John 14:6 (BSB)
Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
From John 14. Also in the ESV.
Commentary on John 14:6
- John Calvin (Reformed), Calvin's Commentaries on John 14:6: 6. I am the way. Though Christ does not give a direct reply to the question put to him, yet he passes by nothing that is useful to be known. It was proper that Thomas’ curiosity should be checked; and, therefore, Christ does not explain what would be his condition when he should have departed out of this world to go to the Father, “Quand...
- Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on John 14:4-11: Christ, having set the happiness of heaven before them as the end, here shows them himself as the way to it, and tells them that they were better acquainted both with the end they were to aim at and with the way they were to walk in than they thought they were: You know, that is, 1.
- John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on John 14:6: Jesus saith unto him, I am the way,.... Our Lord takes the opportunity of this discourse about the place he was going to, and the way unto it, more fully to instruct his disciples concerning himself, saying, "I am the way"; Christ is not merely the way, as he goes before his people as an example; or merely as a prophet, pointing out unto them...
- Albert Barnes (Presbyterian), Barnes' New Testament Notes on John 14:6: Verse 6. I am the way. See . By this is meant, doubtless, that they and all others were to have access to God only by obeying the instructions, imitating the example, and depending on the merits of the Lord Jesus Christ. He was the leader in the road, the guide to the wandering, the teacher of the ignorant, and the example to all.