^14:5Thomas said,¹² “Lord, we don’t know where you are going. How can we know the way?” ^14:6Jesus replied,¹³ “I am the way, and the truth, and the life.¹⁴ No one comes to the Father except through me. ^14:7If you have known me, you will know my Father too.¹⁵ And from now on you do know him and have seen him.”

^14:8Philip said,¹⁶ “Lord, show us the Father, and we will be content.”¹⁷

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John 14:6: Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”

Footnotes

12 Grk “said to him.”
13 Grk “Jesus said to him.”
14 Or “I am the way, even the truth and the life.”
15 There is a difficult textual problem here: The statement reads either “If you have known (οἐγνώκατε, egnōkate) me, you will know (γνώσεσθε, gnōsesthe) my Father” or “If you had really known (ἐγνώκειτε, egnōkeite) me, you would have known (ἐγνώκειτε ἄν or ἂν ἤδειτε [egnōkeite an or an ēdeite]) my Father.” The division of the external evidence is difficult, but can be laid out as follows: The that have the perfect ἐγνώκατε in the protasis (𝔓66 [א D* W] 579 it) also have, for the most part, the future indicative γνώσεσθε in the apodosis (𝔓66 א D W [579] sa bo), rendering Jesus’ statement as a first-class condition. The that have the pluperfect ἐγνώκειτε in the protasis (A B C D1 L Θ Ψ f1, 13 33 𝔐) also have, for the most part, a pluperfect in the apodosis (either ἂν ἤδειτε in B C* [L] Q Ψ 1 33 565 , or ἐγνώκειτε ἅν in A C3 Θ f13 𝔐), rendering Jesus’ statement a contrary-to-fact second-class condition. The external evidence slightly favors the first-class condition, since there is an Alexandrian-Western alliance supported by 𝔓66. As well, the fact that the readings with a second-class condition utilize two different verbs with ἄν in different positions suggests that these readings are secondary. However, it could be argued that the second-class conditions are harder readings in that they speak negatively of the apostles (so K. Aland in ); in this case, the ἐγνώκειτε … ἐγνώκειτε ἄν reading should be given preference. Although a decision is difficult, the first-class condition is to be slightly preferred. In this case Jesus promises the disciples that, assuming they have known him, they will know the Father. Contextually this fits better with the following phrase (v. 7b) which asserts that “from the present time you know him and have seen him” (cf. John 1:18).
16 Grk “said to him.”
17 Or “and that is enough for us.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Thomas said to him, “Lord, we do not know where you are going. How can we know the way?” Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. If you had known me, you would have known my Father also. From now on you do know him and have seen him.”

Philip said to him, “Lord, show us the Father, and it is enough for us.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Thomas said to him, “Lord, we don’t know where you are going, so how can we know the way?”

Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. If you really know me, you will know my Father as well. From now on, you do know him and have seen him.”

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

CSBChristian Standard Bible

“Lord,” Thomas said, “we don’t know where you’re going. How can we know the way?”

Jesus told him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. If you know me, you will also know my Father. From now on you do know him and have seen him.”

“Lord,” said Philip, “show us the Father, and that’s enough for us.”

NLTNew Living Translation

“No, we don’t know, Lord,” Thomas said. “We have no idea where you are going, so how can we know the way?”

Jesus told him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me. If you had really known me, you would know who my Father is. From now on, you do know him and have seen him!”

Philip said, “Lord, show us the Father, and we will be satisfied.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Thomas said to him, “Lord, we do not know where you are going. How are we able to know the way?” Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. If you had known me, you would have known my Father also. From now on you know him and have seen him.”

Philip said to him, “Lord, show us the Father, and it is enough for us.”

KJV 1900King James Version

Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest; and how can we know the way? Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto 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. Philip saith unto him, Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us.

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