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Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - John 14:8-11

John 14:8-11. 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 sufficeth us It is happiness enough for us; we desire no more, and resign every other hope in comparison of this. “It is hard to say, whether Philip as yet understood who the Father was, of whom his Master spake. If he did, we cannot suppose that he asked a sight of the divine... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - John 14:1-14

143. The way to the Father (John 14:1-14)The disciples by now surely knew that Jesus was soon to die. He therefore comforted them by saying he was going to his Father to prepare a permanent dwelling place for them, and one day he would return to take them to be with him for ever. He had told them often enough that if they followed him as loyal followers, they would share in his final victory (John 14:1-4).Thomas misunderstood, thinking that Jesus was speaking of a physical location and a... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - John 14:7

If , &c. App-118 . known . App-132 . from henceforth = from (Greek. apo. App-104 . iv) now. seen . App-133 . Compare 1 John 1:1 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - John 14:8

Philip. See John 1:43-48 ; John 6:5 ; John 12:21 , John 12:22 , and App-141 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - John 14:7

If ye had known me, ye would have known my Father also: from henceforth ye know him and have seen him.There is hardly a paragraph in this whole Gospel where the deity of Jesus is not either stated dogmatically, or, as here, emphatically implied. Here is another example of it. Knowing Jesus is equivalent to knowing God. Jesus' revelation to men, as far as verbal teaching goes, had here been completed.From henceforth ... From that point onward, the apostles had in their full possession the... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - John 14:8

Philip saith unto him Lord, show us the Father, and it sufficeth us.Philip ... For discussion of this apostle, see under John 1:43. It seems that Philip was slow in comprehending the world-shattering truth of God in Jesus Christ; but his limitation was that of all men. Moreover, he did not have the advantage possessed by those who view the events of Jesus' ministry in the light of subsequent history. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - John 14:7

John 14:7. If ye had known me, ye should have known, &c.— If "you had an adequate idea of my character, from the miracles that I have performed, and from the marks of goodness, justice, and wisdom, which manifest themselves in mylife and doctrines, you could not have been ignorant of my Father, because his attributes are the same; and he being in his nature invisible, by seeing me, and the manifestation of the divine perfections in me, you have as true a sight of him as possible here... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - John 14:8

John 14:8. 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, and it is happiness enough for us. We desire no more, and resign every other hope, in comparison of this." This seems a very probable sense of this passage. One cannot apprehend that Philip, or any other of the Apostles, thought the Father visible, and therefore asked for a vision of the... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - John 14:8

8-12. The substance of this passage is that the Son is the ordained and perfect manifestation of the Father, that His own word for this ought to His disciples to be enough; that if any doubts remained His works ought to remove them (see on John 14:1); but yet that these works of His were designed merely to aid weak faith, and would be repeated, nay exceeded, by His disciples, in virtue of the power He would confer on them after His departure. His miracles the apostles wrought, though wholly in... read more

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