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John 14:8
Philip saith unto Him, Lord, show us the Father, and it sufficeth us.
Philip saith unto Him, Lord, show us the Father, and it sufficeth us.
Verse John 14:8. _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...
LORD, SHOW US THE FATHER - Philip here referred to some outward and visible manifestation of God. God had manifested himself in various ways to the prophets and saints of old, and Philip affirmed that...
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....
SHEW US THE FATHER AND IT SUFFICETH US. Philip fails to comprehend that the Father was to be seen in Christ and when the Lord declares that henceforth they have seen the Father; he at once requests su...
"If you had known me, you would have known my Father too. From now on you are beginning to know him, and you have seen him." Philip said to him: "Lord, show us the Father, and that is enough for us....
THE PROMISE OF GLORY (John 14:1-3)...
PHILIP. See John 1:43; John 6:5; John 12:21; John 12:22, and App-141....
_Philip_ For the fourth and last time S. Philip appears in this. Gospel (see notes on John 1:44-49; John 6:5-7; John 12:22). Thrice he is mentioned in close connexion with S. Andrew, who may have brou...
Ver 8. Philip said to him, Lord, show us the Father, and it suffices us. 9. Jesus said to him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet have you not known me, Philip? he that has seen me has seen th...
_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...
ΔΕΊΞΟΝ _aor. imper. act. от_ ΔΕΊΚΝΥΜΙ (G1166) показывать. _Aor. imper._ предполагает, что действие должно начаться: "начни показывать нам Отца" ΆΡΚΕΙ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΆΡΚΈΩ (G714) быть сильным,...
DISCOURSE: 1685 CHRIST ONE WITH THE FATHER John 14:8. Philip saith unto him, Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us. Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou n...
LORD, SHEW US THE FATHER,— Philip, hearing our Lord's words, says to him with a pious ardour becoming his character, _"Lord, do but shew us the Father,_ and bring us to the sight and enjoyment of him,...
GOING TO MAKE THE DISCIPLES CO-LABORERS _Text 14:8-14_ 8 Philip saith unto him, Lord, show us the Father, and it sufficeth us. 9 Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and dost...
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...
Philip saith unto him, Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us. PHILIP SAITH UNTO HIM, LORD, SHOW US THE FATHER, AND IT SUFFICETH US. Philip's grossness of conception gives occasion to somet...
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...
Philip desired to see the eternal invisible Father as a distinct being beside the Son. He wished for a visible Theophany: cp. Exodus 24:10....
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...
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,...
PHILIP SAITH UNTO HIM. — Comp. for the character of Philip John 1:44 _et seq.;_ John 6:5 _et seq.;_ John 12:21 _et seq._ He is joined with Thomas at the head of the second group of the Apostles, in...
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...
X. _ THE FATHER SEEN IN CHRIST._ "Philip saith unto Him, Lord, show us the Father, and it sufficeth us. Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so longtime with you, and dost thou not know Me, Philip? he th...
_A third interruption by Philip; to which Jesus replies, appending to His answer a promise which springs out of what He had said to Philip_....
Λέγει … ἡμῖν. Philip, seizing upon the ἑωράκατε αὐτόν of John 14:7, utters the universal human craving to see God, to have the same indubitable direct knowledge of Him as we have of one another. Perha...
to John 14:31 comprise one continuous conversation, introduced by Jesus' announcement (John 13:31-35) of His speedy departure....
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...
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...
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...
“ _Philip says to him, Lord, show us the Father, and it suffices us._ 9. _Jesus says to him, So long a time am I with you, and thou hast not known me! Philip, he who has seen me, has seen the Father;...
Philip saith unto him, Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us. (9) Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me, hath se...
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 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...
_ON KNOWING GOD_ ‘Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us.’ John 14:8 Was it well or ill spoken, this word of St. Philip? It evidently came from his heart. It was no captious objection. Shall...
8._Show us the Father. _It appears to be very absurd that the Apostles should offer so many objections to the Lord; for why did he speak but to inform them on that point about which _Philip _puts the...
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...
PHILIP SAITH TO HIM, LORD,.... Another of his disciples addresses him in a reverend and becoming manner, as Thomas before had done, calling him Lord, and saying to him, "show us the Father, and it suf...
Philip saith unto him, Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us. Ver. 8. _Lord, show us the Father_] They would have seen the Father face to face with their bodily eyes, as they saw the Son. But...
_Philip_ One of the apostles, hearing these words; _saith unto him_ With a pious ardour becoming his character; _Lord, show us the Father_ Do but bring us to the sight and enjoyment of him; _and it su...
SHOW US THE FATHER; he meant an outward showing....
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....
Still Philip understandeth not our Saviour, and further discovereth a very gross conception of the Divine Being, as if it could be seen with mortal eyes; whereas God had told Moses, EXODUS 33:20, _Tho...
A Treatise of Novatian Concerning the Trinity Philip is reproved, and rightly, and deservedly indeed, because he has said, "Lord, show us the Father, and it sufficeth us."[221] Alexander Epistles on...
John 14:8 Philip G5376 said G3004 (G5719) Him G846 Lord G2962 show G1166 (G5657) us G2254 Father...
‘Philip says to him, “Lord, show us the Father and that will be sufficient for us”.' As yet they were not fully enlightened and could not grasp this. Philip, for example, had not yet had time to conte...
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 14:8. PHILIP SAITH UNTO HIM, LORD, SHOW US THE FATHER, AND IT SUFFICETH US. The same bluntness of spiritual sight (that is, really the same weakness of faith) that had been exhibited by Thomas is...
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...
SHOW US (δειξον ημιν). Philip now speaks up, possibly hoping for a theophany (Exodus 33:18), certainly not grasping the idea of Jesus just expressed....
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...
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._ Here is a troubled company of disciples, very much cast down, so their Divine Master, full of infinite tenderness,...
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...
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...
SHOW US THE FATHER. Philips wants something visible, so he can _know_ God in the same way he knows people....
_Philip saith unto Him, Lord, show us the Father and it sufficeth us_ MAN’S CRY AND CHRIST’S RESPONSE I. THE SPIRITUAL CRY OF MANKIND. Philip represents all men in their deepest spiritual experience...
JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 14:8 Philip apparently asks for some sort of appearance by God, such as Moses and Isaiah experienced (Exodus 33:18; compare...
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 14:8. _The request of Philip and the response of Jesus._—Philip, catching at the word ἑωράκατε (seen), misapprehended its meaning, and thought of some theophany,...
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...
Exodus 33:18; Exodus 34:5; Job 33:26; John 1:43; John 12:21;...
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...