John 14:5

5 Thomas said, Lord, we have no knowledge of where you are going; how may we have knowledge of the way?

John 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.

John 14:5 In-Context

3 And if I go and make ready a place for you, I will come back again and will take you to be with me, so that you may be where I am.

4 And you all have knowledge of where I am going, and of the way to it.

5 Thomas said, Lord, we have no knowledge of where you are going; how may we have knowledge of the way?

6 Jesus said to him, I am the true and living way: no one comes to the Father but by me.

7 If you had knowledge of me, you would have knowledge of my Father: you have knowledge of him now and have seen him.