Expositor's Bible Commentary 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)

The first part of this verse could be better rendered, “If you have attained an experiential realization of who I am, you will know my Father also.” Jesus declared that he had adequately presented the Father in his own person (cf. Paul’s teaching in Col 1:15). To the extent that the disciples had come to a satisfactory understanding of Jesus, they had a comprehension of the being of God.