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John 14 — I Am the Way, Truth, and Life

Jesus comforts his disciples with the promise of a prepared dwelling, reveals himself as the sole way to the Father, and pledges another Helper—the Spirit of truth—leaving his own peace with them.

经文

1.你們心裡不要憂愁；你們信神，也當信我。Let not your heart be troubled: believe in God, believe also in me.
2.在我父的家裡有許多住處；若是沒有，我就早已告訴你們了。我去原是為你們預備地方去。In my Father's house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you; for I go to prepare a place for you.
3.我若去為你們預備了地方，就必再來接你們到我那裡去，我在那裡，叫你們也在那裡。And if I go and prepare a place for you, I come again, and will receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.
4.我往那裡去，你們知道；那條路，你們也知道（有古卷作：我往那裡去，你們知道那條路）。And whither I go, ye know the way.
5.多馬對他說：主阿，我們不知道你往那裡去，怎麼知道那條路呢？Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest; how know we the way?
6.耶穌說我就是道路、真理、生命；若不藉著我，沒有人能到父那裡去。Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: no one cometh unto the Father, but by me.
7.你們若認識我，也就認識我的父。從今以後，你們認識他，並且已經看見他。If ye had known me, ye would have known my Father also: from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him.
8.腓力對他說：求主將父顯給我們看，我們就知足了。Philip saith unto him, Lord, show us the Father, and it sufficeth us.
9.耶穌對他說：腓力，我與你們同在這樣長久，你還不認識我麼？人看見了我，就是看見了父；你怎麼說將父顯給我們看呢？Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and dost thou not know me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; how sayest thou, Show us the Father?
10.我在父裡面，父在我裡面，你不信麼？我對你們所說的話，不是憑著自己說的，乃是住在我裡面的父做他自己的事。Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I say unto you I speak not from myself: but the Father abiding in me doeth his works.
11.你們當信我，我在父裡面，父在我裡面；即或不信，也當因我所做的事信我。Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or else believe me for the very works' sake.
12.我實實在在的告訴你們，我所做的事，信我的人也要做，並且要做比這更大的事，因為我往父那裡去。Verily, verily, I say unto you, he that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto the Father.
13.你們奉我的名無論求甚麼，我必成就，叫父因兒子得榮耀。And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
14.你們若奉我的名求甚麼，我必成就。If ye shall ask anything in my name, that will I do.
15.你們若愛我，就必遵守我的命令。If ye love me, ye will keep my commandments.
16.我要求父，父就另外賜給你們一位保惠師（或作：訓慰師；下同），叫他永遠與你們同在，And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may be with you for ever,
17.就是真理的聖靈，乃世人不能接受的；因為不見他，也不認識他。你們卻認識他，因他常與你們同在，也要在你們裡面。even the Spirit of truth: whom the world cannot receive; for it beholdeth him not, neither knoweth him: ye know him; for he abideth with you, and shall be in you.
18.我不撇下你們為孤兒，我必到你們這裡來。I will not leave you desolate: I come unto you.
19.還有不多的時候，世人不再看見我，你們卻看見我；因為我活著，你們也要活著。Yet a little while, and the world beholdeth me no more; but ye behold me: because I live, ye shall live also.
20.到那日，你們就知道我在父裡面，你們在我裡面，我也在你們裡面。In that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you.
21.有了我的命令又遵守的，這人就是愛我的；愛我的必蒙我父愛他，我也要愛他，並且要向他顯現。He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself unto him.
22.猶大（不是加略人猶大）問耶穌說：主阿，為甚麼要向我們顯現，不向世人顯現呢？Judas (not Iscariot) saith unto him, Lord, what is come to pass that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the world?
23.耶穌回答說：人若愛我，就必遵守我的道；我父也必愛他，並且我們要到他那裡去，與他同住。Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my word: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.
24.不愛我的人就不遵守我的道。你們所聽見的道不是我的，乃是差我來之父的道。He that loveth me not keepeth not my words: and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father's who sent me.
25.我還與你們同住的時候，已將這些話對你們說了。These things have I spoken unto you, while yet abiding with you.
26.但保惠師，就是父因我的名所要差來的聖靈，他要將一切的事指教你們，並且要叫你們想起我對你們所說的一切話。But the Comforter, even the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all that I said unto you.
27.我留下平安給你們；我將我的平安賜給你們。我所賜的，不像世人所賜的。你們心裡不要憂愁，也不要膽怯。Peace I leave with you; my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be fearful.
28.你們聽見我對你們說了，我去還要到你們這裡來。你們若愛我，因我到父那裡去，就必喜樂，因為父是比我大的。Ye heard how I said to you, I go away, and I come unto you. If ye loved me, ye would have rejoiced, because I go unto the Father: for the Father is greater than I.
29.現在事情還沒有成就，我預先告訴你們，叫你們到事情成就的時候就可以信。And now I have told you before it come to pass, that, when it is come to pass, ye may believe.
30.以後我不再和你們多說話，因為這世界的王將到。他在我裡面是毫無所有；I will no more speak much with you, for the prince of the world cometh: and he hath nothing in me;
31.但要叫世人知道我愛父，並且父怎樣吩咐我，我就怎樣行。起來，我們走罷！but that the world may know that I love the Father, and as the Father gave me commandment, even so I do. Arise, let us go hence.

这段经文的意思

John 14 opens the Upper Room Discourse, spoken on the night of Jesus' arrest (vv. 1–31). It addresses the disciples' fear after the announcement that one of them will betray him and that he will 'go away.' The first section (vv. 1–7) grounds comfort in faith in God and in Christ, and answers Thomas's question with the sixth Johannine 'I am' saying: 'the way, the truth, and the life.' This is not three options but one Person, the sole path to the Father.

The second section (vv. 8–14) answers Philip's request to 'show us the Father' by clarifying mutual indwelling: 'I am in the Father and the Father in me' (v. 11). The works of Jesus authenticate this claim, and the promise that believers will do 'greater works' is tied to his departure 'to the Father'—that is, the sending of the Spirit and the spread of the gospel. Verses 13–14 on asking 'in my name' are read by the church as part of this Spirit-enabled access.

The third section (vv. 15–31) links love and obedience, then introduces 'another Comforter' (ἄλλος παράκλητος), the Spirit of truth, who indwells permanently. The discourse ends with Christ's distinctive peace (v. 27) and the sober note that 'the prince of the world' comes yet has no claim on him. The unit closes with the command to 'arise, let us go hence,' which transitions to chapters 15–17.

背景

John 14 sits inside the Upper Room Discourse (chs. 13–17), framed by the washing of the disciples' feet (13:1–17) and the high-priestly prayer of ch. 17. It presupposes the Johannine themes already developed: Jesus as the one sent by the Father (chs. 5–8), the Shepherd imagery of ch. 10, and the Lazarus–resurrection sign of ch. 11. The 'many dwelling places' language connects forward to the vine metaphor (15:1–8) and to the mutual indwelling theme of 17:20–26.

Within John's narrative, the chapter responds to the disciples' inability to grasp where Jesus is 'going' (13:36; 14:5). Scholars note that the phrase 'the Father is greater than I' (14:28) has been read variously: as a statement about the Father's ontological primacy within the Trinity (as later clarified in Nicene theology), or as a functional reference to the Son's voluntary subordination in the incarnation. The text itself does not settle the technical question; it simply frames the disciples' perspective, who found it natural for the sender to surpass the sent one. Cross-references in 1 John and Ephesians carry these themes of obedience, love, and Spirit-enabled access into the later New Testament.

原文关键词

G2588 καρδία ('heart') in 14:1 is not the seat of affection alone in Johannine usage but the inner self where belief, doubt, and trouble arise; 'Let not your heart be troubled' targets the whole person (cf. 14:27).
G3438 μοναί ('dwelling places/rooms,' 14:2, 23) is related to μένω ('to abide'), emphasizing permanent staying rather than temporary lodging; the same root links v. 2 to the mutual indwelling of 14:23.
G2090 ἑτοιμάσω in 14:3 (verb ἑτοιμάζω, 'to prepare') is an aorist subjunctive in a conditional clause; the act of preparing is contingent on his going, and frames the disciples' hope of being received to himself.

常见问题

What does 'many dwelling places in my Father's house' mean?

The phrase is μοναί (G3438), related to μένω ('to abide'), and points to a permanent place with the Father where the disciples will be. It is not about many rooms in a building but about secure, lasting fellowship with God, expanded in 14:23 to mutual indwelling.

Is Jesus the only way to the Father?

John 14:6 states, 'no one cometh unto the Father, but by me.' Within John's theology the risen Christ is the exclusive revealer of the Father (1:18) and the only one sent by him (3:17). Acts 4:12 and 1 John 2:23 carry the same exclusive shape forward in the New Testament.

Who is 'another Comforter'?

'Comforter' (παράκλητος, GK 3876) in 14:16 is ἄλλος ('another of the same kind'), not ἕτερος ('another of a different kind'). The Spirit of truth continues the personal presence of Jesus with the disciples after his departure, teaching and reminding them of his words (14:26).

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