John 14:5-10
14:6 a I am: See study note on 6:35. Access to the Father’s presence is only through Jesus, who is the way, the truth, and the life.• The way to the Father is only through Jesus. Other religions and philosophies propose different avenues to God, but Jesus asserted that he is the one exclusive path to God.
• Jesus is the truth because God is truth.
• God is the source of eternal life. At Lazarus’s tomb, Jesus showed his divine power over life and death (11:25 b).
14:8 c Philip did not yet understand that in Jesus he was seeing the full embodiment of God (14:9 d).
14:9 e Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father! Cp. 1:1-2 f. Jesus Christ is God-in-the-flesh (1:14 g), which explains his capacity to accomplish divine works. Jesus did not simply teach about God; in him God can be found. Jesus’ remarkable statement echoed what he had said at Hanukkah: “The Father and I are one” (10:30 h). This claim is at the root of the world’s opposition to Christ (5:18 i).
14:10 j Jesus’ claims were astonishing (10:30 k, 37-38 l). Yet true faith recognizes Jesus’ union with God the Father.
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