'Seen' in the Bible

No one has seen God [His essence, His divine nature] at any time; the [One and] only begotten God [that is, the unique Son] who is in the intimate presence of the Father, He has explained Him [and interpreted and revealed the awesome wonder of the Father].

John gave [further] evidence [testifying officially for the record, with validity and relevance], saying, “I have seen the Spirit descending as a dove out of heaven, and He remained upon Him.

I myself have [actually] seen [that happen], and my testimony is that this is the Son of God!”

I assure you and most solemnly say to you, we speak only of what we [absolutely] know and testify about what we have [actually] seen [as eyewitnesses]; and [still] you [reject our evidence and] do not accept our testimony.

What He has [actually] seen and heard, of that He testifies; and yet no one accepts His testimony [as true].

So when He arrived in Galilee, the Galileans welcomed Him, since they had seen all the things that He did in Jerusalem at the feast; for they too came to the feast.

And the Father who sent Me has Himself testified about Me. You have never heard His voice nor seen His form [His majesty and greatness—what He is like].

A large crowd was following Him because they had seen the signs (attesting miracles) which He continually performed on those who were sick.

But as I told you, you have seen Me and still you do not believe.

Not that anyone has seen the Father, except He [who was with the Father and] who is from God; He [alone] has seen the Father.

I tell the things that I have seen at My Father’s side [in His very presence]; so you also do the things that you heard from your father.”

Then the Jews said to Him, “You are not even fifty years old, and You [claim to] have seen Abraham?”

Jesus said to him, “You have both seen Him, and [in fact] He is the one who is talking with you.”

If you had [really] known Me, you would also have known My Father. From now on you know Him, and have seen Him.”

Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you for so long a time, and you do not know Me yet, Philip, nor recognize clearly who I am? Anyone who has seen Me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father?’

The person who has My commandments and keeps them is the one who [really] loves Me; and whoever [really] loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and reveal Myself to him [I will make Myself real to him].”

If I had not done among them the works (attesting miracles) which no one else [ever] did, they would not have [the guilt of their] sin; but now [the fact is that] they have both seen [these works] and have hated Me [and continue to hate Me] and My Father as well.

Mary Magdalene came, reporting to the disciples that she had seen the Lord and that He had said these things to her.

So the other disciples kept telling him, “We have seen the Lord!” But he said to them, “Unless I see in His hands the marks of the nails, and put my finger into the nail prints, and put my hand into His side, I will never believe.”

Jesus said to him, “Because you have seen Me, do you now believe? Blessed [happy, spiritually secure, and favored by God] are they who did not see [Me] and yet believed [in Me].”

After this Jesus revealed Himself again to the disciples at the Sea of Tiberias (Galilee). And He did it in this way: