Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - John 14:5-7
The question about the way 14:5-7 read more
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Thomas Constable
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - John 14:7
The construction of the first clause in the Greek text suggests that the condition was true for the sake of the argument. We could translate this "first class condition" as "Since . . ." The Eleven had come to know by personal experience (Gr. ginosko) who Jesus really was. This knowledge was the key to their coming to know God the Father as well.Since they had come to know who Jesus really was, they had come to know God. Their knowledge of God virtually amounted to seeing God. John used... read more
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - John 14:8
The Eleven regarded Jesus very highly. Notwithstanding they did not yet realize that He was such an accurate and full revelation of God the Father that to see Jesus was to see the Father. Philip asked for a clear revelation of the Father that would satisfy the Eleven. He apparently wanted Jesus to give them a theophany (Exodus 24:9-10; Isaiah 6:1). People throughout history have desired to see God as He really is (cf. Exodus 33:18). Jesus in His incarnation made that revelation of the Father... read more
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - John 14:8-14
The request to reveal the Father 14:8-14 read more
John Darby
Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - John 14:7
14:7 henceforth (e-14) As 'now,' ch. 13.19. read more
John Dummelow
John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - John 14:1-31
The Comforter1-31. 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 mansions; (2) Christ as the Way to the Father; (3) the mutual indwelling of the Father in the Son, and of the Son in the Father; (4) the efficacy of prayer through Christ; (5) the mission of the Comforter.Some scholars think that a displacement has occurred in the farewell discourses, and... read more
Charles John Ellicott
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - John 14:7
(7) If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also.—The thought here is made quite plain by what has preceded; but the form in which it is expressed demands attention. The emphasis of the first part of the sentence is not upon “Me” as is generally supposed, but upon “known.” In the second part the emphatic words are “My Father.” The English word “known” represents two Greek words in the better text which are not identical in meaning. The former means, to know by observation, the latter... read more
Charles John Ellicott
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - John 14:8
(8) 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 Acts 1:13.Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us.—He catches at the word “seen “and thinks of some revelation of the glory of God as that vouchsafed to Moses, or it may be of a vision like that which three of their number had seen, and of which others had heard, in the Mount of Transfiguration.... read more
William Nicoll
Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - John 14:1-31
John 14:0 In the narrative of Sir Walter Scott's last days at Abbotsford, Lockhart tells how one morning he had his chair wheeled 'into the library, and placed by the central window, that he might look down on the Tweed. Here he expressed the wish that I should read to him, and when I asked from what book, he said: "Need you ask? There is but one?" I chose the fourteenth chapter of St. John's Gospel; he listened with mild devotion.' Reference. XIV. Expositor (4th Series), vol. v. p. 290. The... read more
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Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - John 14:1-24
3. Jesus’ comforting revelation in view of His departure 14:1-24Peter’s question was only the first of several that the disciples proceeded to ask Jesus. This shows their bewilderment and discouragement. They should have been comforting Him in view of what lay ahead of Him (John 12:27; John 13:21), but instead Jesus graciously proceeded to comfort them by clarifying what lay ahead of them. read more