John 14:6

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

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Word by word — the Greek

Word	Greek	Strong’s	Meaning
Jesus	Ἰησοῦς· Iēsous	G2424	Jesus (i.e. Jehoshua) · noun — nominative singular masculine, a proper name
saith	λέγει legei	G3004	properly · verb — present active indicative, 3rd person singular
him	αὐτῷ autō	G846	the reflexive pronoun self · personal pronoun — dative singular masculine
I	ἐγώ egō	G1473	I · personal pronoun — 1st person nominative singular
am	εἰμι eimi	G1510	I exist (used only when emphatic) · verb — present active indicative, 1st person singular
the way	ὁδὸς hodos	G3598	a road · noun — nominative singular feminine
the truth	ἀλήθεια alētheia	G225	truth · noun — nominative singular feminine
and	καὶ kai	G2532	and · conjunction
the life	ζωή. zōē	G2222	life (literally or figuratively) · noun — nominative singular feminine
no man	οὐδεὶς oudeis	G3762	not even one (man · adjective — nominative singular masculine
cometh	ἔρχεται erchetai	G2064	to come or go (in a great variety of applications · verb — present middle or passive deponent indicative, 3rd person singular
unto	πρὸς pros	G4314	a preposition of direction · preposition
the Father	πατέρα patera	G3962	a "father" (literally or figuratively · noun — accusative singular masculine, a title
but	μὴ mē	G3361	(adverb) not · particle — negative
by	δι᾽ di᾽	G1223	through (in very wide applications · preposition
me	ἐμοῦ emoû	G1700	of me

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Acts 4:12 Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.
John 10:9 I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.
Ephesians 2:18 For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father.
John 11:25-26 Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:
John 1:4 In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
1 John 5:20 And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is tr…
John 1:14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace a…
1 John 5:11-12 And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 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 with the way they were to walk in than they thought they were: You know, that is, 1. "You may know; it is none of the secret things which belong not to you, but one of the things revealed; you need not ascend into heaven, nor go down into the deep, for the word is nigh you (Rom 10:6-8), level to you." 2. "You do know; you know that which is the home and which is the way, though perhaps not as the home and as the way. You have been told it, and cannot but know, if you would recollect and consider…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on John 14:4

whither I go ye know . . . Thomas saith, Lord, we know not whither thou guest . . . Jesus saith, I am the way, &c.--By saying this, He meant rather to draw out their inquiries and reply to them. Christ is "THE WAY" to the Father--"no man cometh unto the Father but by Me"; He is "THE TRUTH" of all we find in the Father when we get to Him, "For in Him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily" (Col 2:9), and He is all "THE LIFE" that shall ever flow to us and bless us from the Godhead thus approached and thus manifested in Him--"this is the true God and eternal life" (Jo1 5:20).

Adam Clarke on John 14:6

I am the Way - That leads so the Father: - the Truth that teaches the knowledge of God, and directs in the way: - the Life that animates all those who seek and serve him, and which is to be enjoyed eternally at the end of the way. Christ is the Way: 1. By his doctrine, Joh 6:68. 2. By his example, Pe1 2:21. 3. By his sacrifice, Heb 9:8, Heb 9:9. 4. By his Spirit, Joh 16:13. He is the Truth: 1. In opposition to all false religions. 2. To the Mosaic law, which was only the shadow, not the truth or substance, of the good things which were to come. And 3. In respect to all the promises of God, Co2 1:20. He is the Life, both in grace and glory; the life that not only saves from death, but destroy…

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The Church Fathers

This is wisdom, and this is the mystery of the Supreme God. God willed that He should be acknowledged and worshipped through Him.
— Lucius Caecilius Firmianus Lactantius,

"I am the way," he says, so that the power of demons may not prevail in impeding those coming to the way through the Way, to God through God. It is not possible to attain to God except through God.
— Peter Chrysologus, SERMON 16.4

Having found "the truth," repent of errors; repent of having loved what God loves not: even we ourselves do not permit our slave-lads not to hate the things which are offensive to us; for the principle of voluntary obedience consists in similarity of minds.
— Tertullian, On Repentance

The Church Fathers: public-domain translations (Ante-Nicene and Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers), verse-indexed by SermonIndex (CC BY 4.0).

Dictionary and topics

Intercession of Christ — Christ’s priestly office consists of these two parts, (1) the offering up of himself as a sacrifice, and (2) making continual intercession for us. When on earth he made intercession for his people…
Tree of life — Stood also in the midst of the garden of Eden (Gen. 2:9; 3:22). Some writers have advanced the opinion that this tree had some secret virtue, which was fitted to preserve life. Probably the lesson…
Truth — Used in various senses in Scripture. In Prov. 12:17, 19, it denotes that which is opposed to falsehood. In Isa. 59:14, 15, Jer. 7:28, it means fidelity or truthfulness. The doctrine of Christ is…
Access To God · Is by Christ — Is by Christ
Cities Of Refuge · Illustrative: (The way to,) of Christ — Illustrative: (The way to,) of Christ
Excellency And Glory Of Christ, The · As the way — As the way
Highways · Illustrative: Of Christ — Illustrative: Of Christ
Life, Spiritual · Christ is the Author of — Christ is the Author of
Titles And Names Of Christ · Life — Life
Truth · Christ is — Christ is
Way · .Jesus is the — .Jesus is the

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

John 14:6

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on John 14:4-11

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on John 14:4

Adam Clarke on John 14:6

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John 14:6

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on John 14:4-11

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on John 14:4

Adam Clarke on John 14:6

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Gill on John 14:6

John Calvin on John 14:1-7

Tyndale Open Study Notes on John 14:6