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John 14:7

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If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him.
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  1. Colossians 1:15–17Rank 1 from verse 7
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    15Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:

    16For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:

    17And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.

  2. John 8:19Rank 2 from verse 7
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    19Then 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.

  3. Luke 10:22Rank 3 from verse 7
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    22All 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.

  4. John 17:8Rank 4 from verse 7
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    8For I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me; and they have received them, and have known surely that I came out from thee, and they have believed that thou didst send me.

  5. John 17:6Rank 5 from verse 7
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    6I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them me; and they have kept thy word.

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John 14:7

COMBINED MEANING

ye

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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.

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COMBINED MEANING

should

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A verb expressing duty, propriety, expectation, intention, purpose, condition, appointed outcome, or a future event viewed from another time or statement.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

father

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Sense 1: A male parent or begetter. Sense 2: An ancestor, forefather, founder, source, originator, chief, elder, or one bearing paternal authority and care. Sense 3: God as Father, including the Father of Jesus Christ and of those described as his children.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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henceforth

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From this time or point onward; after this and continuing into the stated future.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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know

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To perceive, understand, recognize, experience, or be assured of something.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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6Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

7If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him.

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8Philip saith unto him, Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us.

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