John 14:8 BSB — MannaFest

John 14:8

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

BSB

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ASV

Philip saith unto him, Lord, show us the Father, and it sufficeth us.

KJV

Philip saith unto him, Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us.

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Commentary

3 voices

Cyril of Alexandria

Commentary on the Gospel of John, Book 9 (444)

Philip is anxious to learn, but not very keen in that understanding which is adapted to Divine vision; for else he would never have supposed it possible with bodily eyes to behold in its fulness the Divine nature in spite of the plain declaration of God: No man shall see My Face and live.

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The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Show us the Father - As if he had said, We have seen and adored thee, and our happiness will be complete if thou show us the Father. The demand of Philip was similar to that made by Moses, Exo 33:18. He wished to see the glory of God. In Peter, James, or John, this would have been inexcusable; but Philip had not seen the transfiguration on the mount. The Jewish history is full of the manifestations which God made of himself, and especially when he gave the law.

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

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

We should mark in these verses how much better Jesus speaks of believers than they speak of themselves. He says to His disciples, "You know where I go, and you know the way." And yet Thomas at once breaks in with the remark, "We know neither the where nor the way." The apparent contradiction demands explanation. It is more seeming than real. Certainly, in one point of view, the knowledge of the disciples was very small.

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Original language & word study

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
λέγει	legei	Says	G3004 →
αὐτῷ	autō	to Him	G846 →
Φίλιππος·	Philippos	Philip;	G5376 →
κύριε,	kurie	Lord,	G2962 →
δεῖξον	deixon	do show	G1166 →
ἡμῖν	hēmin	us	G3165 →
τὸν	ton	the	G3588 →
πατέρα,	patera	Father,	G3962 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἀρκεῖ	arkei	it is enough	G714 →
ἡμῖν.	hēmin	for us.	G3165 →

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

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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
Psalms 17:15
As for me, I will behold Your face in righteousness; when I awake, I will be satisfied in Your presence.
leads to
- 2 Corinthians 3:18
  And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into His image with intensifying glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.
- Psalms 16:11
  You have made known to me the path of life; You will fill me with joy in Your presence, with eternal pleasures at Your right hand.
- Psalms 11:7
  For the LORD is righteous; He loves justice. The upright will see His face.
- Matthew 5:6
  Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.
- 1 John 3:2–3
  Beloved, we are now children of God, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. We know that when Christ appears, we will be like Him, for we will see Him as…
Through
John 16:25
I have spoken these things to you in figures of speech. An hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you this way, but will tell you plainly about the Father.
leads to
- John 16:12
  I still have much to tell you, but you cannot yet bear to hear it.
- John 16:28–29
  I came from the Father and entered the world. In turn, I will leave the world and go to the Father.”
- John 10:6
  Jesus spoke to them using this illustration, but they did not understand what He was telling them.

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About John

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

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PersonPhilipA disciple from Bethsaida who brought Nathanael to Jesus and asked "Show us the Father" (John 1:43-46; 14:8).

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About John

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Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About John