John Chapter 14 verse 5 Holy Bible
Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest; how know we the way?
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Thomas said, Lord, we have no knowledge of where you are going; how may we have knowledge of the way?
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Thomas says to him, Lord, we know not where thou goest, and how can we know the way?
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Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest; and how can we know the way?
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Thomas says to him, "Lord, we don't know where you are going. How can we know the way?"
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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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John 14 : 5 Bible Verse Songs
Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerses 5-7. - (4) The question of Thomas, eliciting from Christ that he was going to the Father, and that his death was their "way" as well as his own way thither. Verse 5. - Thomas - true to the character elsewhere attributed to him in this Gospel, of anxious, intellectual striving after truth and reality, with a certain despondency and morbid fear of issues which he could not grasp, and yet with a great love to his Master - saith to him, We know not whither thou goest; i.e. we are still in vague perplexity. "Whither? oh, whither?" Art thou going to the dispersed among the Gentiles? Art thou going to restore the kingdom to Israel? Thou art to be "lifted up;" but how and where art thou to be lifted up? Thou art going - that is all we know, and this ignorance of ours makes us doubt "the way." How do we knew the way? Is not a knowledge of the goal absolutely necessary to bring into proper light for us the way, the strange mysterious way, thou art taking? There often seems in the language of skepticism much common sense, and in the dry light of science a straightforward honesty; and in reading the memorable reply of our Lord many have felt a lack of directness and recognition of the difficulty of Thomas. But is it really so?
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(5) Thomas saith unto him.--Comp., for the character of Thomas, John 11:16; John 20:24; John 21:2.Lord, we know not whither thou goest.-- Our Lord's words had laid stress upon the "way." Thomas lays stress upon the "whither." His mind seeks for measured certainty. In all that he has heard of the Father's house of many mansions, of being with the Lord, there is much that he cannot understand. The Messiah, they thought, was to reign upon earth. Where was this vast royal home, with dwelling-places for all, to which Christ was going first, and to which they were to follow? They know not whither, and without that knowledge they cannot even think of the way.
