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.”
Parallel translations
- 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.
- 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 have been delivered to me by my Father. No one knows the Son, except the Father; neither does anyone know the Father, except the Son, and he to whom the Son desires to reveal him.
- John 1:18No one has seen God at any time. The one and only Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he has declared him.
- John 6:44–46No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him, and I will raise him up in the last day.
- John 10:15even as the Father knows me, and I know the Father. I lay down my life for the sheep.
- 2 Cor 4:6seeing it is God who said, “Light will shine out of darkness,” who has shone in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
- John 17:26I made known to them your name, and will make it known; that the love with which you loved me may be in them, and I in them.”
- Matt 28:18Jesus came to them and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth.
- 2 Jn 1:9Whoever transgresses and doesn’t remain in the teaching of Christ, doesn’t have God. He who remains in the teaching, the same has both the Father and the Son.
- John 17:2even as you gave him authority over all flesh, he will give eternal life to all whom you have given him.
- 1 Jn 5:20We know that the Son of God has come, and has given us an understanding, that we know him who is true, and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.
- Phil 2:9–11Therefore God also highly exalted him, and gave to him the name which is above every name;
- John 13:3Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he came from God, and was going to God,
- John 3:35The Father loves the Son, and has given all things into his hand.
- John 5:22–27For the Father judges no one, but he has given all judgment to the Son,
- Eph 1:21far above all rule, and authority, and power, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age, but also in that which is to come.
- John 17:5Now, Father, glorify me with your own self with the glory which I had with you before the world existed.
- John 17:10All things that are mine are yours, and yours are mine, and I am glorified in them.
- 1 Cor 15:24Then the end comes, when he will deliver up the Kingdom to God, even the Father; when he will have abolished all rule and all authority and power.
- Heb 2:8You have put all things in subjection under his feet.” For in that he subjected all things to him, he left nothing that is not subject to him. But now we don’t see all things subjected to him, yet.
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