Charles Spurgeon Commentary John 14:7-8

"If ye had known me, ye would have known my Father also: from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him. Philip saith unto him, Lord, show us the Father, and it sufficeth us." — John 14:7-8 (ASV)

If you had known me, you should have known my Father also: and from now on you know him, and have seen him. Philip says to him, Lord, show us the Father, and it suffices us. (John 14:7–8)

There is a Philip as well as a Thomas. It does not seem that, even with Christ for a teacher, we should learn much without the Holy Ghost. The greatest blessing, after all, is not the bodily presence of the Saviour, though we learn something from that, but it is the indwelling and the teaching of the Holy Ghost which we most of all need.