14:7 How can Jesus say here that the disciples have seen God, when elsewhere scriptures teach that no man has ever seen God, nor can see Him?
14:7 How can Jesus say here that the disciples have seen God, when elsewhere scriptures teach that no man has ever seen God, nor can see Him?
What Jesus really means here is that the disciples have seen God's glory manifested in Him (CP V7-11 with 1:17-18).
The phrase, "He hath declared Him" in Jn 1:18 means all that Jesus is and does, interprets and explains all that God is and does (see also comments on Jn 1:18).