All things have been entrusted to Me by My Father. No one knows who the Son is except the Father, and no one knows who the Father is except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal Him.”
Parallel translations
- WEB Turning to the disciples, he said, “All things have been delivered to me by my Father. No one knows who the Son is, except the Father, and who the Father is, except the Son, and he to whomever the Son desires to reveal him.”
- KJV All things are delivered to me of my Father: and no man knoweth who the Son is, but the Father; and who the Father is, but the Son, and he to whom the Son will reveal him.
- NKJV All things have been delivered to Me by My Father, and no one knows who the Son is except the Father, and who the Father is except the Son, and the one to whom the Son wills to reveal Him. ”
- NASB All things have been handed over to Me by My Father, and no one knows who the Son is except the Father, and who the Father is except the Son, and anyone to whom the Son determines to reveal Him.”
- NLT “My Father has entrusted everything to me. No one truly knows the Son except the Father, and no one truly knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.”
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Quick answer
Jesus claims a unique, mutual knowledge between himself and the Father, and the sole authority to reveal the Father. To know God truly, one must come through the Son.
Overview
This 'thunderbolt from the Johannine sky' affirms Christ's full deity and exclusive role as Mediator. All authority has been handed to the Son, and the Father is known only as the Son chooses to reveal him. The verse grounds the gospel claim that there is no access to God apart from Jesus Christ.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 19
- Matt 11:27All things have been entrusted to Me by My Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal Him.
- John 1:18No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is Himself God and is at the Father’s side, has made Him known.
- John 6:44–46“No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him, and I will raise him up at the last day.
- John 10:15just as the Father knows Me and I know the Father. And I lay down My life for the sheep.
- 2 Cor 4:6For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” made His light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
- John 17:26And I have made Your name known to them and will continue to make it known, so that the love You have for Me may be in them, and I in them.”
- Matt 28:18Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me.
- 2 Jn 1:9Anyone who runs ahead without remaining in the teaching of Christ does not have God. Whoever remains in His teaching has both the Father and the Son.
- John 17:2For You granted Him authority over all people, so that He may give eternal life to all those You have given Him.
- 1 Jn 5:20And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true—in His Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.
- Phil 2:9–11Therefore God exalted Him to the highest place and gave Him the name above all names,
- 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 3:35The Father loves the Son and has placed all things in His hands.
- John 5:22–27Furthermore, the Father judges no one, but has assigned all judgment to the Son,
- Eph 1:21far above all rule and authority, power and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in the present age but also in the one to come.
- John 17:5And now, Father, glorify Me in Your presence with the glory I had with You before the world existed.
- John 17:10All I have is Yours, and all You have is Mine; and in them I have been glorified.
- 1 Cor 15:24Then the end will come, when He hands over the kingdom to God the Father after He has destroyed all dominion, authority, and power.
- Heb 2:8and placed everything under his feet.” When God subjected all things to him, He left nothing outside of his control. Yet at present we do not see everything subject to him.
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