You know the way to the place where I am going.”
Parallel translations
- WEB Where I go, you know, and you know the way.”
- KJV And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know.
- NKJV And where I go you know, and the way you know.”
- NASB And you know the way where I am going.”
- NLT And you know the way to where I am going.”
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Quick answer
Jesus tells them they know where He is going and the way there. It assumes a knowledge they will soon confess they lack, setting up His great self-revelation.
Overview
Jesus affirms that the disciples already possess, in Himself, the knowledge of the destination and the way. Their coming question shows they have not yet grasped that He is both. The verse prepares for one of the Gospel's clearest statements of Christ as the only way to the Father.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 11
- John 10:9I am the gate. If anyone enters through Me, he will be saved. He will come in and go out and find pasture.
- John 16:28I came from the Father and entered the world. In turn, I will leave the world and go to the Father.”
- John 3:16–17For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.
- John 6:68–69Simon Peter replied, “Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words of eternal life.
- John 6:40For it is My Father’s will that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in Him shall have eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.”
- John 13:3Jesus knew that the Father had delivered all things into His hands, and that He had come from God and was returning to God.
- John 12:26If anyone serves Me, he must follow Me; and where I am, My servant will be as well. If anyone serves Me, the Father will honor him.
- John 14:2In My Father’s house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you?
- John 3:36Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life. Whoever rejects the Son will not see life. Instead, the wrath of God remains on him.”
- Luke 24:26Was it not necessary for the Christ to suffer these things and then to enter His glory?”
- John 14:28You heard Me say, ‘I am going away, and I am coming back to you.’ If you loved Me, you would rejoice that I am going to the Father, because the Father is greater than I.
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