"I AM THE WAY THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE. No-one comes to the Father, but by me."
A well-known and oft-quoted scripture, but have we fully understood what Jesus meant when he used these terms to speak of himself and how would these terms have been understood by Jews in Jesus' day?
JESUS IS THE WORD (TORAH) MADE FLESH
THE 'WORD' REFERRED TO IS TORAH
TORAH IS THE WAY, THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE
WAY
The Hebrew word for 'way' is derek, (Strongs 1870) which means way, road, direction, course of life.
TORAH literally means "direction" or "instruction for life"