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John 14:5

“Lord,” said Thomas, “we do not know where You are going, so how can we know the way?”

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ASV

Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest; how know we the way?

KJV

Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest; and how can we know the way?

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
ΛέγειLegeiSaysG3004 →
αὐτῷautōto HimG846 →
Θωμᾶς·ThōmasThomas;G2381 →
κύριε,kurieLord,G2962 →
οὐκouknotG3756 →
οἴδαμενoidamenwe know
ποῦpouwhereG4226 →
ὑπάγεις·hupageisYou are going;G5217 →
πῶςpōshowG4459 →
δυνάμεθαdunamethacan weG1410 →
τὴνtēntheG3588 →
ὁδὸνhodonwayG3598 →
εἰδέναι;eidenaito know?

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John 16:23In that day you will no longer ask Me anything. Truly, truly, I tell you, whatever you ask the Father in My name, He will give you.Mark 9:19“O unbelieving generation!” Jesus replied. “How long must I remain with you? How long must I put up with you? Bring the boy to Me.”John 11:16Then Thomas called Didymus said to his fellow disciples, “Let us also go, so that we may die with Him.”John 20:25–28So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord!” But he replied, “Unless I see the nail marks in His hands, and put my finger where the nails have been, and put my hand into His side, I will never believe.”John 16:17Then some of His disciples asked one another, “Why is He telling us, ‘In a little while you will not see Me, and then after a little while you will see Me’ and ‘Because I am going to the Father’?”John 15:12This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.Luke 24:25Then Jesus said to them, “O foolish ones, how slow are your hearts to believe all that the prophets have spoken!Mark 8:17–18Aware of their conversation, Jesus asked them, “Why are you debating about having no bread? Do you still not see or understand? Do you have such hard hearts?Hebrews 5:11–12We have much to say about this, but it is hard to explain, because you are dull of hearing.Luke 9:45But they did not understand this statement. It was veiled from them so that they could not comprehend it, and they were afraid to ask Him about it.John 20:24Now Thomas called Didymus, one of the Twelve, was not with the disciples when Jesus came.

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The Word Made Flesh — Gustave Doré (engraving, public domain)
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