[b] From now on you do know him and have seen him.”(B) Philip said to him, “Master, show us the Father,[c] and that will be enough for us.”(C)

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  1. 14:6 The truth: in John, the divinely revealed reality of the Father manifested in the person and works of Jesus. The possession of truth confers knowledge and liberation from sin (Jn 8:32).
  2. 14:7 An alternative reading, “If you knew me, then you would have known my Father also,” would be a rebuke, as in Jn 8:19.
  3. 14:8 Show us the Father: Philip is pictured asking for a theophany like Ex 24:9–10; 33:18.

Jesus answered, “I am(A) the way(B) and the truth(C) and the life.(D) No one comes to the Father except through me.(E) If you really know me, you will know[a] my Father as well.(F) From now on, you do know him and have seen him.”

Philip(G) said, “Lord, show us the Father and that will be enough for us.”

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  1. John 14:7 Some manuscripts If you really knew me, you would know