Charles Spurgeon Commentary John 14:7

"If ye had known me, ye would have known my Father also: from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him." — John 14:7 (ASV)

If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him.

All of the Father that we can know is visible in Christ, for in him dwelleth all the fullness of the Godhead bodily. And if we truly know Christ, we also know the Father. Christ always seems to be knowable, for he brings himself down to such nearness to us that it seems easy to know him. Well, then, knowing Christ, we also know the Father, and have seen him.

If you had known me, you should have known my Father also: and from now on you know him, and have seen him.

It cheers the children of God to talk to them about their Father, and about their Father's house, so that is what the Elder Brother did in his great kindness to his disciples; he talked to them about their Father and his heaven.

If you had known me, you should have known my Father also:

For Christ is also the mighty God, the everlasting Father. All the character of God is seen in the Christ of God, and he who truly comes to Christ has really come to the Father.

And from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him.

I hope that this may be said of many of us, that we do truly know God; and, since we have seen Christ by faith, we have seen the Father also.

If you had known me, you should have known my Father also:

For Christ is the express image of his Father's person, so that you always see the Father when you see the Son.

And from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him.

Thomas had made an advance in heavenly knowledge; he had taken a higher degree in divinity now that the Master had taught him so much upon this most important point: from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him.