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John 14:5 KJV
John · chapter 14 · verse 5
Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest; and how can we know the way?John 14:5 · King James Version
John 14:5 in context
3And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.
4And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know.
5Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest; and how can we know the way?
6Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
7If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- whitherpousomewhere, nearly, with numerals somewhere about, aboutG4226 →
- ThomasthōmasThomas = " a twin" , one of the apostlesG2381 →
- saithlegōto say, to speak, affirm over, maintain, to teach, to exhort, advise, to command, direct…G3004 →
- goesthypagōto lead under, bring under, to withdraw one s self, to go away, departG5217 →
- Lordkyrioshe to whom a person or thing belongs, about which he has power of deciding master, lord…G2962 →
- knoweidōto see, to perceive with the eyes, to perceive by any of the senses, to perceive, notice…G1492 →
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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;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 4-11