“You have already seen Him,” Jesus answered. “He is the One speaking with you.”
Parallel translations
- WEB Jesus said to him, “You have both seen him, and it is he who speaks with you.”
- KJV And Jesus said unto him, Thou hast both seen him, and it is he that talketh with thee.
- NKJV And Jesus said to him, “You have both seen Him and it is He who is talking with you.”
- NASB Jesus said to him, “You have both seen Him, and He is the One who is talking with you.”
- NLT “You have seen him,” Jesus said, “and he is speaking to you!”
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Quick answer
Jesus reveals that the man has already seen the Son of God and that He is the very one speaking with him. Christ openly identifies Himself as the object of faith.
Overview
As with the Samaritan woman, Jesus discloses His identity directly to a humble seeker. The man, newly given physical sight, now beholds the Son of God before him. This personal self-revelation underscores that saving faith rests on the person of Christ Himself.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 8
- John 4:26Jesus answered, “I who speak to you am He.”
- John 14:21–23Whoever has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me. The one who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and reveal Myself to him.”
- Ps 25:14The LORD confides in those who fear Him, and reveals His covenant to them.
- Ps 25:8–9Good and upright is the LORD; therefore He shows sinners the way.
- John 7:17If anyone desires to do His will, he will know whether My teaching is from God or whether I speak on My own.
- Matt 11:25At that time Jesus declared, “I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children.
- Matt 13:11–12He replied, “The knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them.
- Acts 10:31–33and said, ‘Cornelius, your prayer has been heard, and your gifts to the poor have been remembered before God.
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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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