And he that seeth me seeth him that sent me.
Parallel translations
- WEB He who sees me sees him who sent me.
- BSB And whoever sees Me sees the One who sent Me.
- NKJV And he who sees Me sees Him who sent Me.
- NASB And the one who sees Me sees Him who sent Me.
- NLT For when you see me, you are seeing the one who sent me.
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Quick answer
Whoever sees Jesus sees the Father who sent Him. It teaches that Christ is the perfect revelation of God.
Overview
Jesus claims to make the invisible God visible, so that to behold Him is to behold the Father (cf. 1:18; 14:9). This does not blur the persons but expresses their oneness in nature and purpose. He is the image of the invisible God (Col 1:15), and saving knowledge of God comes only through Him.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 7
- John 14:9–10Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father?
- 2 Cor 4:6For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
- Col 1:15Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:
- Heb 1:3Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;
- John 12:41These things said Esaias, when he saw his glory, and spake of him.
- John 15:24If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father.
- 1 Jn 5:20And 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 true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.
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John declares him plainly: the eternal Word made flesh, the Lamb of God, the great 'I AM' — bread, light, door, shepherd, way, truth, life, resurrection — that you may believe and have life in his name.
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