Juan 14:8

8 Felipe le dijo<***>: Señor, muéstranos al Padre, y nos basta.

Juan 14:8 Meaning and Commentary

John 14:8

Philip saith to him, Lord
Another of his disciples addresses him in a reverend and becoming manner, as Thomas before had done, calling him Lord, and saying to him, "show us the Father, and it sufficeth us": he speaks in the name of them all, seems to own their ignorance of the Father, and expresses their desire of seeing him:

shew us the Father;
it was a corporeal sight of him he asked for; such a sight of the glory of God as Moses desired, and the elders of Israel had at Mount Sinai; and signifies, that if this could be obtained, it would give them full satisfaction:

and it sufficeth us;
we shall be no more uneasy at thy departure from us; we shall have no doubt about thy Father's house, and the many mansions in it; or of thyself, as the way unto it, and of our everlasting abode with thee in it; we shall sit down easy and contented, and trouble time no more with questions about this matter.

Juan 14:8 In-Context

6 Jesús le dijo<***>: Yo soy el camino, y la verdad, y la vida; nadie viene al Padre sino por mí.

7 Si me hubierais conocido, también hubierais conocido a mi Padre; desde ahora le conocéis y le habéis visto.

8 Felipe le dijo<***>: Señor, muéstranos al Padre, y nos basta.

9 Jesús le dijo<***>: ¿Tanto tiempo he estado con vosotros, y todavía no me conoces, Felipe? El que me ha visto a mí, ha visto al Padre; ¿cómo dices tú: "Muéstranos al Padre"?

10 ¿No crees que yo estoy en el Padre, y el Padre en mí? Las palabras que yo os digo, no las hablo por mi propia cuenta, sino que el Padre que mora en mí es el que hace las obras.