Bible Strands
John 14:6
Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Jesus speaks to his disciples during the Last Supper discourse, directly answering Thomas, who has just admitted they don't know where he is going.
The words — ἐγώ (egō) is the emphatic first-person pronoun, marking "I" as the stressed subject rather than a neutral "I." ὁδός (hodos) carries the sense of a concrete path or route, not an abstract method.
The thread — The exclusivity recurs in Acts 4:12 (no other name for salvation), John 10:9 (the gate for entry), and Ephesians 2:18 (access to the Father through Him).
Why it lands — It forecloses the option of reaching God by any route other than the person of Jesus; the reader must either accept that mediation or reject the claim.
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The Greek words
King James Version
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
Cross-references
- Acts 4:12 Salvation exists in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved.”
- John 10:9 I am the gate. If anyone enters through Me, he will be saved. He will come in and go out and find pasture.
- Ephesians 2:18 For through Him we both have access to the Father by one Spirit.
- John 11:25 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in Me will live, even though he dies.
- John 1:4 In Him was life, and that life was the light of men.
- 1 John 5:20 And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true—in His Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.
- John 1:14 The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.
- 1 John 5:11 And this is that testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.
- Isaiah 35:8 And there will be a highway called the Way of Holiness. The unclean will not travel it—only those who walk in the Way—and fools will not stray onto it.
- John 1:17 For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.