Where is it in the Bible?
John 14:6
6Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me."
In other translations
- ESV
- 6Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me."
- NLT
- 6Jesus told him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me."
- CSB
- 6Jesus told him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me."
- KJV
- 6Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
The surrounding passage
John 14:4–8, King James Version
4And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know.
5Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest; and how can we know the way?
6Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
7If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him.
8Philip saith unto him, Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us.
Context
Spoken at the Last Supper, on the night before the crucifixion, as Jesus prepares his disciples for his departure. He has just told them he is going to prepare a place for them, and Thomas replies that they don't know the way (14:1–5). This verse is Jesus' answer, and one of the seven "I am" sayings in John's Gospel.
About the book of John
The Word made flesh: signs, “I am” sayings, and life.
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