John 14:7

“If ye had known me, etc.] Christ having made mention of his Father’s house, and of himself, as the way thither, and the way of access to the Father, was willing to inform his disciples better concerning him before his departure from them, which he introduces, saying: “if ye had known me”; that is, more fully and perfectly; for that they knew Christ to be the Son of God, the Saviour of the world, and true Messiah, is certain, though they were not so thoroughly acquainted, as afterwards, with his person, power, and office: ye should have known my Father also; for the knowledge of the Father, and of Christ, go together; he that sees the one, sees the other; he that believes in the one, believes…”

“from henceforth--now, or from this time, understand.”

“If ye had known me - By this Jesus does not intend to say that they were not truly his disciples, but that they had not a full and accurate knowledge of his character and designs. They still retained, to a large extent, the Jewish notions respecting a temporal Messiah, and did not fully understand that he was to die and be raised from the dead. Ye should have known my Father also - You would have known the counsels and designs of my Father respecting my death and resurrection. If you had been divested of your Jewish prejudices about the Messiah, if you had understood that it was proper for me to die, you would also have understood the purposes and plans of God in my death; and, knowing that,…”

“Ye have known - Ye have begun to know him. John 14:10”

“ye: Joh 14:9, Joh 14:10, Joh 14:20, Joh 1:18, Joh 8:19, Joh 15:24, Joh 16:3, Joh 17:3, Joh 17:21, Joh 17:23; Mat 11:27; Luk 10:22; Co2 4:6; Col 1:15-17, Col 2:2, Col 2:3; Heb 1:3 from: Joh 14:16-20, Joh 16:13-16, Joh 17:6, Joh 17:8, Joh 17:26 John 14:8”