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.
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.”
- BSB 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.”
- 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 are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him.
- John 1:18No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.
- John 6:44–46No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day.
- John 10:15As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep.
- 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.
- John 17:26And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it: that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them.
- Matt 28:18And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.
- 2 Jn 1:9Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son.
- John 17:2As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him.
- 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.
- Phil 2:9–11Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:
- John 13:3Jesus knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he was come from God, and went to God;
- John 3:35The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand.
- John 5:22–27For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son:
- Eph 1:21Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come:
- John 17:5And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.
- John 17:10And all mine are thine, and thine are mine; and I am glorified in them.
- 1 Cor 15:24Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power.
- Heb 2:8Thou hast put all things in subjection under his feet. For in that he put all in subjection under him, he left nothing that is not put under him. But now we see not yet all things put under him.
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