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John 14:12
Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on Me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do, because I go unto My Father.
Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on Me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do, because I go unto My Father.
Verse John 14:12. _AND GREATER_ WORKS _THAN THESE_] The miracles which I have wrought could not have been wrought but by the omnipotence of God; but that omnipotence can work _greater_. And those who...
HE THAT BELIEVETH ON ME - This promise had doubtless special reference to the apostles themselves. They were full of grief at his departure, and Jesus, in order to console them, directed them to the g...
CHAPTER 14 1. Let not Your Heart be Troubled! (John 14:1 .) 2. I Am in the Father and the Father in Me. (John 14:8 .) 3. The Other Comforter Promised. (John 14:15 .) 4. I Go unto the Father. ...
John 14:1 takes up the thoughts of the previous paragraph, not of the last verse. The thoughts of separation and treachery had led to perplexity, if not despair. Jesus bids them trust God and Himself....
GREATER WORKS THAN THESE SHALL HE DO, BECAUSE. GO TO MY FATHER. Those who believe shall have power given to do works, in some respects greater; not greater miracles, but to effect greater moral and sp...
THE PROMISE OF GLORY (John 14:1-3)...
"This is the truth I tell you--he that believes on me will do the works that I do, and he will do greater works than these, because I go to my Father. And I will do whatever you shall ask in my name,...
VERILY, VERILY. The twenty-second occurance. See on John 1:51. THE WORKS, &c.: i.e. similar works, e.g. Acts 3:7; Acts 3:9. as. HE DO ALSO. he also do. GREATER. Not only more remarkable miracles ...
_Verily, verily_ See notes on John 1:51. _the works that I do shall he do also_ i.e. like Me, he shall do the works of the Father, the Father dwelling in Him through the Son (John 14:23). _and greate...
ΚἈΚΕΙ͂ΝΟΣ ΠΟΙΉΣΕΙ. Comp. John 6:57 and John 14:21; John 14:26 : see on John 1:8; John 1:18. ‘
VER 12. VERILY, VERILY, I SAY TO YOU, HE THAT BELIEVES IN ME, THE WORKS THAT I DO SHALL HE DO ALSO; AND GREATER WORKS THAN THESE SHALL HE DO; BECAUSE I GO TO MY FATHER. 13. AND WHATSOEVER YOU SHALL AS...
_THE WAY, THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE -- JOHN 14:6-14:_ The only way to the Father is through Jesus Christ. He is the Way and the Truth and the Life. If the disciples had known who Jesus really is, the Son...
ΠΙΣΤΕΎΩΝ _praes. act. part. от_ ΠΙΣΤΈΎΩ, _см._ John 14:1. Subst. part. выделяет лицо, которое обладает характерным признаком или выполняет условие. _Praes._ подчеркивает длительность, ΠΟΙΉΣΕΙ _fut. i...
HE THAT BELIEVETH ON ME, &C.— It is evident in fact, that though this promise be expressed in indefinite language, it must be limited in some such manner as follows: _"He that believes in me,_ that is...
GOING TO MAKE THE DISCIPLES CO-LABORERS _Text 14:8-14_ 8 Philip saith unto him, Lord, show us the Father, and it sufficeth us. 9 Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and dost...
EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN John 14:12-20 Below is an Analysis of the passage which is to be before us:— At first reading there does not appear to be much direct connection between the several...
Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father. VERILY, VERILY, I SAY UNTO YOU,...
34 As our Lord is about to leave His beloved disciples, He compresses His ministry into one new precept-love. That was to be their law and their life and make them a light in the world. This should ch...
14:12 on (c-10) _ Eis_ . see Note, 2 Timothy 1:12 ....
THE COMFORTER 1-31. The mansions in heaven. The mission of the Comforter. This great discourse, which is not easily susceptible of formal subdivision, deals with five main subjects: (1) the heavenly...
GREATER _ivories_] The Apostles' work was more effectual than that of Christ Himself, because they were inspired by the Spirit of the Risen and Ascended Lord. Not till Christ had departed to the Fathe...
JOHN TELLS THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT JESUS GOSPEL OF JOHN _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 14 JESUS IS THE WAY TO GOD THE *FATHER 14:1-14 V1 Jesus said to his *disciples, ‘Do not worry! Trust God. And trust me,...
VERILY, VERILY, I SAY UNTO YOU. — Comp. Note on John 1:51. HE THAT BELIEVETH ON ME, THE WORKS THAT I DO SHALL HE DO ALSO. — He that by faith becomes one with the Son shall have the Son, and therefore...
VIII. _ JESUS ANNOUNCES HIS DEPARTURE._ "When therefore he was gone out, Jesus saith, Now is the Son of man glorified, and God is glorified in Him; and God shall glorify Him in Himself, and straightw...
X. _ THE FATHER SEEN IN CHRIST._ "Philip saith unto Him, Lord, show us the Father, and it sufficeth us. Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so longtime with you, and dost thou not know Me, Philip? he th...
to John 14:31 comprise one continuous conversation, introduced by Jesus' announcement (John 13:31-35) of His speedy departure....
ἀμὴν … ποιήσει. The first encouragement is the assurance that through Christ's absence the disciples would be enabled to do greater works than Jesus Himself had done. These “greater” works were the sp...
_A third interruption by Philip; to which Jesus replies, appending to His answer a promise which springs out of what He had said to Philip_....
THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH John 14:12-24 There is no adequate translation for the word _Paraclete._ It may be rendered “interpreter,” “comforter,” “advocate,” but no one word suffices. The Greek means “one...
There is no real break between the end of chapter 13 and beginning of chapter 14. Therefore continuing, while now including all the disciples, He charged them not to let their heart be troubled. He th...
(5) Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and (f) greater [works] than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father. (5) Christ's power is n...
And greater than these shall he do, because I go to the Father. Christ speaks of the greatness of visible miracles, and tells them, that after his ascension, they shall be enabled, even to do greater...
CHAPTER 23 THE VALEDICTORY SERMON John 14-16. Now that the Passover meal has been enjoyed, and that celebrated Mosaic institution totally eclipsed by bloody Calvary, normally verified and abolished f...
“ _Verily, verily, I say unto you; He that believes on me, he also shall do the works which I do, and he shall do still greater things than these, because I go to the Father_, 13. _and whatsoever you...
Philip saith unto him, Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us. (9) Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me, hath se...
The point at which we have arrived gives me an opportunity of saying a little on the beginning of this chapter, and the end of the last; for it is well known that many men, and, I am sorry to add, not...
_GREATER WORKS_ ‘Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on Me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto My Father.’ John 14:12 It...
12._Verily, verily, I, tell you. _All that he had hitherto told his disciples about himself, so far as it regarded them, was temporal; and, therefore, if he had not added this clause, the consolation...
The Lord now begins to discourse with them in view of His departure. He was going where they could not come. To human sight they would be left alone upon the earth. It is to the sense of this apparent...
VERILY, VERILY, I SAY UNTO YOU, HE THAT BELIEVETH ON ME,.... Having mentioned his miracles as proofs of his deity, he assures his disciples, in order to comfort them under the loss of his bodily prese...
Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater _works_ than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father. Ver. 12. _And greater works tha...
_Verily, he that believeth on me_, &c. Having mentioned his miracles, Jesus proceeds to promise, that he would endow his apostles with a power of performing even greater wonders than any they had ever...
GREATER; greater in number, extent, and influence, by Christ's power, and under the influence of the Spirit, which, after his ascension to heaven, he would give them. Mark 16:20; ACTS 2:41. Faith in J...
MINISTRY OF ENCOURAGEMENT CENTERED IN CHRIST PERSONALLY (vs.1-6) Had the Lord spoken the last words of chapter 13 with the object of discouraging Peter? By no means. For His next words are "Let not y...
12-17 Whatever we ask in Christ's name, that shall be for our good, and suitable to our state, he shall give it to us. To ask in Christ's name, is to plead his merit and intercession, and to depend u...
HE THAT BELIEVETH ON ME; not every individual soul that believeth on me; but some of those, particularly you that are my apostles, and shall be filled with the Holy Ghost in the days of Pentecost; you...
A Treatise of Novatian Concerning the Trinity But if Christ is the Father Himself, in what manner does He immediately add, and say, "Whosoever believeth in me, the works that I do he shall do also; a...
John 14:12 Most G281 assuredly G281 say G3004 (G5719) you G5213 believes G4100 (G5723) in G1519 Me...
“Emphatically I tell you, he of you who goes on believing on me, the works that I do he will do as well, and he will do greater things than these because I go to the Father. And whatever you ask in my...
2). THE DEMANDS THAT HE MAKES AND THE PROVISION THAT HE IS MAKING FOR THEIR FULFILMENT (JOHN 14:12). Jesus now stresses what He is expecting from His disciples and assures them that full provision has...
Judas has now gone out; Jesus is alone with the disciples whom He loved; and the last disturbing element has been removed from the midst of the little company. But the hour is come when the servants m...
John 14:12. VERILY, VERILY, I SAY UNTO YOU, HE THAT BELIEVETH IN ME, THE WORKS THAT I DO SHALL HE ALSO DO; AND GREATER WORKS THAN THESE SHALL HE DO, BECAUSE I GO UNTO THE FATHER. It seemed to the disc...
SHALL HE DO ALSO (κακεινος ποιησε). Emphatic pronoun εκεινος, "that one also."GREATER WORKS THAN THESE (μειζονα τουτων). Comparative adjective neuter plural from μεγας with ablative case τουτων. N...
John 14:1. _Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me._ You will be troubled; that cannot be helped. But let not your heart be troubled. You are like a ship, and all the w...
John 14:1. _Let not your heart be troubled:_ This is one of those verses that you may read as slowly as you like, and spell out every letter, and find honey in it all. John 14:1. _Ye believe in God,...
This is a chapter which I suppose most of us know by heart, full of comfort, a very river of delight. Remember that our Lord spoke this to his own beloved ones to the inner circle. It was not address...
We have often read this chapter, both in our private meditations, and at our public worship; but we cannot read it too often. It is sweet as honey and the honeycomb. It contains the very quintessence...
I suppose that many of you know this chapter by heart. I notice that, in all old Christians' Bibles, this leaf is well worn, sometimes worn out. We have here our Lord's homely talk to his disciples; i...
John 14:1. _Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me._ Here is a troubled company of disciples, very much cast down, so their Divine Master, full of infinite tenderness,...
Let us read that well-known and most blessed chapter, John 14:1, which so clearly shows our Saviour's tender consideration for the comfort of his people, lest the great grief excited in them by his im...
CONTENTS: Jesus foretells His second coming and promises the Holy Spirit to believers. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, Holy Spirit, Thomas, disciples, Philip, Judas. CONCLUSION: Jesus is the way let us foll...
John 14:1. _Let not your heart be troubled._ Our Saviour having denounced Judas as a traitor, and plainly spoken of his own departure out of the world, left no jewish hope of a temporal kingdom; sorro...
WILL DO EVEN GREATER ONES. Not greater miracles, but to bring about moral and spiritual revolution in this world. See note on 1 Thessalonians 1:9....
_He that believeth on Me the works that I do shall he do also._ THE ACTIVITY OF THE GLORIFIED CHRIST I. ITS REALITY AND CERTAINTY. Verses 13, 14 show that Christ regarded Himself as the worker and H...
JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 14:12 THE WORKS THAT I DO. Jesus’ “works” include both his miracles (see John 7:21) and his other activities and teachings (see...
1-31 CHAPTER 14 _Let not your heart_, &c. Christ saw that the minds of His disciples were troubled, _i.e_. anxious and sorrowful, because He had foretold them that His own departure and Passion, thro...
_EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES_ John 14:8. _The request of Philip and the response of Jesus._—Philip, catching at the word ἑωράκατε (seen), misapprehended its meaning, and thought of some theophany,...
EXPOSITION JOHN 14:1 It is not necessary to follow Codex D and some of the versions, and here introduce into the text καὶ εἶπεν τοῖς μαθηταῖς αὐτοῦ._ _It is enough that the awful warning to Pe...
Jesus said, Let not your heart be troubled (John 14:1): Now, they were troubled because He had been saying these things. "I'm going to go away; where I go you cannot come." He's been talking about H...
1 Corinthians 12:10; Acts 10:46; Acts 16:18; Acts 19:12; Acts 2:33;...
Greater works. Not more remarkable miracles, but referring to the wider work of the apostolic ministry under the dispensation of the Spirit. This work was of a higher nature than mere bodily cures. Go...
THE COMFORT CHAPTER John 14:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS How wonderful it is that our Lord Jesus Christ could give forth such words of comfort in the hour when He, Himself, was hastening on toward the angu...
THE COMFORT CHAPTER John 14:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We remember the statement, "Never man spake like this Man." These words were true from many viewpoints. However, of all the wonderful things which ou...
Greater works than these shall he do — So one apostle wrought miracles merely by his shadow, Acts 5:15; another by handkerchiefs carried from his body, Acts 19:12; and all spake with various tongues....
Here Christ gives his disciples. promise of enduing them with power after his departure to work miracles in some respects greater than what he wrought himself; not greater in regard of the manner, for...