John Gill's Exposition on John 14:8

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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Philip saith to him, Lord, etc.] Another of his disciples addresses him in a reverend and becoming manner, as Thomas before had done, calling him Lord, and saying to him, “show us the Father, and it sufficeth us”: he speaks in the name of them all, seems to own their ignorance of the Father, and expresses their desire of seeing him: shew us the Father; it was a corporeal sight of him he asked for; such a sight of the glory of God as Moses desired, and the elders of Israel had at Mount Sinai; and signifies, that if this could be obtained, it would give them full satisfaction: and it sufficeth us; we shall be no more uneasy at thy departure from us; we shall have no doubt about thy Father’s house, and the many mansions in it; or of thyself, as the way unto it, and of our everlasting abode with thee in it; we shall sit down easy and contented, and trouble time no more with questions about this matter.

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