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John 14:9
Jesus replied, “Philip, I have been with you all this time, and still you do not know Me? Anyone who has seen Me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Jesus addresses Philip directly during the Upper Room discourse, responding to Philip's request that the Father be shown.
The words — τοσοὺτῳ (tosoutō), a dative of time meaning "for so long," carries the rebuke: the duration of Jesus' presence among them is the very ground of the question.
The thread — The identification of seeing the Son with seeing the Father recurs in John 12:45 ("whoever sees Me sees the One who sent Me") and John 14:7 ("you do know Him and have seen Him"), and Colossians 1:15 states it in the language of image.
Why it lands — It forces the reader to confront that the problem is not lack of access but failure of perception despite prolonged proximity.
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The Greek words
King James Version
Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father?
Cross-references
- Colossians 1:15 The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.
- John 12:45 And whoever sees Me sees the One who sent Me.
- John 14:7 If you had known Me, you would know My Father as well. From now on you do know Him and have seen Him.”
- Hebrews 1:3 The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of His nature, upholding all things by His powerful word. After He had provided purification for sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high.
- John 10:30 I and the Father are one.”
- 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.
- Philippians 2:6 Who, existing in the form of God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped,
- John 14:20 On that day you will know that I am in My Father, and you are in Me, and I am in you.
- Mark 9:19 “O unbelieving generation!” Jesus replied. “How long must I remain with you? How long must I put up with you? Bring the boy to Me.”
- Luke 12:56 You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and sky. Why don’t you know how to interpret the present time?