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.