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John 6:46

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— “Not that anyone has seen the Father, except the One who is from God; He has seen the Father.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— Not that any man hath seen the Father, save he which is of God, he hath seen the Father.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— Not that any man hath seen the Father, save he which is from God, he hath seen the Father.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— Not that any man hath seen the Father, save he that is from God, he hath seen the Father.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— Not that any man hath seen the Father, save he who is from God, he hath seen the Father.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— not that any one has seen the Father, except he who is of God, he has seen the Father.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— Not that any one hath seen, the Father, save he who is from God,—this one, hath seen the Father.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— not that any one hath seen the Father, except he who is from God, he hath seen the Father.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— Not that any man hath seen the Father: but he who is of God, he hath seen the Father.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— Not that any man hath seene the Father, saue hee which is of God, hee hath seene the Father.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— Not that any man hath seene the Father; saue hee which is of God, hee hath seene the Father.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— No man can see the Father except him who is from God; he can see the Father.
John Etheridge Peshitta-Aramaic NT (1849)
— There is no man who hath seen the Father, but he who is from Aloha, he hath seen the Father.
James Murdock Peshitta-Aramaic NT (1852)
— Not that any one hath seen the Father, except him who hath come from God; he it is, hath seen the Father.

Strong's Numbers & Red-LettersGreek New TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
Not 3756
{3756} Prime
οὐ
ou
{oo}
A primary word; the absolutely negative (compare G3361) adverb; no or not.
that 3754
{3754} Prime
ὅτι
hoti
{hot'-ee}
Neuter of G3748 as conjugation; demonstrative that (sometimes redundant); causatively because.
any man 5100
{5100} Prime
τὶς
tis
{tis}
An enclitic indefinite pronoun; some or any person or object.
hath seen 3708
{3708} Prime
ὁράω
horao
{hor-ah'-o}
Properly to stare at (compare G3700), that is, (by implication) to discern clearly (physically or mentally); by extension to attend to; by Hebraism to experience; passively to appear.
z5758
<5758> Grammar
Tense - Perfect (See G5778)
Voice - Active (See G5784)
Mood - Indicative (See G5791)
Count - 516
the x3588
(3588) Complement

ho
{ho}
The masculine, feminine (second) and neuter (third) forms, in all their inflections; the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom).
Father, 3962
{3962} Prime
πατήρ
pater
{pat-ayr'}
Apparently a primary word; a 'father' (literally or figuratively, near or more remote).
save 1508
{1508} Prime
εἴ μή
ei me
{i may}
From G1487 and G3361; if not.
he which y3588
[3588] Standard

ho
{ho}
The masculine, feminine (second) and neuter (third) forms, in all their inflections; the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom).
is 5607
{5607} Prime
ὤν
on
{oan}
The feminine, the neuter and the present participle of G1510; being.
y3844
[3844] Standard
παρά
para
{par-ah'}
A primary preposition; properly near, that is, (with genitive case) from beside (literally or figuratively), (with dative case) at (or in) the vicinity of (objectively or subjectively), (with accusative case) to the proximity with (local [especially beyond or opposed to] or causal [on account of]). In compounds it retains the same variety of application.
z5752
<5752> Grammar
Tense - Present (See G5774)
Voice - No Voice Stated (See G5799)
Mood - Participle (See G5796)
Count - 186
of x3844
(3844) Complement
παρά
para
{par-ah'}
A primary preposition; properly near, that is, (with genitive case) from beside (literally or figuratively), (with dative case) at (or in) the vicinity of (objectively or subjectively), (with accusative case) to the proximity with (local [especially beyond or opposed to] or causal [on account of]). In compounds it retains the same variety of application.
God, 2316
{2316} Prime
θεός
theos
{theh'-os}
Of uncertain affinity; a deity, especially (with G3588) the supreme Divinity; figuratively a magistrate; by Hebraism very.
he 3778
{3778} Prime
οὗτος
houtos
{hoo'-tos}
Including the nominative masculine plural (second form), nominative feminine signular (third form), and the nominate feminine plural, (fourth form). From the article G3588 and G0846; the he (she or it), that is, this or that (often with the article repeated).
hath seen 3708
{3708} Prime
ὁράω
horao
{hor-ah'-o}
Properly to stare at (compare G3700), that is, (by implication) to discern clearly (physically or mentally); by extension to attend to; by Hebraism to experience; passively to appear.
z5758
<5758> Grammar
Tense - Perfect (See G5778)
Voice - Active (See G5784)
Mood - Indicative (See G5791)
Count - 516
the x3588
(3588) Complement

ho
{ho}
The masculine, feminine (second) and neuter (third) forms, in all their inflections; the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom).
Father. 3962
{3962} Prime
πατήρ
pater
{pat-ayr'}
Apparently a primary word; a 'father' (literally or figuratively, near or more remote).
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

See commentary on John 6:41-46.


John 6:46

_ _ Not that any man hath seen, etc. — Lest they should confound that “hearing and learning of the Father,” to which believers are admitted by divine teaching, with His own immediate access to Him, He here throws in a parenthetical explanation; stating, as explicitly as words could do it, how totally different the two cases were, and that only He who is “from God” hath this naked, immediate access to the Father. (See John 1:18).

Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on John 6:28-59.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

John 6:46

Not that any one — Must expect him to appear in a visible shape. He who is from or with God — In a more eminent manner than any creature.

Geneva Bible Translation Notes

John 6:46

Not that any man hath seen the Father, (o) save he which is of God, he hath seen the Father.

(o) If only the Son has seen the Father, then it is only he that can truly teach us and instruct us.

Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance
any:

John 1:18 No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared [him].
John 5:37 And the Father himself, which hath sent me, hath borne witness of me. Ye have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his shape.
John 8:19 Then said they unto him, Where is thy Father? Jesus answered, Ye neither know me, nor my Father: if ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also.
John 14:9-10 Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou [then], Shew us the Father? ... Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works.
John 15:24 If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father.
Colossians 1:15 Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:
1 Timothy 6:16 Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom [be] honour and power everlasting. Amen.
1 John 4:12 No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.

he hath:

John 7:29 But I know him: for I am from him, and he hath sent me.
John 8:55 Yet ye have not known him; but I know him: and if I should say, I know him not, I shall be a liar like unto you: but I know him, and keep his saying.
Matthew 11:27 All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and [he] to whomsoever the Son will reveal [him].
Luke 10:22 All things are delivered to me of my Father: and no man knoweth who the Son is, but the Father; and who the Father is, but the Son, and [he] to whom the Son will reveal [him].
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Chain-Reference Bible SearchCross References with Concordance

Mt 11:27. Lk 10:22. Jn 1:18; 5:37; 7:29; 8:19, 55; 14:9; 15:24. Col 1:15. 1Ti 6:16. 1Jn 4:12.

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