Berean Standard Bible
7If you had known Me, you would know My Father as well. From now on you do know Him and have seen Him.”
The Way the Truth and the Life
If you had known me, you would have known my Father also. From now on you do know him, and you have seen him.
The verse contains two distinct Greek verbs for knowing: *ἐγνώκειτε* (egnōkeite, experiential/relational knowledge) and *ᾔδειτε* (ēdeite, deeper settled knowing). The shift to present tense *γινώσκετε* ("you do know") at *ἀπʼ ἄρτι* ("from now on") marks a turning point — the disciples now have genuine knowledge of the Father through the Son. This preserves the Father/Son distinction: knowing the Son is the means of knowing the Father, not an equation of the two.
Berean Standard Bible
7If you had known Me, you would know My Father as well. From now on you do know Him and have seen Him.”
King James Version
7If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him.
Goodspeed New Testament
7If you knew me, you would know my Father also. From now on you do know him and you have seen him.”
Translation for Translators
T4T was designed as a tool for Bible translators, not as a devotional text. It makes implicit meaning explicit and flags figurative language with abbreviations. Gold [brackets] indicate translation notes. ◄Triangles► mark alternative renderings.Read more about how to read T4T →7If you really knew who I was, you would have known my Father also. From now on, you know him, and it is as though you have seen him.”
Berean Standard Bible
Goodspeed New Testament
If you had known Me, you would know My Father as well. From now on you do know Him and have seen Him.”
If you knew me, you would know my Father also. From now on you do know him and you have seen him.”
Berean Standard Bible
Goodspeed New Testament
King James Version
If you had known Me, you would know My Father as well. From now on you do know Him and have seen Him.”
If you knew me, you would know my Father also. From now on you do know him and you have seen him.”
If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him.
SBL
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εἰ if εἰ ei a primary particle of conditionality; if, whether, that, etc. forasmuch as, if, that, (al-)though, whether ⸀ ἐγνώκειτέ come to know γινώσκω ginṓskō a prolonged form of a primary verb; to know (absolutely) in a great variety of applications and with many implications ( με I ἐγώ egṓ a primary pronoun of the first person I (only expressed when emphatic) I, me , καὶ and καί kaí apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force; and, also, even, so then, too τὸν the ὁ ho the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) the, this, that, one, he, she, πατέρα father πατήρ patḗr apparently a primary word; a father (literally or figuratively, near or more remote) father, parent μου I ἐγώ egṓ a primary pronoun of the first person I (only expressed when emphatic) I, me ⸂ ἂν untranslatable word ἄν án a primary particle, denoting a supposition, wish, possibility or uncertainty (what-, where-, wither-, who-)soever ᾔδειτε know εἴδω eídō a primary verb; used only in certain past tenses, the others being borrowed from the equivalent G3700 (ὀπτάνομαι) and G3 · ⸀ ἀπʼ from ἀπό apó a primary particle; off, i.e. away (from something near), in various senses (of place, time, or relation; literal or fig ἄρτι now ἄρτι árti adverb from a derivative of G142 (αἴρω) (compare G740 (ἄρτος)) through the idea of suspension; just now this day (hour), γινώσκετε come to know γινώσκω ginṓskō a prolonged form of a primary verb; to know (absolutely) in a great variety of applications and with many implications ( αὐτὸν he αὐτός autós from the particle (perhaps akin to the base of G109 (ἀήρ) through the idea of a baffling wind) (backward); the reflexive καὶ and καί kaí apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force; and, also, even, so then, too ἑωράκατε see ὁράω horáō properly, to stare at (compare G3700 (ὀπτάνομαι)), i.e. (by implication) to discern clearly (physically or mentally); by ⸀ αὐτόν he αὐτός autós from the particle (perhaps akin to the base of G109 (ἀήρ) through the idea of a baffling wind) (backward); the reflexive
If you had known Me, you would know My Father as well. From now on you do know Him and have seen Him.”
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The Greek New Testament: SBL Edition
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