John 14:9-10 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - John 14:4-11

Christ, having set the happiness of heaven before them as the end, here shows them himself as the way to it, and tells them that they were better acquainted both with the end they were to aim at and with the way they were to walk in than they thought they were: You know, that is, 1. ?You may know; it is none of the secret things which belong not to you, but one of the things revealed; you need not ascend into heaven, nor go down into the deep, for the word is nigh you (Rom. 10:6-8), level to... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - John 14:7-11

14:7-11 "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." Jesus said to him: "Have I been with you for so long, and you did not know me, Philip? He who has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say: 'Show us the Father'? Do you not believe that I am in the Father and that the Father is in me? I am not the source of the words that I speak to... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - John 14:7-11

Jesus goes on to say something else. One thing no Jew would ever lose was the grip of sheer loneliness of God. The Jews were unswerving monotheists. The danger of the Christian faith is that we may set up Jesus as a kind of secondary God. But Jesus himself insists that the things he said and the things he did did not come from his own initiative or his own power or his own knowledge but from God. His words were God's voice speaking to men; His deeds were God's power flowing through him to men.... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 14:9

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 Hebrews 5:11 ; and yet hast thou not known me, Philip ? Surely you cannot be so ignorant as this comes to; as you have seen me with your bodily eyes, as a man, you must, know that I am God by the doctrines I have taught you, and the miracles I have wrought among you: and he that hath... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 14:10

Believest thou not that I am in the Father ?.... This surely is, as it must needs be, and ought to be, an article of your faith, "that I am in the Father", and the Father in me ; phrases which are expressive of the sameness of nature in the Father and the Son; of the Son's perfect equality with the Father, since the Son is as much in the Father, as the Father is in the Son; and also of the personal distinction there is between them; for nothing with propriety can be said to be in itself.... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 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? read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - John 14:10

I am in the Father, and the Father in me? - We are essentially one; and those who have seen me have seen him who sent me. He doeth the works - We are not only one in nature, but one also in operation. The works which I have done bear witness of the infinite perfection of my nature. Such miracles as I have wrought could only be performed by unlimited power. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - John 14:9

Verse 9 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 own ingratitude? Thus, in the present day, they who, in consequence of not being satisfied with Christ alone, are hurried into foolish speculations, in order to seek God in them, make little progress in the Gospel. This foolish desire springs from the meanness of Christ’s low condition; and... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - John 14:10

Verse 10 10.That I am in the Father, and the Father in me. I do not consider these words to refer to Christ’s Divine essence, but to the manner of the revelation; for Christ, so far as regards his hidden Divinity, is not better known to us than the Father. But he is said to be the lively Image, or Portrait, of God, (65) because in him God has fully revealed himself, so far as God’s infinite goodness, wisdom, and power, are clearly manifested in him. And yet the ancient writers do not take an... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - John 14:8-9

The desired vision. We have here— I. A DIVINE VISION REQUESTED . "Show us the Father." This implies: 1. A special vision of God . 2. That such a vision is the great want of man . 3. That such a vision , they believed , Jesus was fully able to furnish . "Lord, show us," etc . Of his ability to do this they are quite confident, of his willingness they have but little doubt; hence the prayer is direct, confident, but reverential. Their request is... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - John 14:4-11

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - John 14:7-11

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - John 14:7-11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 14:9

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 14:10

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - John 14:9

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - John 14:10

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - John 14:9

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - John 14:10

The Pulpit Commentary - John 14:8-9

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