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John 14:9
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 seen the Father; and how sayest thou, then, Show us the Father?
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 seen the Father; and how sayest thou, then, Show us the Father?
Verse John 14:9. _HE THAT HATH SEEN ME HATH SEEN THE FATHER_] Could any _creature_ say these words? Do they not evidently imply that Christ declared himself to his disciples to be the everlasting God?...
SO LONG TIME - For more than three years Jesus had been with them. He had raised the dead, cast out devils, healed the sick, done those things which no one could have done who had not come from God. I...
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....
HE THAT HATH SEEN ME HATH SEEN THE FATHER. Philip, one of the chosen apostles, over three years an attendant on the ministry of Christ, seeing and hearing him daily, after such opportunities and "so l...
"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)...
SO LONG TIME. Philip, one of the first called. See John 1:43. WITH. Greek. _meta._ App-104....
_so long time_ Philip had been called among the first (John 1:43). _hast thou not known me_ Or, _hast not recognised Me_, as in John 14:7. The Gospels are full of evidence of how little the Apostles u...
ΤΟΣΟΎΤΩΙ ΧΡΌΝΩΙ. Philip had been called among the first (John 1:44), and yet has not learned to know the Christ. Comp. John 8:19. The Gospels are full of evidence of how little the Apostles understood...
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...
ΤΟΣΟΎΤΩ ΧΡΌΝΦ (G5118; G5550) так много, так долго, ΈΓΝΩΚΆΣ _perf. ind. act. от_ ΓΙΝΏΣΚΩ, _см._ John 14:7. ΈΩΡΑΚDTQPERF. _act. part. от_ ΌΡΆΩ, _см._ John 14:7. Subst. part. делает акцент на лице, выпо...
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...
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...
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 seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father? JESUS SAITH...
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...
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,...
HAVE I BEEN SO LONG TIME WITH YOU, AND YET HAST THOU NOT KNOWN ME, PHILIP? — More exactly,... _hast thou not recognised Me,_ as in John 14:7. Comp. the reference in John 14:8, from which it will be se...
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_....
Jesus corrects the error, and guides the craving to its true satisfaction. Τοσοῦτον χρόνον … πατέρα [τοσοῦτον χρόνον may be a gloss for the dative which is found in [85] [86] [87]. The manifestation w...
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...
He that seeth me, seeth the Father also: [2] that is, he seeth him, who is not a man only, but who also, by my divine nature, am one and the same with the Father: so that he who believes, and as it we...
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...
_POWER THROUGH CHRIST_ ‘Because I live, ye shall live also.’ John 14:9 This was the word of comfort in the ears of the disciples, and the new and added sense and joy in a certainty of personality b...
9._Have I been so long time with you? _Christ justly reproves Philip for not having the eyes of his faith pure. He had God present in Christ, and yet he did not behold him. What prevented him but his...
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, HAVE I BEEN SO LONG TIME WITH YOU,.... Conversing familiarly with you, instructing you by my ministry, and performing so many miraculous works among you, for so long a time; see...
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 seen the Father; and how sayest thou _then_, Shew us the Father? Ver. 9. _Ha...
_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...
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....
Our Saviour still insists upon the oneness of himself with his Father, and the personal union of the Divine and human nature in him; for otherwise the apostles might have been with Christ a long time,...
Tertullian An Answer to the Jews For God the Father none ever saw, and lived.[170] Tertullian Against Praxeas and, "He that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and I am in the Father, and the Father...
John 14:9 Jesus G2424 said G3004 (G5719) him G846 been G1510 (G5748) with G3326 you G5216 long...
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...
‘Jesus says to him, “Have I been with you all (plural) so long and yet you (singular) do not know me, Philip? He who has seen me has seen the Father. How then can you say ‘show us the Father'? Do you...
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...
John 14:9. JESUS SAITH UNTO HIM, HAVE I BEEN SO LONG TIME WITH YOU, AND YET HAST THOU NOT LEARNED TO KNOW ME, PHILIP? HE THAT HATH SEEN ME HATH SEEN THE FATHER: HOW SAYEST THOU, SHOW US THE FATHER? ‘H...
SO LONG TIME (τοσουτον χρονον). Accusative of extent of time.AND DOST THOU NOT KNOW ME? (κα ουκ εγνωκας με;). Perfect active indicative of γινωσκω. Jesus patiently repeats his language to Philip...
John 14:9 The Surprise Christ felt I. To Christ, that He was the revealer and the image of the Father was the one foremost truth of His life. Ever since He had sense, He had felt that, and it had gro...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
WHOEVER HAS SEEN ME. Jesus himself is the "SOMETHING VISIBLE!...
_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...
1 Corinthians 15:12; Colossians 1:15; Genesis 26:9; Hebrews 1:3;...
Have I been [ε ι μ ι]. Literally, am I Known [ε γ ν ω κ α ς]. Come to know. Sayest thou [σ υ]. Emphatic. Thou who didst say, "We have found him of whom Moses in the law and the prophets did write" ...
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...