John 14:5

5 Thomas saith to him, `Sir, we have not known whither thou goest away, and how are we able to know the way?'

John 14:5 Meaning and Commentary

John 14:5

Thomas saith unto him, Lord
Who was one of his apostles, and here betrays his ignorance, as elsewhere his unbelief; and not only speaks for himself, but for the rest of the apostles, of whom he judged by himself; and who, it may be, might understand things better than himself, though their knowledge at present was but small:

we know not whither thou goest;
though he had but just told them of his Father's house, and of his going to prepare a place for them:

and how can we know the way?
for if we do not know the place, it is not reasonable to think we should know the way to it. Thomas seemed to have no other notion than that Christ was talking of some particular place in Judea, whither he was going, and of the road to it.

John 14:5 In-Context

3 and if I go on and prepare for you a place, again do I come, and will receive you unto myself, that where I am ye also may be;

4 and whither I go away ye have known, and the way ye have known.'

5 Thomas saith to him, `Sir, we have not known whither thou goest away, and how are we able to know the way?'

6 Jesus saith to him, `I am the way, and the truth, and the life, no one doth come unto the Father, if not through me;

7 if ye had known me, my Father also ye would have known, and from this time ye have known Him, and have seen Him.'