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John 14:6
Jesus saith unto him, I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life; no man cometh unto the Father but by Me.
Jesus saith unto him, I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life; no man cometh unto the Father but by Me.
Verse John 14:6. _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 i...
I AM THE WAY - See Isaiah 35:8. By this is meant, doubtless, that they and all others were to have access to God only by obeying the instructions, imitating the example, and depending on the merits of...
CHAPTER 14 1. Let not Your Heart be Troubled! (John 14:1 .) 2. I Am in the Father and the Father in Me. (John 14:8 .) 3. The Other Comforter Promised. (John 14:15 .) 4. I Go unto the Father. ...
John 14:1 takes up the thoughts of the previous paragraph, not of the last verse. The thoughts of separation and treachery had led to perplexity, if not despair. Jesus bids them trust God and Himself....
AM THE WAY, THE TRUTH, AND THE LIFE. The Lord only answers his difficulty in part. He points him to the way in which he must walk if he would follow him. He must follow Christ in his life if he would...
THE PROMISE OF GLORY (John 14:1-3)...
"And you know the way to where I go." Thomas said to him: "Lord, we do not know where you are going. How do we know the way?" Jesus said to him: "I am the Way, the Truth and the Life. No one comes to...
JESUS. App-98. AM. This affirmation used by our Lord at least twenty-five times in John. See John 4:26; John 6:20 ("It is I". Greek _Ego eimi),_ 35, 41, 48, 51; John 8:12;...
_I am the way_ The pronoun is emphatic; I and no other: _Ego sum Via, Veritas, Vita_. S. Thomas had wished rather to know about the goal; Christ shews that for him, and therefore for us, it is more im...
ἘΓΏ ΕἸΜΙ. see on John 6:35. The pronoun is emphatic; I and no other: _Ego sum Via, Veritas, Vita_. S. Thomas had wished rather to know about the goal; Christ shews that for him, and therefore for us,...
VER 5. THOMAS SAID TO HIM, LORD, WE KNOW NOT WHERE YOU GO; AND HOW CAN WE KNOW THE WAY? 6. JESUS SAID TO HIM, I AM THE WAY, THE TRUTH, AND THE LIFE: NO MAN COMES TO THE FATHER, BUT BY ME. 7. IF YOU HA...
_THE WAY, THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE -- JOHN 14:6-14:_ The only way to the Father is through Jesus Christ. He is the Way and the Truth and the Life. If the disciples had known who Jesus really is, the Son...
ΚΑΊ (G2532) — эпэкз. использование частицы, дополнительно поясняет ΌΔΌΣ (G3598): "Я еемь Путь; то есть Истина и Жизнь" (_см._ BD, 228). Повторяющийся определенный артикль может означать, что Христос —...
DISCOURSE: 1684 NO WAY TO GOD BUT THROUGH CHRIST John 14:6. _Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me_. THERE is in the Christian church a...
I AM THE WAY, AND THE TRUTH, AND THE LIFE:— Our Lord, most probably, had here in view the metaphors which he formerly used, _I am the door of the sheep,_ Ch. John 10:7. _I am the bread of life,_ Ch. J...
GOING TO PREPARE A PLACE _Text 14:1-7_ 1 Let not your heart be troubled: believe in God, believe also in me. 2 In my Father's house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you; fo...
EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN John 14:1-11 Below is an Analysis of the passage which is to be before us: — "Our Lord, who knew what was in man, was well aware of what was passing in the minds of...
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. JESUS SAITH UNTO HIM, I AM THE WAY - in what sense is explained in the last clause: but He ha...
34 As our Lord is about to leave His beloved disciples, He compresses His ministry into one new precept-love. That was to be their law and their life and make them a light in the world. This should ch...
THE COMFORTER 1-31. The mansions in heaven. The mission of the Comforter. This great discourse, which is not easily susceptible of formal subdivision, deals with five main subjects: (1) the heavenly...
NO MAN] It is important to remember that pious heathen, who have never heard of Christ, may and do find acceptance with God, through Him, whom, if they had known, they would have accepted as their Red...
JOHN TELLS THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT JESUS GOSPEL OF JOHN _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 14 JESUS IS THE WAY TO GOD THE *FATHER 14:1-14 V1 Jesus said to his *disciples, ‘Do not worry! Trust God. And trust me,...
I AM THE WAY. — The pronoun is emphatic. “I, and none besides Me.” “The way” is again made prominent, reversing the order which Thomas had used. He and He only is the means through which men can appro...
VIII. _ JESUS ANNOUNCES HIS DEPARTURE._ "When therefore he was gone out, Jesus saith, Now is the Son of man glorified, and God is glorified in Him; and God shall glorify Him in Himself, and straightw...
IX. _ THE WAY, THE TRUTH, AND THE LIFE._ "Thomas saith unto Him, Lord, we know not whither Thou goest; how know we the way? Jesus saith unto him, I am the Way, and the Truth, and the Life: no one com...
_A second interruption occasioned by Thomas_....
to John 14:31 comprise one continuous conversation, introduced by Jesus' announcement (John 13:31-35) of His speedy departure....
ἐγώ εἰμι … ἐμοῦ. “I am the way and the truth and the life: no one comes to the Father save through me.” I do not merely point out the way and teach the truth and bestow life, but I am the way and the...
JESUS, THE WAY, THE TRUTH, AND THE LIFE John 14:1-11 As He neared the end, our Lord could speak of little else than the Father. Heaven was His Father's house, where a prepared mansion awaits each of...
There is no real break between the end of chapter 13 and beginning of chapter 14. Therefore continuing, while now including all the disciples, He charged them not to let their heart be troubled. He th...
Jesus saith unto him, I am (d) the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. (d) This saying shows unto us the nature, the will, and office of Christ....
CHAPTER 23 THE VALEDICTORY SERMON John 14-16. Now that the Passover meal has been enjoyed, and that celebrated Mosaic institution totally eclipsed by bloody Calvary, normally verified and abolished f...
“ _Thomas says to him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest, and how do we know the way?_ 6. _Jesus says to him, I am the way and the truth and the life; no one comes to the Father but by me._ ” Peter...
ADDITIONAL NOTES BY THE AMERICAN EDITOR. Vv. 1-11. 1. The discourse which occupies the fourteenth chapter is apparently suggested by the thought expressed in John 13:36: “Thou canst not follow me now...
Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. (2) In my Father's house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you, I go to prepare a place for you. (3) And if...
The point at which we have arrived gives me an opportunity of saying a little on the beginning of this chapter, and the end of the last; for it is well known that many men, and, I am sorry to add, not...
_THE LIVING WAY_ ‘I am the way.’ John 14:6 To what does the way lead? I. IT IS THE WAY TO THE FATHER’S HOUSE of which He has just spoken, where God manifests His Presence to His people, and they...
_CHARACTERISTICS OF TRUTH_ ‘I am the truth.’ John 14:6 What does Jesus mean by this claim? What is the truth of which He is speaking? In order to understand this aright, we must understand what ar...
_THE CHRIST LIFE_ ‘I am the Life.’ John 14:6 ‘I am the Life,’ Jesus said. How is this true of Him? I. HE IS THE PATTERN LIFE.—Never was a life of man lived like His life. All are agreed about this...
6._I am the way. _Though Christ does not give a direct reply to the question put to him, yet he passes by nothing that is useful to be known. It was proper that Thomas’ curiosity should be checked; an...
The Lord now begins to discourse with them in view of His departure. He was going where they could not come. To human sight they would be left alone upon the earth. It is to the sense of this apparent...
JESUS SAITH UNTO HIM, I AM THE WAY,.... Our Lord takes the opportunity of this discourse about the place he was going to, and the way unto it, more fully to instruct his disciples concerning himself,...
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. Ver. 6. _I am the way, and the truth, &c._] As if he should say, Thou hast no whither to go but...
_Thomas saith_ Taking him in a gross sense; _Lord, we know not whither thou goest_ “As their thoughts turned very much on a temporal kingdom, they might imagine that their Master intended to remove to...
I AM THE WAY; to God's presence. THE TRUTH; the author and revealer of truth. THE LIFE; the author and giver of life, natural and spiritual. There is no way of access to the Father but through his S...
MINISTRY OF ENCOURAGEMENT CENTERED IN CHRIST PERSONALLY (vs.1-6) Had the Lord spoken the last words of chapter 13 with the object of discouraging Peter? By no means. For His next words are "Let not y...
1-11 Here are three words, upon any of which stress may be laid. Upon the word troubled. Be not cast down and disquieted. The word heart. Let your heart be kept with full trust in God. The word your....
Christ was his own WAY to his Father; _By his own blood he entered in once into the holy place,_ HEBREWS 9:12. See LUKE 24:26 PHILIPPIANS 2:8. But both the former words, where the apostle spake of the...
Epistle of Ignatius to the Ephesians Now the way is unerring, namely, Jesus Christ. For, says He, "I am the way and the life."[66] Epistle of Ignatius to the Ephesians And this way leads to the Fat...
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‘Jesus says to him, “I am the way, and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me”.' Jesus then explained more fully what He meant. These words of Jesus have filled a multitu...
THEIR CERTAINTY FOR THE FUTURE LIES IN THEIR KNOWING HIM AS THE ONE WHO IS THE WAY TO THE FATHER AND IS THE ONE WHO FULLY REVEALS THE FATHER (JOHN 14:4). Having made clear their final destiny Jesus no...
John 14:6. JESUS SAITH UNTO HIM, I AM THE WAY, AND THE TRUTH, AND THE LIFE: NO ONE COMETH UNTO THE FATHER BUT THROUGH ME. The three terms here used must not be taken as expressing three independent th...
Judas has now gone out; Jesus is alone with the disciples whom He loved; and the last disturbing element has been removed from the midst of the little company. But the hour is come when the servants m...
I AM THE WAY, AND THE TRUTH, AND THE LIFE (Εγω ειμ η οδος κα η αληθεια κα η ζωη). Either of these statements is profound enough to stagger any one, but here all three together overwhelm Thomas. Jesu...
John 14:6 Christ the Way I. If it be asked where this way begins, and whither it goes, the answer is evident. It begins in the cold, dark, desolate region, into which sin has thrown the moral and mat...
John 14:1. _Let not your heart be troubled:_ This is one of those verses that you may read as slowly as you like, and spell out every letter, and find honey in it all. John 14:1. _Ye believe in God,...
This is a chapter which I suppose most of us know by heart, full of comfort, a very river of delight. Remember that our Lord spoke this to his own beloved ones to the inner circle. It was not address...
We have often read this chapter, both in our private meditations, and at our public worship; but we cannot read it too often. It is sweet as honey and the honeycomb. It contains the very quintessence...
I suppose that many of you know this chapter by heart. I notice that, in all old Christians' Bibles, this leaf is well worn, sometimes worn out. We have here our Lord's homely talk to his disciples; i...
John 14:1. _Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me._ You will be troubled; that cannot be helped. But let not your heart be troubled. You are like a ship, and all the w...
Let us read that well-known and most blessed chapter, John 14:1, which so clearly shows our Saviour's tender consideration for the comfort of his people, lest the great grief excited in them by his im...
John 14:1. _Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me._ Here is a troubled company of disciples, very much cast down, so their Divine Master, full of infinite tenderness,...
CONTENTS: Jesus foretells His second coming and promises the Holy Spirit to believers. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, Holy Spirit, Thomas, disciples, Philip, Judas. CONCLUSION: Jesus is the way let us foll...
John 14:1. _Let not your heart be troubled._ Our Saviour having denounced Judas as a traitor, and plainly spoken of his own departure out of the world, left no jewish hope of a temporal kingdom; sorro...
THOMAS SAID TO HIM. "Lord, we expected you to be our King in Jerusalem. We do not understand." I AM THE WAY, THE TRUTH, AND THE LIFE. No one can come to God, either in heaven or on earth, except throu...
_Jesus said unto him, I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life_ BRIEF EXPOSITIONS The way of a holy conversation; the truth of a heavenly doctrine; the life of a bliss everlasting (_Leo_) _._ The way...
_Whither I go ye know_ THE INTERPELLATION OF THOMAS Observe I. THAT A MAN MAY, IN SPIRITUAL THINGS, KNOW MORE THAN HE IS CONSCIOUS OF KNOWING. “Ye know,” “We know not.” It may be said that our Lord...
THE HIGHWAY TO GOD An highway shall be there. Isaiah 35:8 (AV). I am the way. John 14:6. Did you ever think what a wonderful thing a road is? The story of a road is as fascinating as a fairy-tale....
JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 14:6 Jesus is THE one WAY to THE FATHER. Salvation can be found only in Christ (see note on 3:18). Jesus as the t
1-31 CHAPTER 14 _Let not your heart_, &c. Christ saw that the minds of His disciples were troubled, _i.e_. anxious and sorrowful, because He had foretold them that His own departure and Passion, thro...
_EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES_ John 14:1. The discourse begun at John 13:31 is here continued. Here our Lord not merely answers fully Peter’s question, “Whither goest Thou?” (John 13:36), but speaks...
EXPOSITION JOHN 14:1 It is not necessary to follow Codex D and some of the versions, and here introduce into the text καὶ εἶπεν τοῖς μαθηταῖς αὐτοῦ._ _It is enough that the awful warning to Pe...
Jesus said, Let not your heart be troubled (John 14:1): Now, they were troubled because He had been saying these things. "I'm going to go away; where I go you cannot come." He's been talking about H...
1 Corinthians 15:45; 1 John 1:1; 1 John 1:2; 1 John 1:8; 1 John 2:23;...
I am the way. The disciples are engrossed with the thought of separation from Jesus. To Thomas, ignorance of whither Jesus is going involves ignorance of the way. "Therefore, with loving condescension...
THE COMFORT CHAPTER John 14:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS How wonderful it is that our Lord Jesus Christ could give forth such words of comfort in the hour when He, Himself, was hastening on toward the angu...
THE COMFORT CHAPTER John 14:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We remember the statement, "Never man spake like this Man." These words were true from many viewpoints. However, of all the wonderful things which ou...
To the question concerning the way, he answers, I am the way. 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...