Jean 14:5

5 Thomas lui dit: Seigneur, nous ne savons où tu vas; comment pouvons-nous en savoir le chemin?

Jean 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.

Jean 14:5 In-Context

3 Et, lorsque je m'en serai allé, et que je vous aurai préparé une place, je reviendrai, et je vous prendrai avec moi, afin que là où je suis vous y soyez aussi.

4 Vous savez où je vais, et vous en savez le chemin.

5 Thomas lui dit: Seigneur, nous ne savons où tu vas; comment pouvons-nous en savoir le chemin?

6 Jésus lui dit: Je suis le chemin, la vérité, et la vie. Nul ne vient au Père que par moi.

7 Si vous me connaissiez, vous connaîtriez aussi mon Père. Et dès maintenant vous le connaissez, et vous l'avez vu.