John 14:5

5 dicit ei Thomas Domine nescimus quo vadis et quomodo possumus viam scire

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 et si abiero et praeparavero vobis locum iterum venio et accipiam vos ad me ipsum ut ubi sum ego et vos sitis
4 et quo ego vado scitis et viam scitis
5 dicit ei Thomas Domine nescimus quo vadis et quomodo possumus viam scire
6 dicit ei Iesus ego sum via et veritas et vita nemo venit ad Patrem nisi per me
7 si cognovissetis me et Patrem meum utique cognovissetis et amodo cognoscitis eum et vidistis eum
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