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No one has seen God at any time. The only conceived Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he has declared him.
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Jesus is God's Perfect Revealer
Commentators unanimously agree that this verse establishes Jesus as the ultimate and exclusive revealer of God. While God's essential nature is invisible, Jesus, through His life and words, acts as the perfect 'interpreter' or 'expositor' of the Father. His revelation is superior to all previous ones because He doesn't just repeat a message; He reveals God from a position of complete and intimate knowledge.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
No man hath seen God at any time—this declaration is likely made to show the superiority of Jesus's revelation over that of any previous d…
No man hath seen God at any time (θεον ουδεις εωρακεν πωποτε). "God no one has ever seen." Perfect active indicative of οραω. Seen…
19th Century
Anglican
No man hath seen God at any time.—The full knowledge of truth is one with the revelation of God, but no man has ever had …
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Baptist
And of his fullness have all we received, and grace for grace.
For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesu…
The noun “God” has no article in the Greek text, which indicates that the author is presenting God in his nature of being rather than as a person. …
16th Century
Protestant
No man hath ever seen God. This is most appropriately added to confirm the preceding statement. For the knowledge of God is the door by wh…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
No man has seen God at any time. That is, God the Father, whose voice was never heard, nor his shape seen by angels or me…
As to the order of time and entrance on His work, Christ came after John, but in every other way He was before him. This expression clearly shows t…
13th Century
Catholic
Previously, the Evangelist showed how the apostles received grace from Christ as its author; here he shows how they received it from him …
