NEW TESTAMENT

John 14:4

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You know where I go, and you know the way.”

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Verse 4. And whither I go, you know, and the way you know. Thomas replied, we know neither. Jesus saith to him, I am the way. They knew it says Saint Augustine (tract. 69) but they did not know, that they knew it: they knew their Master, Jesus Christ, and he was the way: they also knew, that is, believed, the kingdom of heaven, but they knew not, that he was returning thither: for as yet their imaginations were upon a temporal kingdom.—I am the way, by my doctrine and example: I am the Truth, by my promises; and I am Life, by the graces I offer and give. Witham.

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