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John 14:6 KJV
John · chapter 14 · verse 6
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.John 14:6 · King James Version
What John 14:6 means
Thomas had just admitted he didn't know where Jesus was going or how to get there. Jesus doesn't answer with directions. He answers with himself — the way, the truth, and the life — and then says the line that still offends: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
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John 14:6 in context
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.
8Philip saith unto him, Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us.
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Key words (Strong's)
- cometherchomaito come, of persons, to come from one place to another, and used both of persons arriving…G2064 →
- Fatherpatērgenerator or male ancestor, either the nearest ancestor father of the corporeal nature…G3962 →
- JesusiēsousJesus = " Jehovah is salvation" , Jesus, the Son of God, the Saviour of mankind…G2424 →
- saithlegōto say, to speak, affirm over, maintain, to teach, to exhort, advise, to command, direct…G3004 →
- truthalētheiaobjectively, what is true in any matter under consideration, truly, in truth, according…G225 →
- lifezōēlife, the state of one who is possessed of vitality or is animate, every living soul…G2222 →
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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