John 14:8

8 Philip said, “Lord, show us the Father and that will be enough for us.”

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John 14:8 in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)
8 Philip saith unto him, Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us.
English Standard Version (ESV)
8 Philip said to him, "Lord, show us the Father, and it is enough for us."
New Living Translation (NLT)
8 Philip said, “Lord, show us the Father, and we will be satisfied.”
The Message Bible (MSG)
8 Philip said, "Master, show us the Father; then we'll be content."
American Standard Version (ASV)
8 Philip saith unto him, Lord, show us the Father, and it sufficeth us.
GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)
8 Philip said to Jesus, "Lord, show us the Father, and that will satisfy us."
Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
8 "Lord," said Philip, "show us the Father, and that's enough for us."
New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
8 Philip said, "Lord, show us the Father. That will be enough for us."

John 14:8 Meaning and Commentary

John 14:8

Philip saith to him, Lord
Another of his disciples addresses him in a reverend and becoming manner, as Thomas before had done, calling him Lord, and saying to him, "show us the Father, and it sufficeth us": he speaks in the name of them all, seems to own their ignorance of the Father, and expresses their desire of seeing him:

shew us the Father;
it was a corporeal sight of him he asked for; such a sight of the glory of God as Moses desired, and the elders of Israel had at Mount Sinai; and signifies, that if this could be obtained, it would give them full satisfaction:

and it sufficeth us;
we shall be no more uneasy at thy departure from us; we shall have no doubt about thy Father's house, and the many mansions in it; or of thyself, as the way unto it, and of our everlasting abode with thee in it; we shall sit down easy and contented, and trouble time no more with questions about this matter.

John 14:8 In-Context

6 Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
7 If you really know me, you will know my Father as well. From now on, you do know him and have seen him.”
8 Philip said, “Lord, show us the Father and that will be enough for us.”
9 Jesus answered: “Don’t you know me, Philip, even after I have been among you such a long time? Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?
10 Don’t you believe that I am in the Father, and that the Father is in me? The words I say to you I do not speak on my own authority. Rather, it is the Father, living in me, who is doing his work.

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