NLT Study Bible - Gospel of John - Flipbook - Page 40
John 14:12
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14:3
John 14:10-11, 18-20;
16:16-22; 17:21-24
14:6
John 1:4, 14, 16; 8:32;
10:10; 11:25
Rom 5:2
Eph 2:18
Heb 10:20
1 Jn 5:20
14:7
John 6:46; 8:19
1 Jn 2:13
14:9
John 1:14, 18; 12:45
2 Cor 4:4
Col 1:15
Heb 1:3
14:10
John 5:19; 10:38;
17:11, 21-24
a place for you? 3When everything is ready,
I will come and get you, so that you will al
ways be with me where I am. 4And you
know the way to where I am going.”
5“No, we don’t know, Lord,” Thomas said.
“We have no idea where you are going, so
how can we know the way?”
6Jesus told him, “I am the way, the truth,
and the life. No one can come to the Fa
ther except through me. 7If you had really
known me, you would know who my Father
is. From now on, you do know him and have
seen him!”
8Philip said, “Lord, show us the Father,
and we will be satisfied.”
9Jesus replied, “Have I been with you
all this time, Philip, and yet you still don’t
know who I am? Anyone who has seen me
has seen the Father! So why are you asking
me to show him to you? 10Don’t you believe
that I am in the Father and the Father is in
me? The words I speak are not my own, but
my Father who lives in me does his work
through me. 11Just believe that I am in the
Father and the Father is in me. Or at least
believe because of the work you have seen
me do.
12“I tell you the truth, anyone who be
lieves in me will do the same works I have
done, and even greater works, because I am
John the Apostle,
Son of Zebedee (13:23-25)
John 18:15-16;
19:26-27; 20:2-10;
21:2, 7, 20-24
Matt 4:21-22; 10:2;
17:1; 20:20-24;
26:37-46
Mark 1:19-20, 29;
3:17; 5:37; 9:2, 38;
10:35-41; 13:3-4;
14:33-42
Luke 5:10; 6:14;
8:51; 9:28, 49, 54
Acts 1:13; 3:1-11;
4:1-22; 5:17-42;
8:14-25
Gal 2:9
John, brother of James and son of Zebedee, was one of the twelve apostles. Early tradition
identifies him as the author of the Gospel of John, the Letters of John, and the book of
Revelation.
John and his brother James were among those closest to Jesus (Mark 5:37; 9:2; 13:3; 14:33).
His mother, Salome, might have been a sister of Mary, the mother of Jesus (cp. 19:25; Matt
27:56; Mark 15:40; 16:1). John’s name usually occurs after James’s, which suggests that John
was younger. James and John were fishermen like their father (Matt 4:21; Mark 1:19). They
fished with Peter and Andrew, another pair of brothers who became disciples (Luke 5:10). They
were among the first whom Jesus called as disciples, and they left everything to follow him
(Matt 4:22; Mark 1:20; Luke 5:11; cp. John 1:35-40). Jesus named them “Sons of Thunder” (Mark
3:17), which might imply that they were loud or short-tempered (cp. Luke 9:54). At one point,
the two brothers evoked the indignation of the other disciples when they asked for special
positions of privilege in the coming kingdom (Matt 20:20-28; Mark 10:35-45; cp. Luke 22:24-27).
Early tradition links John to five NT books: the Gospel of John, three Letters of John, and the
book of Revelation. John is understood to be the unnamed “disciple Jesus loved” and “another
disciple” (13:23-25; 18:15-16; 19:26-27; 20:2-10; 21:20-24). He was possibly the unnamed disciple of John the Baptist, who, together with Andrew, became an early follower of Jesus (1:35-40).
John’s name occurs three times in Acts; each time he was working with Peter (Acts 3:1-11;
4:1-23; 8:14-25). Paul referred to him as one of the “pillars” of the church in Jerusalem (Gal 2:9).
The most widespread tradition about John’s later life is that he moved to Ephesus, where
he eventually became the bishop of Asia Minor, lived to an old age, and died peacefully in
the company of friends. His Gospel provides the most profound portrait that we have of Jesus,
and his letters provide one of the finest depictions of the Christian life (1 John).
you? Or If this were not so, I would have
told you that I am going to prepare a
place for you. Some manuscripts read If
this were not so, I would have told you. I
am going to prepare a place for you.
14:3 Some scholars believe that Jesus
meant he would come and get his
followers after the resurrection (14:18).
Others think these words refer to Jesus’
second coming. For the disciples, the
more important coming was Jesus’
return from the grave (ch 16).
14:6 I am: See note on 6:35. Access to
the Father’s presence is only through
Jesus, who is the way, the truth, and
the life. The way to the Father is only
through Jesus. Other religions and
philosophies propose different avenues
to God, but Jesus asserted that he is the
one exclusive path to God. Jesus is the
truth because God is truth. God is the
source of eternal life. At Lazarus’s tomb,
Jesus showed his divine power over life
and death (11:25).
14:7 If you had really known me, you
would know who my Father is: Some
manuscripts read If you have really
known me, you will know who my
Father is.
14:8 Philip did not yet understand that
in Jesus he was seeing the full embodiment of God (14:9).
14:9 Anyone who has seen me has seen
the Father! Cp. 1:1-2. Jesus Christ is
God-in-the-flesh (1:14), which explains
his capacity to accomplish divine works.
Jesus did not simply teach about God;
in him God can be found. Jesus’ remarkable statement echoed what he had
said at Hanukkah: “The Father and I are
one” (10:30). This claim is at the root of
the world’s opposition to Christ (5:18).
14:10 Jesus’ claims were astonishing
(10:30, 37-38). Yet true faith recognizes
Jesus’ union with God the Father.
14:12 Jesus promised that anyone who
believes in him would perform great
miracles and experience answers to
