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  • John 14:9
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
    • 9 Jesus said to him: “Even after I have been with you men for such a long time, Philip, have you not come to know me? Whoever has seen me has seen the Father also.+ How is it you say, ‘Show us the Father’?

  • John 14:9
    The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
    • 9 λέγει Is saying αὐτῷ to him ὁ the Ἰησοῦς Jesus Τοσοῦτον So much χρόνον time μεθ’ with ὑμῶν YOU εἰμὶ I am καὶ and οὐκ not ἔγνωκάς you have known με, me, Φίλιππε; Philip? ὁ The (one) ἑωρακὼς having seen ἐμὲ me ἑώρακεν has seen τὸν the πατέρα· Father; πῶς how σὺ you λέγεις are saying Δεῖξον Show ἡμῖν to us τὸν the πατέρα; Father?

  • John 14:9
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
    • 9 Jesus said to him: “Have I been with YOU men so long a time, and yet, Philip, you have not come to know me? He that has seen me has seen the Father+ [also]. How is it you say, ‘Show us the Father’?+

  • John 14:9
    The Bible in Living English
    • 9 Jesus said to him “I have been with you such a long time, and do you not know me, Philip? he who has seen me has seen the Father; how is it you are saying ‘show us the Father’?

  • John 14:9
    American Standard Version
    • 9 Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and dost thou not know me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; how sayest thou, Show us the Father?

  • John 14:9
    The Emphasized Bible
    • 9 Jesus saith unto him—So long a time as this have I been with you,—And thou hast not come to know me, Philip? He that hath seen me hath seen the Father. How art thou saying, Show us the Father?

  • John 14:9
    King James Version
    • 9 Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father?

  • John
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1986-2023
    • 14:9 cf 18; ijwbq article 83; cl 22; lff lesson 17; it-1 790, 1185; it-2 55, 467; w15 2/15 5; jy 274; w92 2/15 11; gt chapter 116; w90 3/1 19; w90 8/1 8; sh 244, 246; w88 5/15 11

  • John
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1930-1985
    • 14:9 w79 4/15 15; g79 2/22 27-28; w78 3/1 4-5; lp 96, 123; w75 117; w74 149; w74 527; w73 259, 263; w73 388-389; ad 820, 919, 1202; g71 8/22 28; w69 661; w62 590; wr 38; w52 698; w51 478; w43 83; tf 260

  • John
    Research Guide for Jehovah’s Witnesses—2019 Edition
    • 14:9

      Enjoy Life Forever!, lesson 17

      Insight, Volume 1, pp. 790, 1185

      Insight, Volume 2, pp. 55, 467

      The Watchtower,

      2/15/2015, p. 5

      2/15/1992, p. 11

      8/1/1990, p. 8

      3/1/1990, p. 19

      5/15/1988, p. 11

      4/15/1979, p. 15

      3/1/1978, pp. 4-5

      2/15/1975, p. 117

      9/1/1974, p. 527

      3/1/1974, p. 149

      7/1/1973, pp. 388-389

      5/1/1973, pp. 259, 263

      11/1/1969, pp. 660-662

      10/1/1962, pp. 589-591

      11/15/1952, pp. 697-699

      8/1/1951, pp. 478-479

      Jesus—The Way, p. 274

      Close to Jehovah, p. 22

      “My Follower,” p. 18

      Mankind’s Search for God, pp. 244-246

      Awake!,

      2/22/1979, pp. 27-28

      8/22/1971, p. 28

      Life, pp. 96-97, 123

  • John Study Notes—Chapter 14
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
    • 14:9

      Whoever has seen me has seen the Father also: Philip’s request recorded at Joh 14:8 suggests that he wanted Jesus to provide his disciples with a visible manifestation of God, such as was granted in visions to Moses, Elijah, and Isaiah. (Ex 24:10; 1Ki 19:9-13; Isa 6:1-5) In such visions, God’s servants saw symbolic representations of God, not God himself. (Ex 33:17-23; Joh 1:18) Jesus’ reply indicated that Philip had already seen something better than such a vision of God. Because Jesus perfectly reflected the personality of his Father, seeing Jesus was like seeing God himself. (Mt 11:27) The disciples had “seen the Father” by perceiving God’s personality, will, and purpose through what Jesus said and did. So when the Bible describes Jesus​—his love for his friends, his compassion that moved him to heal others, his empathy that caused him to give way to tears, and his powerful teaching​—the reader might well picture his Father, Jehovah, saying and doing those very things.​—Mt 7:28, 29; Mr 1:40-42; Joh 11:32-36.

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