John 14:6 Commentary - The Apologists Bible Commentary
The Apologists Bible CommentaryJohn 14
6 Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father, but through Me."
Commentary Jesus' answer to Thomas - rightly called the core statement of the Gospel - is striking because not only does Jesus point to the way to the Father, Jesus asserts that He is the way to the Father. And, indeed, the only way. Jesus has just said that the Disciples know the way that He is going (v. 4), but Thomas demurs: "how do we know the way?" (v. 5). Jesus responds by a profound self-identification. The Disciples can safely place their faith in Him just as they place their faith in God (v. 1
Grammatical Analysis egw eimi `h `odoV kai `h alhqeia kai `h zwh EGÔ EIMI hĘ hODOS KAI hĘ ALĘTHEIA KAI hĘ ZÔĘ I am the way and the truth and the life I am the way, and the truth, and the life... Either of these statements is profound enough to stagger any one, but here all three together overwhelm Thomas. Jesus had called himself "the life" to Martha (11:25) and "the door" to the Pharisees (10:7) and "the light of the world" (8:12). He spoke "the way of God in truth" (Mark 12:14). He is the way to God and the only way (verse 6), the personification of truth, the centre of life. Except by me... There is no use for the Christian to wince at these words of Jesus. If he is really the Incarnate Son of God (1:1, 14, 18), they are necessarily true. (RWP
Consult other comments:
John 14:6 - The Greek Testament
John 14:6 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible
John 14:6 - Calvin's Complete Commentary
John 14:6 - The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
John 14:6 - Adam Clarke's Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
John 14:6 - Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke
John 14:6 - Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
John 14:6 - Expository Notes of Dr. Constable (Old and New Testaments)
John 14:6 - Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
John 14:6 - The Expositor’s Greek Testament by Robertson
John 14:6 - Garner-Howes Baptist Commentary
John 14:6 - Geneva Bible Notes
John 14:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible
John 14:6 - Gnomon of the New Testament
John 14:6 - The Great Texts of the Bible
John 14:6 - Henry Alford's Greek Testament
John 14:6 - The Apologists Bible Commentary
John 14:6 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae (Old and New Testaments)
John 14:6 - Biblical Illustrator Edited by Joseph S. Exell
John 14:6 - Lightfoot Commentary Gospels
John 14:6 - Heinrich August Wilhelm Meyer's New Testament Commentary
John 14:6 - Church Pulpit Commentary
John 14:6 - Commentary Series on the Bible by Peter Pett
John 14:6 - English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
John 14:6 - Old and New Testaments Restoration Commentary
John 14:6 - Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament
John 14:6 - A Popular Commentary on the New Testament
John 14:6 - John Trapp's Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
John 14:6 - The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
John 14:6 - Vincent's Word Studies in the New Testament
John 14:6 - Whedon's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
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