耶稣是道路、真理、生命

14 耶稣继续说:“你们心里不要忧愁,你们要信上帝,也要信我。 我父的家里有许多住处,不然我就不会说去为你们安排地方了。 我安排好了以后,必定回来接你们到我那里。我在哪里,让你们也在哪里。 你们知道通往我要去的地方的路。”

多马说:“主啊,你要去哪里,我们还不知道,又怎么会知道路呢?”

耶稣说:“我就是道路、真理、生命,若不借着我,没有人能到父那里。 你们若认识我,也会认识我的父。从现在起,你们不但认识祂,而且也看见祂了。”

腓力说:“主啊!求你让我们看看父,我们就心满意足了。”

耶稣说:“腓力,我和你们相处了这么久,你还不认识我吗?人看见了我,就看见了父,你怎么说‘让我们看看父’呢? 10 难道你不相信我在父里面,父也在我里面吗?我这些话不是凭自己讲的,而是住在我里面的父在做祂自己的工作。 11 你们应当相信我在父里面,父也在我里面。即使你们不信,也应该因我所做的而信我。 12 我实实在在地告诉你们,我所做的事,信我的人也要做,而且要做更大的事,因为我要回到父那里。 13 你们奉我的名无论求什么,我必应允,好让父在子身上得到荣耀。 14 你们若奉我的名向我求什么,我必应允。

应许赐下圣灵

15 “你们若爱我,就必遵守我的命令。 16 我要求父另外赐一位护慰者给你们,祂要永远和你们同在。 17 祂是真理的灵,世人不接受祂,因为他们看不见祂,也不认识祂;但你们却认识祂,因祂常与你们同在,并且要住在你们里面。 18 我不会撇下你们为孤儿,我必到你们这里来。 19 不久,世人就看不见我了,而你们却能看见我,因为我活着,你们也要活着。 20 到了那一天,你们就知道我在父里面,你们在我里面,我也在你们里面。 21 接受我的命令又遵行的,就是爱我的人。爱我的,父必定爱他,我也要爱他,并且要亲自向他显现。”

22 犹大,不是后来出卖耶稣的犹大,问耶稣:“主啊,你为什么只向我们显现而不向世人显现呢?”

23 耶稣回答说:“爱我的人必遵行我的道,我父也必爱他,并且我们要到他那里与他同住。 24 不爱我的人不会遵行我的道。你们所听见的道不是出于我自己,而是出于差我来的父。 25 我还与你们在一起的时候,将这些事情都告诉了你们。 26 但护慰者,就是父为我的名而差来的圣灵,将教导你们一切的事,并使你们想起我对你们说的一切话。 27 我把平安留给你们,把我的平安赐给你们,我赐给你们的平安不像世人给的平安。你们心里不要忧愁,也不要害怕。

28 “我对你们说过,我去了还要再回到你们这里。如果你们真的爱我,就应当为我去父那里而欢喜快乐,因为父比我大。 29 现在事情还没有发生,我便先告诉你们,到了事情发生的时候,你们就会相信。 30 我不再跟你们多谈,因为世界的王快要来了。他根本没有力量胜过我, 31 但这是为了让世人知道我爱父,父怎么吩咐我,我就怎么做。起来,我们走吧!”

Jesus er veien til Gud

14 Jesus sa: ”Vær ikke urolige, men stol på Gud og stol på meg. 2-3 I huset til min Far i himmelen finnes det mange rom. Jeg går nå i forveien for å gjøre i stand et sted til dere. Stol på at dette stemmer etter som det er jeg som sier det til dere. Når alt er ferdig, skal jeg komme tilbake og hente dere, slik at også dere kan være der jeg er. Nå vet dere hvor jeg går, og dere kjenner veien som fører dit.”

Tomas sa: ”Herre, vi har fortsatt ingen anelse om hvor du går. Hvordan kan vi da kjenne veien?”

Jesus svarte: ”Jeg er veien til Far i himmelen, og jeg har vist hvem han virkelig er. Jeg er den som gir liv. Ingen kan komme til Far i himmelen uten ved meg. Dersom dere har lært å kjenne meg, da skal dere også lære å kjenne min Far i himmelen. Dere kjenner ham allerede og har sett ham.”

Filip sa: ”Herre, vis oss Far i himmelen, så skal vi være fornøyd.”

Jesus svarte: ”Vet du ikke hvem jeg er, Filip, og det til tross for at jeg har vært hos dere så lenge? Den som har sett meg, har sett Far i himmelen. Hvorfor ber du da om å få se ham? 10 Tror du ikke at jeg er i min Far i himmelen, og at min Far i himmelen er i meg? Når jeg snakker med dere, da er det ikke mine egne tanker jeg kommer med. Nei, det er min Far i himmelen som er i meg og handler gjennom meg. 11 Tro på meg når jeg sier at jeg er i min Far i himmelen, og at min Far i himmelen er i meg. Tro det i det minste på grunn av de miraklene dere har sett skje gjennom meg.

12 Jeg forsikrer dere at den som tror på meg, skal gjøre de samme miraklene som jeg har gjort. Ja, til og med enda større, for jeg går for å være hos min Far i himmelen. 13 Dere som tilhører meg, kan be om hva som helst,[a] og jeg skal gjøre det, slik at Far i himmelen blir opphøyd og æret på grunn av det som Sønnen gjør for dere. 14 Ja, dersom dere ber om noe i navnet mitt, da skal jeg gjøre det.”

Løftet om Guds Hellige Ånd

15 Jesus fortsatte: ”Dersom dere elsker meg, da er dere lydige mot det jeg har bedt dere om å gjøre. 16 Jeg skal be min Far i himmelen om å sende dere en annen Hjelper, en som for alltid skal være hos dere. 17 Dette er Guds egen Ånd som forklarer sannheten om ham. De som ikke tror på Gud, kan ikke ta imot ham, for de ser han ikke og kjenner han heller ikke. Men dere kjenner ham, etter som han er hos dere nå og kommer til å være i dere. 18 Nei, jeg skal ikke forlate dere som foreldreløse barn, men jeg vil komme til dere. 19 Om kort tid kan ingen her i verden se meg lenger, men dere skal se meg, for jeg skal bli levende igjen. Gjennom det skal dere også få liv. 20 Når jeg har stått opp fra de døde, skal dere forstå at jeg er i min Far i himmelen, og at dere er i meg, og jeg i dere. 21 Den som har hørt mine befalinger og er lydige mot det jeg sier, han elsker meg, og den som elsker meg, vil bli elsket av min Far i himmelen, og jeg vil elske han og vise meg for ham.”

22 Judas, ikke Judas Iskariot, men den andre disippelen med samme navn, sa da til ham: ”Herre, hvorfor vil du bare vise deg for oss og ikke for alle?”

23 Jesus svarte: ”Dersom noen elsker meg, da lever han i tråd med undervisningen min, og da vil min Far i himmelen elske ham, og min Far i himmelen og jeg vil komme til ham og bli hos ham. 24 Den som ikke elsker meg, lever ikke i tråd med undervisningen min. Husk på at budskapet dere har fått høre fra meg, er ikke mine egne tanker, men det kommer fra min Far i himmelen som har sendt meg. 25 Jeg sier dere dette mens jeg fortsatt er hos dere. 26 Men når min Far i himmelen har sendt dere Hjelperen, sin Hellige Ånd, som skal være hos dere i mitt sted, da skal Hjelperen lære dere alt og minne dere om alt som jeg har lært dere.

27 Jeg etterlater meg en gave, og det er fred. Dere skal få av min fred, den freden som ingen her i verden kan gi dere. Derfor skal dere ikke være urolige og redde. 28 Husk på at jeg sa til dere: ’Jeg går bort, men jeg skal komme tilbake til dere.’ Dersom dere virkelig elsker meg, vær da glade over at jeg kan gå til min Far i himmelen, for min Far i himmelen er større enn jeg. 29 Dette har jeg fortalt til dere før det skjer, slik at dere kan tro på meg når det om ikke lenge vil skje.

30 Jeg kan ikke snakke med dere så mye lenger, for Satan, høvdingen i denne verden, nærmer seg. Han har ingen makt over meg, 31 men jeg skal gjøre det som min Far i himmelen har bestemt skal skje med meg. Det skjer for at menneskene skal forstå at jeg elsker min Far i himmelen. Kom, nå går vi fra dette stedet.”

Footnotes

  1. 14:13 På gresk: hva dere enn ber om i navnet mitt.

Jesus Comforts His Followers

14 Jesus said, “Don’t let your hearts be troubled. ·Trust [Believe] in God, and ·trust [believe] in me [or You trust/believe in God, trust/believe also in me]. There are many ·rooms [places to live] in my Father’s house [C heaven, metaphorically portrayed as a great palace]; I would not tell you this if it were not true. I am going there to prepare a place for you. ·After [L And if] I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me so that you may be where I am. You know the way to the place where I am going[a] [C because they know Jesus; 14:6].”

Thomas said to Jesus, “Lord, we don’t know where you are going. So how can we know the way?”

Jesus answered, “I am ·the way, and the truth, and the life [or the one true way to have life]. ·The only way to the Father is through me [L No one comes to the Father except through me]. If you really knew me, you would know my Father, too. ·But now [or From now on] you do know him, and you have seen him.”

Philip said to him, “Lord, show us the Father. That is all we need.”

Jesus answered, “I have been with you ·a long time now [all this time; for so long]. Do you still not know me, Philip? Whoever has seen me has seen the Father. So why do you say, ‘Show us the Father’? 10 Don’t you believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words I say to you don’t come ·from me [on my own authority], but the Father ·lives [remains; abides] in me and does his own work. 11 Believe me when I say that I am in the Father and the Father is in me. Or believe because of ·the miracles I have done [L the works themselves]. 12 ·I tell you the truth [L Truly, truly, I say to you], whoever believes in me will do the same things that I do. Those who believe will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father. [C They will do greater things because all believers—not just Jesus—will have the Holy Spirit living in them and empowering them.] 13 And if you ask for anything in my name [C asking “in my name” means acknowledging that Jesus is the mediator between God and human beings; the name represents the person], I will do it for you so that ·the Father’s glory will be shown [L the Father might be glorified] ·through [or in] the Son. 14 If you ask me for anything in my name, I will do it.

The Promise of the Holy Spirit

15 “·If you love me, you will obey my commands [or If you love me, obey my commands; C this may be either a declaration or a command]. 16 I will ask the Father, and he will give you another ·Helper [Counselor; Advocate; C the Holy Spirit] to be with you forever— 17 the Spirit of truth. The world cannot ·accept [receive] him, because it does not see him or know him. But you know him, because he ·lives [remains; abides] with you and he will be ·in [or among] you.

18 “I will not leave you all alone like orphans [C orphans had little or no support in ancient society]; I will ·come back [L come] to you. 19 In a little while the world will not see me anymore, but you will see me. Because I live, you will live, too. 20 On that day you will know that I am in my Father, and that you are in me and I am in you. 21 Those who ·know [L have] my commands and ·obey [keep] them are the ones who love me, and my Father will love those who love me. I will love them and will ·show [reveal] myself to them.”

22 Then Judas (not Judas Iscariot [C probably Judas son of James; Luke 6:16; Acts 1:13]) said, “But, Lord, ·why do [how is it that; what has happened that] you plan to ·show [reveal] yourself to us and not to the rest of the world?”

23 Jesus answered, “If people love me, they will ·obey my teaching [L keep my word]. My Father will love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them. 24 Those who do not love me do not ·obey my teaching [L keep my words]. This ·teaching [word] that you hear is not really mine; it is from my Father, who sent me.

25 “I have told you all these things while I ·am [remain; abide] with you. 26 But the ·Helper [Counselor; Advocate; see 14:15] will teach you ·everything [all things] and will ·cause you to remember [remind you of] all that I told you. This Helper is the Holy Spirit whom the Father will send in my name.

27 “I leave you peace [C the Greek word for “peace” reflects the Hebrew shalom, a typical Hebrew farewell; but Jesus’ peace, in the sense of wholeness, is also a characteristic of the messianic kingdom]; my peace I give you. I do not give it to you as the world does. So don’t let your hearts be troubled or afraid. 28 You heard me say to you, ‘I am going, but I am coming back to you.’ If you loved me, you should ·be happy [rejoice] that I am going back to the Father, because he is greater than I am. 29 I have told you this now, before it happens, so that when it happens, you will believe [13:19]. 30 I will not talk with you much longer, because the ·ruler [prince] of this world [C Satan] is coming. He has ·no power [no claim/hold; L nothing] over me, 31 but the world must know that I love the Father, so I do ·exactly what [just as] the Father ·told [commanded] me to do [C go to the cross].

“·Come now [L Get up; Rise up], let us go.

Footnotes

  1. John 14:4 You … going. Some Greek copies read “You know where I am going and the way to the place I am going.”

Jesus Comforts His Disciples

14 “Do not let your hearts be troubled.(A) You believe(B) in God[a];(C) believe also in me. My Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there(D) to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back(E) and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am.(F) You know the way to the place where I am going.”

Jesus the Way to the Father

Thomas(G) said to him, “Lord, we don’t know where you are going, so how can we know the way?”

Jesus answered, “I am(H) the way(I) and the truth(J) and the life.(K) No one comes to the Father except through me.(L) If you really know me, you will know[b] my Father as well.(M) From now on, you do know him and have seen him.”

Philip(N) said, “Lord, show us the Father and that will be enough for us.”

Jesus answered: “Don’t you know me, Philip, even after I have been among you such a long time? Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father.(O) How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? 10 Don’t you believe that I am in the Father, and that the Father is in me?(P) The words I say to you I do not speak on my own authority.(Q) Rather, it is the Father, living in me, who is doing his work. 11 Believe me when I say that I am in the Father and the Father is in me; or at least believe on the evidence of the works themselves.(R) 12 Very truly I tell you, whoever believes(S) in me will do the works I have been doing,(T) and they will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father. 13 And I will do whatever you ask(U) in my name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. 14 You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it.

Jesus Promises the Holy Spirit

15 “If you love me, keep my commands.(V) 16 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another advocate(W) to help you and be with you forever— 17 the Spirit of truth.(X) The world cannot accept him,(Y) because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be[c] in you. 18 I will not leave you as orphans;(Z) I will come to you.(AA) 19 Before long, the world will not see me anymore, but you will see me.(AB) Because I live, you also will live.(AC) 20 On that day(AD) you will realize that I am in my Father,(AE) and you are in me, and I am in you.(AF) 21 Whoever has my commands and keeps them is the one who loves me.(AG) The one who loves me will be loved by my Father,(AH) and I too will love them and show myself to them.”

22 Then Judas(AI) (not Judas Iscariot) said, “But, Lord, why do you intend to show yourself to us and not to the world?”(AJ)

23 Jesus replied, “Anyone who loves me will obey my teaching.(AK) My Father will love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them.(AL) 24 Anyone who does not love me will not obey my teaching. These words you hear are not my own; they belong to the Father who sent me.(AM)

25 “All this I have spoken while still with you. 26 But the Advocate,(AN) the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name,(AO) will teach you all things(AP) and will remind you of everything I have said to you.(AQ) 27 Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you.(AR) I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled(AS) and do not be afraid.

28 “You heard me say, ‘I am going away and I am coming back to you.’(AT) If you loved me, you would be glad that I am going to the Father,(AU) for the Father is greater than I.(AV) 29 I have told you now before it happens, so that when it does happen you will believe.(AW) 30 I will not say much more to you, for the prince of this world(AX) is coming. He has no hold over me, 31 but he comes so that the world may learn that I love the Father and do exactly what my Father has commanded me.(AY)

“Come now; let us leave.

Footnotes

  1. John 14:1 Or Believe in God
  2. John 14:7 Some manuscripts If you really knew me, you would know
  3. John 14:17 Some early manuscripts and is