Sunday, December 21, 2025

John 14:6

Years ago, I noticed that part of John 14:6 exhibits alliteration in the Vulgate:
dicit ei Iesus ego sum via et veritas et vita nemo venit ad Patrem nisi per me
In the ESV, this is:
Jesus said to him [Thomas], "I am the way, and the truth, and the life.  No one comes to the Father except through me."
Earlier this year, I encountered this verse again and realized that coincidentally, the alliteration matches the meaning in a way.  There's an exclusivity common to both:  Jesus is the only means of reaching the Father, and the words that describe Him here all start with the same letter.