way?” (v. 5). To this Jesus replied: “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me” (v. 6). The structure of this statement is such that Jesus was not giving a string of descriptive terms. He was not saying, “I am: A) the way, B) the truth, and C) the life.” Rather, this statement is in an elliptical form, so that Jesus was saying: “I am the way because I am the truth and because I am the life. I am the way to the Father because I am the true manifestation or
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