John 14:7-9
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
7 If you know me, then you will also know my Father.[a] From now on you do know him and have seen him.”(A) 8 Philip said to him, “Master, show us the Father,[b] and that will be enough for us.”(B) 9 Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you for so long a time and you still do not know me, Philip? Whoever has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?(C)
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- 14:7 An alternative reading, “If you knew me, then you would have known my Father also,” would be a rebuke, as in Jn 8:19.
- 14:8 Show us the Father: Philip is pictured asking for a theophany like Ex 24:9–10; 33:18.
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