# John 14.5

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**Book:** [John](/codex/john-the-apostle/) · NASB95

## Immediate context (±2 verses)

**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> 3. <span class="rl-speech">And if I go and prepare a place for you, I come again, and will receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.</span> 4. <span class="rl-speech">And whither I go, ye know the way.</span>
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> **5. Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest; how know we the way?**
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> 6. Jesus saith unto him, <span class="rl-speech">I am the way, and the truth, and the life: no one cometh unto the Father, but by me.</span> 7. <span class="rl-speech">If ye had known me, ye would have known my Father also: from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him.</span> (John 14:3-7, ASV)

**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> 3. <span class="rl-speech">If I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and will receive you to myself; that where I am, you may be there also.</span> 4. <span class="rl-speech">Where I go, you know, and you know the way.”</span>
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> **5. Thomas said to him, “Lord, we don’t know where you are going. How can we know the way?”**
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> 6. Jesus said to him, <span class="rl-speech">“I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.</span> 7. <span class="rl-speech">If you had known me, you would have known my Father also. From now on, you know him, and have seen him.”</span> (John 14:3-7, WEB)

**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> 3. <span class="rl-speech">And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.</span> 4. <span class="rl-speech">And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know.</span>
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> **5. Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest; and how can we know the way?**
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> 6. Jesus saith unto him, <span class="rl-speech">I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.</span> 7. <span class="rl-speech">If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him.</span> (John 14:3-7, KJV)

**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> 3. <span class="rl-speech">and if I go on and prepare for you a place, again do I come, and will receive you unto myself, that where I am ye also may be;</span> 4. <span class="rl-speech">and whither I go away ye have known, and the way ye have known.'</span>
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> **5. Thomas saith to him, 'Sir, we have not known whither thou goest away, and how are we able to know the way?'**
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> 6. Jesus saith to him, <span class="rl-speech">'I am the way, and the truth, and the life, no one doth come unto the Father, if not through me;</span> 7. <span class="rl-speech">if ye had known me, my Father also ye would have known, and from this time ye have known Him, and have seen Him.'</span> (John 14:3-7, YLT)

## Setting

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## Theological reading

_Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._

## Key words

_Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap._

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## Quoted in

**Concepts:**

- [Heaven](/codex/heaven/), via [John 14.1-7](/codex/john-14-1-7/)
- [Jesus Said](/codex/jesus-said/), via [John 14](/codex/john-14/)

**People:**

- [Thomas the Apostle](/codex/thomas-the-apostle/)

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## Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

- **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.