John 14:7 (WEB)
If you had known me, you would have known my Father also. From now on, you know him and have seen him.”
Fathers and councils · 16
Irenaeus of Lyons
“For I am in the Father, and the Father in Me; and henceforth ye know Him, and have seen Him.”” — editor's note: John xiv. 7, 9, 10.
Read the whole comment“If ye had known Me, ye would have known My Father also: and from henceforth ye have both known Him, and have seen Him.”” — editor's note: John xiv. 6, 7.
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Tertullian
“If ye had known me, ye would have known the Father also: but henceforth ye know Him, and have seen Him.”” — editor's note: John xiv. 5–7.
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John Chrysostom
“Ver.” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“Christ had said, “If ye had known Me, ye should have known My Father also” ( c. xiv. 7 ), and He had often said the same to the Jews.” — the author cites it
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Hilary of Poitiers
“Believe Me, that I am in the Father, and the Father in Me; or else believe for the very works’ sake.” — editor's note: St. John xiv. 6–11.
Read the whole comment“…and, He that hath seen Me hath seen the Father also; and, Believe Me, that the Father is in Me, and I in the Father: or else believe for the very works’ sake.” — editor's note: St. John x. 30; xiv. 7, 9, 10, 11.
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Catena Aurea on John
- John ChrysostomCatena Aurea on John
If the Jews, who wished to be separated from Christ, asked whither He was going, much more would the disciples, who wished never to be separated from Him, be anxious to know it. So with much love, and, at the same…
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Our Lord had said that they knew both, Thomas says that they knew neither. Our Lord cannot lie; they knew not that they did know. Our Lord proves that they did: Jesus saith unto Him, I am the way, the truth, and the…
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As if He said, I am the way, whereby thou wouldest go; I am the truth, whereto thou wouldest go; I am the life, in which thou wouldest abide. The truth and the life every one understands (capit); but not every one…
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For He who is the way doth not lead us into devious courses out of the way; nor does He who is the truth deceive us by falsehoods; nor does He who is the life leave us in the darkness of death.
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When thou art engaged in the practical, He is made thy way; when in the contemplative, He is made thy truth. And to the active and the contemplative is joined life: for we should both act and contemplate with…
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They knew then the way, because they knew He was the way. But what need to add, the truth, and the life? Because they were yet to be told whither He went. He went to the truth; He went to the life. He went then to…
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For if, He says, ye have Me for your guide to the Father, ye shall certainly come to Him. Nor can ye come by any other way. (c. 6:44) Whereas He had said above, No man can come to Me, except the Father draw him, now…
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How can our Lord say, If ye had known Me, ye should have known My Father also; when He has just said, Whither I go ye know, and the way ye know? We must suppose that some of them knew, and others not: among the…
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Or thus: When it is said that the Son is the way to the Father, is it meant that He is so by His teaching, or by His nature? We shall be able to see from what follows: If ye had known Me, ye should have known My…
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Cross-references · 12
Cited together in Against Praxeas Chapter 24.
Cited together in Against Heresies III.13.
Cited together in Against Heresies III.13.
Cited together in Against Heresies III.13.
Cited together in Against Heresies III.13.
Cited together in Against Heresies III.13.
Cited together in Against Heresies III.13.
Cited together in Against Heresies III.13.
Cited together in Against Heresies III.13.
Cited together in Against Heresies III.13.
Cited together in Against Heresies III.13.
Cited together in Against Praxeas Chapter 24.