John 1:18
Douay-Rheims
No man hath seen God at any time: the only begotten Son who is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown
No man--"No one," in the widest sense. hath seen God--by immediate gaze, or direct intuition. in the bosom of the Father--A remarkable expression, used only here, presupposing the Son's conscious existence distinct from the Father, and expressing His immediate and most endeared access to, and absolute acquaintance with, Him. he--emphatic; As if he should say, "He and He only hath declared Him," because He only can.
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1871 · John 1:18
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