Johannes 14:22

22 Judas, nicht der Iskariot, spricht zu ihm: Herr, wie ist es, daß du dich uns offenbar machen willst, und nicht der Welt?

Johannes 14:22 Meaning and Commentary

John 14:22

Judas saith unto him, not Iscariot
This was Judas Lebbaeus, whose surname was Thaddaeus, the same with Jude the apostle, the author of the epistle which bears his name; and is said to be "not Iscariot", to distinguish him from the betrayer. The question put by him, Lord,

how is it,
(ti gegonen) , which answers to (ad yam) , or (yah yam) , or (whm) , with the Talmudists, "what is this thou sayest"; what is the meaning of it? how can it be? or what is the reason of it,

that thou wilt manifest thyself to us, and not unto the world?
arises either from ignorance of what Christ was speaking, imagining he meant a spectre, or some apparition of himself after his death, which should be visible to his disciples, and not to others; and how this could be, he wanted to know; or from that national prejudice which Judas and the rest of the apostles had given into, of a temporal kingdom of the Messiah, the glory of which should be visible to all the world; and therefore he wonders that he should talk of the manifestation of himself, only to some, or from an honest hearty desire that the glory of Christ might not be confined to a few only; but that the whole world might see it, and be filled with it: or rather from his modesty, and the sense he had of his own unworthiness, and of the rest of the apostles, to have such a peculiar manifestation of Christ to them, when they were no more deserving of it than others: the question is put by him with admiration and astonishment; and as not being able to give, or think of any other reason of such a procedure, but the amazing grace of Christ, his free favour and sovereign will and pleasure.

Johannes 14:22 In-Context

20 An jenem Tage werdet ihr erkennen, daß ich in meinem Vater bin, und ihr in mir und ich in euch.

21 Wer meine Gebote hat und sie hält, der ist es, der mich liebt; wer aber mich liebt, wird von meinem Vater geliebt werden; und ich werde ihn lieben und mich selbst ihm offenbar machen.

22 Judas, nicht der Iskariot, spricht zu ihm: Herr, wie ist es, daß du dich uns offenbar machen willst, und nicht der Welt?

23 Jesus antwortete und sprach zu ihm: Wenn jemand mich liebt, so wird er mein Wort halten, und mein Vater wird ihn lieben, und wir werden zu ihm kommen und Wohnung bei ihm machen.

24 Wer mich nicht liebt, hält meine Worte nicht; und das Wort, welches ihr höret, ist nicht mein, sondern des Vaters, der mich gesandt hat.