John 14:5 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest; and how can we know the way? ”

• John 14:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  We know not whither thou goest - Though Jesus had so often told them of his approaching death and resurrection, yet it seems they did not understand him, nor did they fully comprehend him until a...

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• John 14:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  John 14:1-4 takes up the thoughts of the previous paragraph, not of the last verse. The thoughts of separation and treachery had led to perplexity, if not despair. Jesus bids them trust God and Him...

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• John 14:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  Thomas. See App-94 and App-141. unto . to. Lord. App-98. A. not . Greek. ou. App-105. can , &c. The texts read, "know we".

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• John 14:5 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  5. Thomas saith to him. Though, at first sight, the reply of Thomas appears to contradict what Christ had said, yet he did not intend to give the lie to his Master. But it may be asked, In...

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• John 14:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest; and how can we know the way? Lord, we know not - Thomas, perhaps, thought that our Lord only spoke of his going some distance from the pla...

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• John 14:5 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  Lord, we know not whither thou goest;— "We know not where thy Father's house stands, and consequently cannot know the way to it." It is probable that Thomas might think that Christ intended to remo...

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• John 14:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest; and how can we know the way? Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not where thou goest; and how can we know the way? [The reading...

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• John 14:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  The Comforter 1-31. The mansions in heaven. The mission of the Comforter. This great discourse, which is not easily susceptible of formal subdivision, deals with five main subjects: (1) the heaven...

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• John 14:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  Thomas saith unto him. — Comp., for the character of Thomas, John 11:16 ; John 20:24 ; John 21:2 . Lord, we know not whither thou goest. — Our Lord’s words had laid stress upon the “way.” Tho...

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• John 14:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  VIII. JESUS ANNOUNCES HIS DEPARTURE. "When therefore he was gone out, Jesus saith, Now is the Son of man glorified, and God is glorified in Him; and God shall glorify Him in Himself, and strai...

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• John 14:5 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  Jesus, the Way, the Truth, and the Life John 14:1-11 As He neared the end, our Lord could speak of little else than the Father. Heaven was His Father's house, where a prepared mansion awaits ea...

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• John 14:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  There is no real break between the end of chapter 13 and beginning of chapter 14. Therefore continuing, while now including all the disciples, He charged them not to let their heart be troubled. He t...

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• John 14:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. (2) In my Father's house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you, I go to prepare a place for you. (3) And i...

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• John 14:5 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

  HEAVEN ‘I go to prepare a place for you.’ John 14:2 Jesus Christ Himself is our home, our furniture, our resting-place all in one. I. We live in Him .—‘Thou art a place to hide me in.’ It...

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• John 14:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  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 h...

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• John 14:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest; and how can we know the way? Ver. 5. Lord, we know not whither thou goest, &c. ] No, Thomas? what, are ye also ignorant? They knew...

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• John 14:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Thomas saith Taking him in a gross sense; Lord, we know not whither thou goest “As their thoughts turned very much on a temporal kingdom, they might imagine that their Master intended to remove t...

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• John 14:5 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  MINISTRY OF ENCOURAGEMENT CENTERED IN CHRIST PERSONALLY (vs.1-6) Had the Lord spoken the last words of chapter 13 with the object of discouraging Peter? By no means. For His next words are "Let n...

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• John 14:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Christ's Consolatory Discourse.       4 And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know.   5 Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whith...

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• John 14:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Reason tells every one, that he who knoweth not the term whither a person is going, must needs be ignorant of the way. It is plain, that Thomas, and so (probably) divers others of the apostles, notwi...

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• John 14:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  Their Certainty For The Future Lies In Their Knowing Him As The One Who Is The Way To The Father And Is The One Who Fully Reveals the Father ( John 14:4-11 ). Having made clear their final destiny...

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• John 14:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES John 14:1 . The discourse begun at John 13:31 is here continued. Here our Lord not merely answers fully Peter’s question, “Whither goest Thou?” ( John 13:36 ), bu...

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• John 14:5 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

  John 14:1 . Let not your heart be troubled: This is one of those verses that you may read as slowly as you like, and spell out every letter, and find honey in it all. John 14:1 . Ye believe in...

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• John 14:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  John 14:1 . Let not your heart be troubled. Our Saviour having denounced Judas as a traitor, and plainly spoken of his own departure out of the world, left no jewish hope of a temporal kingdom; so...

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• John 14:5 - The Biblical Illustrator

  Whither I go ye know The interpellation of Thomas Observe I. THAT A MAN MAY, IN SPIRITUAL THINGS, KNOW MORE THAN HE IS CONSCIOUS OF KNOWING. “Ye know,” “We know not.” It may be said that our...

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• John 14:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION John 14:1 It is not necessary to follow Codex D and some of the versions, and here introduce into the text καὶ εἶπεν τοῖς μαθηταῖς αὐτοῦ. It is enough that the awful war...

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• John 14:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Thomas saith unto Him, Lord, we know not whither Thou goest; and how can we know the way?

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• John 14:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Hebrews 5:11 ; Hebrews 5:12 ; John 15:12 ; John 20:25-28 ; Luke 24:25 ; Mark 8:17 ; Mark 8:18 ; Mark 9:19

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• John 14:5 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

  The Comfort Chapter John 14:1-26 INTRODUCTORY WORDS How wonderful it is that our Lord Jesus Christ could give forth such words of comfort in the hour when He, Himself, was hastening on toward...

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• John 14:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  Thomas saith — Taking him in a gross sense.

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