John 14:8
New International Version
Philip said, “Lord, show us the Father and that will be enough for us.”

New Living Translation
Philip said, “Lord, show us the Father, and we will be satisfied.”

English Standard Version
Philip said to him, “Lord, show us the Father, and it is enough for us.”

Berean Standard Bible
Philip said to Him, “Lord, show us the Father, and that will be enough for us.”

Berean Literal Bible
Philip says to Him, "Lord, show us the Father, and it is enough for us."

King James Bible
Philip saith unto him, Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us.

New King James Version
Philip said to Him, “Lord, show us the Father, and it is sufficient for us.”

New American Standard Bible
Philip said to Him, “Lord, show us the Father, and it is enough for us.”

NASB 1995
Philip said to Him, “Lord, show us the Father, and it is enough for us.”

NASB 1977
Philip said to Him, “Lord, show us the Father, and it is enough for us.”

Legacy Standard Bible
Philip said to Him, “Lord, show us the Father, and it is enough for us.”

Amplified Bible
Philip said to Him, “Lord, show us the Father and then we will be satisfied.”

Christian Standard Bible
“Lord,” said Philip, “show us the Father, and that’s enough for us.”

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Lord,” said Philip, “show us the Father, and that’s enough for us.”

American Standard Version
Philip saith unto him, Lord, show us the Father, and it sufficeth us.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Philippus said to him, “Our Lord, show us The Father, and it is sufficient for us.”

Contemporary English Version
Philip said, "Lord, show us the Father. That is all we need."

Douay-Rheims Bible
Philip saith to him: Lord, shew us the Father, and it is enough for us.

English Revised Version
Philip saith unto him, Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Philip said to Jesus, "Lord, show us the Father, and that will satisfy us."

Good News Translation
Philip said to him, "Lord, show us the Father; that is all we need."

International Standard Version
Philip told him, "Lord, show us the Father, and that will satisfy us."

Literal Standard Version
Philip says to Him, “Lord, show to us the Father, and it is enough for us”;

Majority Standard Bible
Philip said to Him, “Lord, show us the Father, and that will be enough for us.”

New American Bible
Philip said to him, “Master, show us the Father, and that will be enough for us.”

NET Bible
Philip said, "Lord, show us the Father, and we will be content."

New Revised Standard Version
Philip said to him, “Lord, show us the Father, and we will be satisfied.”

New Heart English Bible
Philip said to him, "Lord, show us the Father, and that will be enough for us."

Webster's Bible Translation
Philip saith to him, Lord, show us the Father, and it sufficeth us.

Weymouth New Testament
"Master," said Philip, "cause us to see the Father: that is all we need."

World English Bible
Philip said to him, “Lord, show us the Father, and that will be enough for us.”

Young's Literal Translation
Philip saith to him, 'Sir, shew to us the Father, and it is enough for us;'

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
The Way, the Truth, and the Life
7If you had known Me, you would know My Father as well. From now on you do know Him and have seen Him.” 8Philip said to Him, “Lord, show us the Father, and that will be enough for us.” 9Jesus replied, “Philip, I have been with you all this time, and still you do not know Me? Anyone who has seen Me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?…

Cross References
John 1:43
The next day Jesus decided to set out for Galilee. Finding Philip, He told him, "Follow Me."

John 1:44
Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the same town as Andrew and Peter.

John 1:45
Philip found Nathanael and told him, "We have found the One Moses wrote about in the Law, the One the prophets foretold--Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph."

John 1:46
"Can anything good come from Nazareth?" Nathanael asked. "Come and see," said Philip.

John 1:48
"How do You know me?" Nathanael asked. Jesus replied, "Before Philip called you, I saw you under the fig tree."


Treasury of Scripture

Philip said to him, Lord, show us the Father, and it suffises us.

Philip.

John 1:43-46
The day following Jesus would go forth into Galilee, and findeth Philip, and saith unto him, Follow me…

John 6:5-7
When Jesus then lifted up his eyes, and saw a great company come unto him, he saith unto Philip, Whence shall we buy bread, that these may eat? …

John 12:21,22
The same came therefore to Philip, which was of Bethsaida of Galilee, and desired him, saying, Sir, we would see Jesus…

shew.

John 16:25
These things have I spoken unto you in proverbs: but the time cometh, when I shall no more speak unto you in proverbs, but I shall shew you plainly of the Father.

Exodus 33:18-23
And he said, I beseech thee, shew me thy glory…

Exodus 34:5-7
And the LORD descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the LORD…

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John 14
1. Jesus comforts his disciples with the hope of heaven;
5. professes himself the way, the truth, and the life, and one with the Father;
13. assures their prayers to be effectual;
15. requires obedience;
16. promises the Comforter;
27. and leaves his peace with them.














(8) Philip saith unto him.--Comp. for the character of Philip John 1:44 et seq.; John 6:5 et seq.; John 12:21 et seq. He is joined with Thomas at the head of the second group of the Apostles, in Acts 1:13.

Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us.--He catches at the word "seen "and thinks of some revelation of the glory of God as that vouchsafed to Moses, or it may be of a vision like that which three of their number had seen, and of which others had heard, in the Mount of Transfiguration. One such vision of the Father, he thinks, would remove all their doubts; and would satisfy the deepest longings of their hearts.

Verses 8-21. -

(5) The question of Philip, with the reply. Verses 8-11. -

(a) Jesus the full Revelation of the Father. Verse 8. - Philip has been introduced in John 1:44-46; John 6:7; John 12:21, etc. (see notes), as one early acquainted with the sons of Zebedee, with Andrew and Nathaniel. He is described as convinced of the Messianic character of Jesus, and able, by what he had seen and heard, to overcome all prejudices. Philip, with practical mind, took part in the conversations and preparations for our Lord's great miracle on the loaves. Philip was thought of as a suitable person to introduce the Greeks to Jesus: and every hint we obtain about him is graphic and valuable. Philip saith to him, Lord, show us the Father, and it sufficeth us. This query is a very natural one. Though under ordinary circumstances men cannot with mortal eyes look on God, yet one of the high purports of the Christian revelation is to make it possible that men may look and live. Theophanies of Jehovah are not infrequent. The favored prophets, Jacob, Moses, Joshua, Elijah, Isaiah, Ezekiel and others had been favored with visions of Divine majesty, and it was not unreasonable that the practical Philip, who believed in the invincible assent which personal experience would give, who not only had seen in Jesus the Messiah of their prophecies, but had said to Nathanael, "Come and see," and be as satisfied as I am, should now think that some gorgeous vision of the Father's face was possibly within their reach and within Christ's power to confer - a vision which would for ever scatter their doubts and enforce certitude with plausibility. B. Weiss suggests that some whisper of the Transfiguration-glory had escaped from the favored three, leading the other disciples to desire a corresponding theophany. As Luther says, "His faith flutters up into the clouds." A dazzling spectacle would satisfy and suffice for all needs. To see and know the Father, to have irresistible evidence that the Eternal Power is one who has begotten us from himself, and both knows and loves us, is the highest and most sacred yearning of the human heart. The desire is implanted by God himself. Philip, with his fellow-disciples, had not vet learned the sacred truth that they had already had the opportunity of seeing in the life of the God Man the most explicit manifestation of the Father. A dazzling phenomenon, outside of Christ, might have given to the disciples a new impression of awe and fear like that which fell on Moses and the elders of Israel, on Isaiah and Elijah; yet a far more comprehensive revelation of Divine perfection, inspiring the spirit of obedience, reverence, trust, and love, devotion, and self-sacrifice, had already been made to them, but their eyes were holden. They were not satisfied, or Philip would not have said καὶ ἀρκεῖ ἡμῖν.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
Philip
Φίλιππος (Philippos)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 5376: From philos and hippos; fond of horses; Philippus, the name of four Israelites.

said
Λέγει (Legei)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 3004: (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command.

to Him,
αὐτῷ (autō)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

“Lord,
Κύριε (Kyrie)
Noun - Vocative Masculine Singular
Strong's 2962: Lord, master, sir; the Lord. From kuros; supreme in authority, i.e. controller; by implication, Master.

show
δεῖξον (deixon)
Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 2nd Person Singular
Strong's 1166: A prolonged form of an obsolete primary of the same meaning; to show.

us
ἡμῖν (hēmin)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 1st Person Plural
Strong's 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.

the
τὸν (ton)
Article - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

Father,
Πατέρα (Patera)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3962: Father, (Heavenly) Father, ancestor, elder, senior. Apparently a primary word; a 'father'.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

that will be enough
ἀρκεῖ (arkei)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 714: To keep off, assist; I suffice; pass: To be satisfied. Apparently a primary verb; properly, to ward off, i.e. to avail.

for us.”
ἡμῖν (hēmin)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 1st Person Plural
Strong's 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.


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