Philip saith unto him, Lord, show us the Father, and it sufficeth us.
Philip speaks for them all, owning their ignorance and asking for a visible sight of God's glory like Moses once desired. He thinks such a manifestation would settle everything: no more unease about Christ's departure, no doubt about the Father's house, no questions about their eternal dwelling with Him.
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Absurd as it seems that the Apostles keep objecting when Christ speaks to teach them this very point, their fault belongs to us as well. We claim to seek God earnestly; when He presents Himself before our eyes, we are simply blind.
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Philip wanted an outward, visible manifestation of God as the ancients had seen. That desire was not wrong, but Christ's miracles and teaching had already supplied abundant proof He was the Messiah, and that should have been enough.
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