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Where is “I am the way, the truth, and the life” in the Bible?

“I am the way, the truth, and the life” is John 14:6. Jesus says it to Thomas on the night before he died.

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The verse, who says it, and what it means there.

In the Bible

It is John 14:6.

Yes, it is in the Bible.

Jesus says it to Thomas on the night before he died.

The verse

Jesus said to him, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
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These exact words are in the King James Bible. The Lumin Translation, a modern English Bible, is quoted here, and it words the verse differently.

What it means there

Jesus had said he was going to prepare a place, and Thomas said they did not know the way. Jesus answers that he is the way. The second half of the verse says no one comes to the Father except through him.

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Where is “I am the way, the truth, and the life” in the Bible?

“I am the way, the truth, and the life” is John 14:6. These exact words are in the King James Bible. The Lumin Translation, a modern English Bible, is quoted here, and it words the verse differently. Jesus says it to Thomas on the night before he died.

Is “I am the way, the truth, and the life” in the Bible?

Yes. It is John 14:6. In the Lumin Translation, John 14:6 reads: “Jesus said to him, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”

Who said “I am the way, the truth, and the life”?

Jesus says it to Thomas on the night before he died.

What does “I am the way, the truth, and the life” mean in the Bible?

Jesus had said he was going to prepare a place, and Thomas said they did not know the way. Jesus answers that he is the way. The second half of the verse says no one comes to the Father except through him.

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