John 14:6 BSB — MannaFest

John 14:6

Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.

BSB

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ASV

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: no one cometh unto the Father, but by me.

KJV

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

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Commentary

8 voices

Irenaeus

Against Heresies Book IV (202)

He is therefore one and the same God, who called Abraham and gave him the promise. But He is the Creator, who does also through Christ prepare lights in the world, [namely] those who believe from among the Gentiles. And He says, "Ye are the light of the world;" that is, as the stars of heaven. Him, therefore, I have rightly shown to be known by no man, unless by the Son, and to whomsoever the Son shall reveal Him.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

To the question concerning knowledge, he answers, I am the truth. To the question whither, I am the life. The first is treated of in this verse; the second, ver. 7-17; the third, xiv, 18, &c.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

The disciples followed him, and Christ tells them that they followed the road, and, while they continued following him, they would never be out of their way. (1.) As truth is opposed to figure and shadow. Christ is the substance of all the Old-Testament types, which are therefore said to be figures of the true, Heb. ix.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Thomas had enquired both whither he went and what was the way, and Christ answers both these enquiries and makes good what he had said, that they would have needed no answer if they had understood themselves aright; for they knew him, and he was the way; they knew the Father, and he was the end; and therefore, whither I go you know, and the way you know.

The Nineteenth Century4 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

I am the Way - That leads so the Father: - the Truth that teaches the knowledge of God, and directs in the way: - the Life that animates all those who seek and serve him, and which is to be enjoyed eternally at the end of the way. Christ is the Way: 1. By his doctrine, Joh 6:68. 2. By his example, 1Pe 2:21. 3. By his sacrifice, Heb 9:8, Heb 9:9. 4. By his Spirit, Joh 16:13. He is the Truth: 1. In opposition to all false religions.

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: John (lightly modernized text, Grace Gems edition) (1869)

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Original language & word study

23 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
λέγει	legei	Says	G3004 →
αὐτῷ	autō	to him	G846 →
ὁ	ho	<the>	G3588 →
Ἰησοῦς·	Iēsous	Jesus;	G2424 →
ἐγώ	egō	I myself	G1473 →
εἰμι	eimi	am	G1510 →
ἡ	hē	the	G3588 →
ὁδὸς	hodos	way	G3598 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἡ	hē	the	G3588 →
ἀλήθεια	alētheia	truth	G225 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἡ	hē	the	G3588 →
ζωή.	zōē	life.	G2222 →
οὐδεὶς	oudeis	No [one]	G3762 →
ἔρχεται	erchetai	comes	G2064 →
πρὸς	pros	to	G4314 →
τὸν	ton	the	G3588 →
πατέρα	patera	Father	G3962 →
εἰ	ei	only	G1487 →
μὴ	mē	except	G3361 →
δι᾽	di᾽	through	G1223 →
ἐμοῦ.	emou	Me.	G1473 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Acts 4:12
Salvation exists in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved.”
leads to
- 1 Corinthians 3:11
  For no one can lay a foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ.
- John 3:36
  Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life. Whoever rejects the Son will not see life. Instead, the wrath of God remains on him.”
- 1 Timothy 2:5–6
  For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,
- 1 John 5:11–12
  And this is that testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.
- Acts 10:42–43
  And He commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that He is the One appointed by God to judge the living and the dead.
Through
John 1:4
In Him was life, and that life was the light of men.
leads to
- John 8:12
  Once again, Jesus spoke to the people and said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows Me will never walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”
- John 12:46
  I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in Me should remain in darkness.
Through
John 10:9
I am the gate. If anyone enters through Me, he will be saved. He will come in and go out and find pasture.
leads to
- Ephesians 2:18
  For through Him we both have access to the Father by one Spirit.

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About John

Where the connections lead

The record, by era

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About John