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John 14:7

John 14:7
If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

If ye had known me,.... Christ having made mention of his Father's house, and of himself, as the way thither, and the way of access to the Father, was willing to inform his disciples better concerning…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

If ye had known me - By this Jesus does not intend to say that they were not truly his disciples, but that they had not a full and accurate knowledge of his character and designs. They still retained,…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father - Because I and the Father are One, Joh 10:30. Or, if ye had properly examined the intention and design of the law, ye would have been convinced that…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

John 14:4-11

Christ, having set the happiness of heaven before them as the end, here shows them himself as the way to it, and tells them that they were better acquainted both with the end they were to aim at and…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

If ye had known me In the better MSS, we have here again two different words for -know" (see on Joh 7:26; Joh 8:55; Joh 13:7), and the emphasis in the first clause is on -known" in the second on…