Robertson Word Pictures - John 14:7 - 14:7

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Robertson Word Pictures - John 14:7 - 14:7


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If ye had known me (ei egnōkeite me). Past perfect indicative of ginōskō, to know by personal experience, in condition of second class as is made plain by the conclusion (an ēidete) where oida, not ginōskō is used. Thomas and the rest had not really come to know Jesus, much as they loved him.

From henceforth ye know him (ap' arti ginōskete auton). Probably inchoative present active indicative, “ye are beginning to know the Father from now on.”

And have seen him (kai heōrakate). Perfect active indicative of horaō. Because they had seen Jesus who is the Son of God, the Image of God, and like God (Joh 1:18). Hence God is like Jesus Christ. It is a bold and daring claim to deity. The only intelligible conception of God is precisely what Jesus here says. God is like Christ.