Giovanni 14:5

5 Toma gli disse: Signore, noi non sappiamo ove tu vai; come dunque possiamo saper la via?

Giovanni 14:5 Meaning and Commentary

John 14:5

Thomas saith unto him, Lord
Who was one of his apostles, and here betrays his ignorance, as elsewhere his unbelief; and not only speaks for himself, but for the rest of the apostles, of whom he judged by himself; and who, it may be, might understand things better than himself, though their knowledge at present was but small:

we know not whither thou goest;
though he had but just told them of his Father's house, and of his going to prepare a place for them:

and how can we know the way?
for if we do not know the place, it is not reasonable to think we should know the way to it. Thomas seemed to have no other notion than that Christ was talking of some particular place in Judea, whither he was going, and of the road to it.

Giovanni 14:5 In-Context

3 E quando io sarò andato, e vi avrò apparecchiato il luogo, verrò di nuovo, e vi accoglierò appresso di me, acciocchè dove io sono, siate ancora voi.

4 Voi sapete ove io vo, e sapete anche la via.

5 Toma gli disse: Signore, noi non sappiamo ove tu vai; come dunque possiamo saper la via?

6 Gesù gli disse: Io son la via, la verità, e la vita; niuno viene al Padre se non per me.

7 Se voi mi aveste conosciuto, conoscereste anche il Padre; e fin da ora lo conoscete, e l’avete veduto.