Passage

John 14.5

Book: John · NASB95

Immediate context (±2 verses)

ASV (ASV)

"3. 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. 4. And whither I go, ye know the way."

"5. Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest; how know we the way?"

"6. Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: no one cometh unto the Father, but by me. 7. If ye had known me, ye would have known my Father also: from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him." (John 14:3-7, ASV)

WEB (WEB)

"3. 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. 4. Where I go, you know, and you know the way.”"

"5. Thomas said to him, “Lord, we don’t know where you are going. How can we know the way?”"

"6. Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me. 7. If you had known me, you would have known my Father also. From now on, you know him, and have seen him.”" (John 14:3-7, WEB)

KJV (KJV)

"3. 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. 4. And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know."

"5. Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest; and how can we know the way?"

"6. Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. 7. If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him." (John 14:3-7, KJV)

YLT (YLT)

"3. 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; 4. and whither I go away ye have known, and the way ye have known.'"

"5. Thomas saith to him, 'Sir, we have not known whither thou goest away, and how are we able to know the way?'"

"6. Jesus saith to him, 'I am the way, and the truth, and the life, no one doth come unto the Father, if not through me; 7. if ye had known me, my Father also ye would have known, and from this time ye have known Him, and have seen Him.'" (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

Thomas the Apostle

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 (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
WEB (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
KJV (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
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.

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