Philip saith unto him, Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us.
Ver. 8. Lord, show us the Father] They would have seen the Father face to face with their bodily eyes, as they saw the Son. But that no man can do and live,Exodus 33:20. We cannot see the sun in rota, in its orbit, as the schools speak, in the circle wherein it runs, but only in the beams. So neither can we see God in his essence; in his Son we may, who is the resplendence of his Father's glory, απαυγασμα, Hebrews 1:3 .