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OET (OET-LV) Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa) is_saying to_him:
I am the way, and the truth, and the life.
No_one is_coming to the father, except not/lest by me.
OET (OET-RV) And Yeshua answered, “I am the path and the truth and the life. No one can get to the father except via me.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / pastforfuture
λέγει
/is/_saying
Here John uses the present tense in past narration in order to call attention to a development in the story.
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
ἡ ὁδὸς
the way
Here Jesus uses the way to indicate that he is the means by which people can go to God, who is in heaven. Trusting in Jesus is the only way to have access to God. If this might confuse your readers, you could use a simile or express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “the one who gives people access to the Father” or “the means by which one may come to the Father”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
ἡ ἀλήθεια
the the truth
Jesus uses the truth to indicate that he is the one who reveals God’s truth to people. If this might confuse your readers, you could use a simile or express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “the one who reveals God’s truth” or “the means by which people can know God’s truth”
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
ἡ ζωή
the the the life
Jesus uses the life to indicate that he is the means by which people can receive eternal life. If this might confuse your readers, you could use a simile or express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “the one who makes people spiritually alive” or “the means by which one may receive eternal life”
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
οὐδεὶς ἔρχεται πρὸς τὸν Πατέρα, εἰ μὴ δι’ ἐμοῦ
no_one /is/_coming to the Father except ¬not/lest by me
Here, through me means that a person can come to God only by trusting Jesus. If this might confuse your readers, you could express the meaning explicitly. Alternate translation: “no one comes to the Father except by believing in me”
Note 6 topic: guidelines-sonofgodprinciples
Πατέρα
Father
Father is an important title for God.
14:6 I am: See study note on 6:35. Access to the Father’s presence is only through Jesus, who is the way, the truth, and the life.
• The way to the Father is only through Jesus. Other religions and philosophies propose different avenues to God, but Jesus asserted that he is the one exclusive path to God.
• Jesus is the truth because God is truth.
• God is the source of eternal life. At Lazarus’s tomb, Jesus showed his divine power over life and death (11:25).
OET (OET-LV) Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa) is_saying to_him:
I am the way, and the truth, and the life.
No_one is_coming to the father, except not/lest by me.
OET (OET-RV) And Yeshua answered, “I am the path and the truth and the life. No one can get to the father except via me.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The SR Greek text, lemmas, morphology, and English gloss (7th line) are all thanks to the SR-GNT.