Giovanni 12:45

45 E chi vede me vede colui che mi ha mandato.

Giovanni 12:45 Meaning and Commentary

John 12:45

And he that seeth me, seeth him that sent me.
] Not with bodily eyes, for there were many that saw Christ, who never saw the Father: they saw Christ as a mere man, and were offended at the meanness of his outward appearance; they saw nothing divine in him, nor the glory of the Father through him; but with the eyes of the understanding, whoever saw or perceived the glory of Christ in his miracles, saw the glory of God in them also, for the Father that dwelt in him did the works, ( John 2:11 ) ( 11:40 ) ( 14:10 ) , and whoever truly sees Christ with an eye of faith, sees his glory, as the glory of the only begotten of the Father, as the brightness of his Father's glory, as having the fulness of the Godhead dwelling in him, the same perfections as in the Father; so that he that hath seen the one, hath seen the other also, ( John 14:9 ) .

Giovanni 12:45 In-Context

43 Perciocchè amarono più la gloria degli uomini, che la gloria di Dio.

44 Or Gesù gridò, e disse: Chi crede in me non crede in me, ma in colui che mi ha mandato.

45 E chi vede me vede colui che mi ha mandato.

46 Io, che son la Luce, son venuto nel mondo, acciocchè chiunque crede in me non dimori nelle tenebre.

47 E se alcuno ode le mie parole, e non crede, io non lo giudico; perciocchè io non son venuto a giudicare il mondo, anzi a salvare il mondo.