John Gill's Exposition on John 14:9

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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Jesus saith unto him, have I been so long time with you, etc.] Conversing familiarly with you, instructing you by my ministry, and performing so many miraculous works among you, for so long a time; (see <580511> Hebrews 5:11,12); and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? Surely you cannot be so ignorant as this comes to; as you have seen me with your bodily eyes, as a man, you must, know that I am God by the doctrines I have taught you, and the miracles I have wrought among you: and he that hath seen me; not with the eyes of his body, but with the eyes of his understanding; he that has beheld the perfections of the Godhead in me: hath seen the Father; the perfections which are in him also; for the same that are in me are in him, and the same that are in him are in me: I am the very image of him, and am possessed of the same nature, attributes, and glory, that he is; so that he that sees the one, sees the other: and how sayest thou then show us the Father? such a request is a needless one, and betrays great weakness and ignorance.

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