John 14:7 BSB — MannaFest

John 14:7

If you had known Me, you would know My Father as well. From now on you do know Him and have seen Him.”

BSB

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ASV

If ye had known me, ye would have known my Father also: from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him.

KJV

If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him.

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Commentary

7 voices

Irenaeus

Against Heresies Book IV (202)

For no one can know the Father, unless through the Word of God, that is, unless by the Son revealing [Him]; neither can he have knowledge of the Son, unless through the good pleasure of the Father. But the Son performs the good pleasure of the Father; for the Father sends, and the Son is sent, and comes.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices

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.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Note, Many of the disciples of Christ have more knowledge and more grace than they think they have, and Christ takes notice of, and is well pleased with, that good in them which they themselves are not aware of; for those that know God do not all at once know that they know him, 1 John ii.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

First, All that saw Christ in the flesh might have seen the Father in him, if Satan had not blinded their minds, and kept them from a sight of Christ, as the image of God, 2 Cor. iv. Secondly, All that saw Christ by faith did see the Father in him, though they were not suddenly aware that they did so.

The Nineteenth Century3 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

If ye had known me - By this Jesus does not intend to say that they were not truly his disciples, but that they had not a full and accurate knowledge of his character and designs. They still retained, to a large extent, the Jewish notions respecting a temporal Messiah, and did not fully understand that he was to die and be raised from the dead. Ye should have known my Father also - You would have known the counsels and designs of my Father respecting my death and resurrection.

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

16 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
εἰ	ei	If	G1487 →
ἐγνώκατέ	egnōkate	you have known	G1097 →
με,	me	Me,	G3165 →
καὶ	kai	also	G2532 →
τὸν	ton	the	G3588 →
πατέρα	patera	Father	G3962 →
μου	mou	of Mine	G3165 →
γνώσεσθε·	gnōsesthe	you will know;	G1097 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἀπ᾽	ap᾽	from	G575 →
ἄρτι	arti	now	G737 →
γινώσκετε	ginōskete	you know	G1097 →
αὐτὸν	auton	Him	G846 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἑωράκατε	he'ōrakate	you have seen	G3708 →
αὐτόν.	auton	Him.	G846 →

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
John 17:6
I have revealed Your name to those You have given Me out of the world. They were Yours; You gave them to Me, and they have kept Your word.
leads to
- John 17:26
  And I have made Your name known to them and will continue to make it known, so that the love You have for Me may be in them, and I in them.”
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
John 8:19
“Where is Your Father?” they asked Him. “You do not know Me or My Father,” Jesus answered. “If you knew Me, you would know My Father as well.”
leads to
- John 8:54–55
  Jesus answered, “If I glorify Myself, My glory means nothing. The One who glorifies Me is My Father, of whom you say ‘He is our God.’
- John 16:3
  They will do these things because they have not known the Father or Me.
- John 14:6–9
  Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
- 2 Corinthians 4:4–6
  The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers so they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.
Through
Luke 10:22
All things have been entrusted to Me by My Father. No one knows who the Son is except the Father, and no one knows who the Father is except the Son and those to…
leads to
- Matthew 11:27
  All things have been entrusted to Me by My Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses…
Through
John 17:8
For I have given them the words You gave Me, and they have received them. They knew with certainty that I came from You, and they believed that You sent Me.
leads to
- John 17:14
  I have given them Your word and the world has hated them; for they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.
- John 15:15
  No longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not understand what his master is doing. But I have called you friends, because everything I have learned from My Father I have…

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01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About John

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About John