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I am the way, and the truth, and the life (Egō eimi hē hodos kai hē alētheia kai hē zōē). Either of these statements is profound enough to stagger any one, but here all three together overwhelm Thomas. Jesus had called himself “the life” to Martha (Joh 11:25) and “the door” to the Pharisees (Joh 10:7) and “the light of the world” (Joh 8:12). He spoke “the way of God in truth” (Mar 12:14). He is the way to God and the only way (Joh 14:6), the personification of truth, the centre of life.
Except by me (ei mē di' emou). There is no use for the Christian to wince at these words of Jesus. If he is really the Incarnate Son of God (Joh 1:1, Joh 1:14, Joh 1:18), they are necessarily true.