Wesley's Explanatory Notes
John 14:28
God the Father is greater than I — As he was man. As God, neither is greater nor less than the other.
God the Father is greater than I — As he was man. As God, neither is greater nor less than the other.
Verse John 14:28. _I GO AWAY_] To the Father by my death: _AND COME AGAIN UNTO YOU._] By my resurrection. _YE WOULD REJOICE_] Because, as the _Messiah_, I am going to receive a kingdom, and power,...
YE HAVE HEARD ... - John 14:2. IF YE LOVED ME - The expression is not to be construed as if they had then no love to him, for they evidently had; but they had also low views of him as the Messiah; the...
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....
YE HAVE HEARD, ETC.... IF YE LOVED ME YE WOULD REJOICE. This is. gentle rebuke. It declares that the desire of his disciples to prevent him from going away springs from selfish motives. They ought to...
THE PROMISE OF GLORY (John 14:1-3)...
"I have spoken these things to you while to you while I am still with you. The Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things, and will remind you of all that...
HAVE HEARD. heard (Aor.) COME AGAIN. am coming (omit "again ").. said. All the texts omit. GREATER. The Lord was not inferior as to His essential being (see verses: John 14:9; John 10:30), but as to...
_Ye have heard_, &c. Literally, _Ye_ HEARD THAT _I said to you, I_ AM GOING _away and_ I AM COMING UNTO _you:_comp. John 14:1_; John 14:18_. _because I said, I go_, &c. Omit -I said," which is wanting...
ἘΧΆΡΗΤΕ ἌΝ. _Ye would_ HAVE REJOICED THAT I AM GOING. Comp. the construction in John 4:10; John 11:21; John 11:32. Winer, p. 381. Their affection is somewhat selfish: they ought to rejoice at His gain...
Ver 27. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. 28. You have heard how I said to you, I go away, and come again to you. If you loved me, you would rejoice, because I said, I go to th...
_TRUE PEACE FROM THE LORD -- JOHN 14:25-31:_ Jesus had spent over three years teaching the apostles concerning the will of God. Now the Father would send the Holy Spirit as a Comforter, Strengthener,...
ΉΚΟΎΣΑΤΕ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΆΚΟΎΩ (G191) слышать. _Aor._ описывает непосредственное прошлое, ΕΊΠΟΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΛΈΓΩ (G3004) говорить, ΉΓΑΠΆΤΕ _impf. ind. act. от_ ΆΓΑΠΆΩ, _см._ John 14:15....
FOR MY FATHER IS GREATER THAN I.— That is, "than I am, considered in my mediatorial capacity."Thesewords afforded a strong argument for the proper Divinity of our Lord; for had he been a mere man, or...
GOING TO LEAVE PEACE AND OVERCOMING POWER _Text 14:25-31_ 25 These things have I spoken unto you, while yet abiding with you. 26 But the Comforter, even the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send...
EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN John 14:21-31 The following is an Analysis of the closing section of John 14: 1. Christ manifested to the believer, verse 21. That the central design of Christ in t...
Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come again unto you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I go unto the Father: for my Father is greater than I. YE HAVE HEARD HOW I S...
28 In the East they do not say, as we do, "I am going", but rather "I am going and returning" when spealctng of an ordinary journey. So the Lord assures them that He was not about to leave them perman...
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...
AND COME _again_] i.e. in the coming of the Spirit. FOR MY FATHER IS GREATER THAN I] 'Rejoice that I go to My Father, for it is good both for Me and for you. He will exalt Me to supreme authority over...
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,...
YE HAVE HEARD HOW I SAID UNTO YOU. — Better, _Ye heard how I said unto you._ (See John 14:19.) IF YE LOVED ME, YE WOULD REJOICE. — True love seeks another’s good and not its own. Their sorrow at His d...
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...
XI. _ THE BEQUEST OF PEACE._ "Judas (not Iscariot) saith unto Him, Lord, what is come to pass that Thou wilt manifest Thyself unto us, and not unto the world? Jesus answered and said unto him, If a ma...
On the contrary quite other feelings should possess them: joy in sympathy with Him in His glorification and in expectation of the results of His going to the Father: ἠκούσατε … πατέρα. “If ye loved me...
to John 14:31 comprise one continuous conversation, introduced by Jesus' announcement (John 13:31-35) of His speedy departure....
_The conversation closed by bequest of peace_. The genuineness of this report of the last words of Jesus is guaranteed by the frequency with which He seems to be on the point of breaking off. The cons...
CHRIST'S GIFT OF PEACE John 14:25-31 Our Lord gives the fourfold basis of His peace: (1) The vision of the Father. Throughout these wonderful Chapter s He seems able to speak of nothing else. If we l...
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...
(10) Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come [again] unto you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I go unto the Father: for my Father is (l) greater than I. (10) We shou...
The Father is greater than I. [3] According to the common exposition, Christ here speaks of himself, as made man, which interpretation is drawn from the circumstances of the text, Christ being at that...
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...
“ _Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you; not as the world gives, do I give it to you; let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid._ 28. _You have heard how I said to you, I go a...
1. The phrase ταῦτα λελάληκα is repeated several times in these Chapter s, and evidently refers, in each case, to the entire section which precedes. Here, the reference is to the whole discourse of th...
Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come again unto you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I go unto the Father: for my Father is greater than I. (29) And now I have told...
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...
28._If you loved me you would rejoice. _The disciples unquestionably _loved _Christ, but not as they ought to have done; for some carnal affection was mixed with their _love_, so that they could not e...
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...
YE HAVE HEARD HOW I SAID UNTO YOU,.... Christ had not only told his disciples that he should depart from them in a little time, but also that he should return again to them, and comfort them with his...
Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come _again_ unto you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I go unto the Father: for my Father is greater than I. Ver. 28. _My Father i...
_If ye loved me_ With a wise and rational affection, it would allay your sorrows in the mean time, and howsoever you might have a mournful sense of your own loss; _you would rejoice_ on my account, _b...
GREATER THAN I; not in nature, but in condition. He is in a glorious and exalted state; I am in a humble and lowly condition, and if ye loved me, ye would rejoice in my going to him, for I shall then...
YE HAVE HEARD HOW I SAID UNTO YOU, I GO AWAY AND COME AGAIN UNTO YOU. IF YE LOVED ME, YE WOULD REJOICE BECAUSE I SAID, I GO UNTO THE FATHER; FOR MY FATHER IS GREATER THAN I....
The gift of peace:...
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...
28-31 Christ raises the expectations of his disciples to something beyond what they thought was their greatest happiness. His time was now short, he therefore spake largely to them. When we come to b...
YE HAVE HEARD HOW I SAID UNTO YOU, I GO AWAY, AND COME AGAIN UNTO YOU; they had heard our Saviour saying so, 1 THESSALONIANS 14:3. It is of the nature of true love, to rejoice in the good of the objec...
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book II For if any one should inquire the reason why the Father, who has fellowship with the Son in all things, has been declared by the Lord alone to know the hour and the...
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“Do not allow your heart to be troubled, nor let it be fearful. You have heard how I said to you, ‘I am going away, and I am coming to you'. If you loved me you would have rejoiced, because I am going...
3). CLOSING WORDS OF COMFORT (JOHN 14:27). Jesus ends these words of strengthening and encouraging with further assurances. They will enjoy His peace, and are to recognise that it is good that He is...
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 14:28. YE HEARD THAT I SAID UNTO YOU, I GO AWAY AND I COME UNTO YOU. IF YE LOVED ME, YE WOULD HAVE REJOICED THAT I GO UNTO THE FATHER, BECAUSE THE FATHER IS GREATER THAN I. But the disciples were...
I GO AWAY, AND I COME (υπαγω κα ερχομα), both futuristic presents (John 7:33; John 14:3; John 14:18).IF YE LOVED ME (ε ηγαπατε με). Second-class condition with the imperfect active of αγαπαω refer...
John 14:28 Present Relations of Christ with His Followers The great change of administration to be introduced by the going away and coming again of Christ, includes several points that require to be...
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...
In this «sacred farewell» talk of our Lord's, he gives us many a revelation of the soul's way of intercourse with him. John 14:21. He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them. he it is that loveth...
John 14:15. _If ye love me, keep my commandments._ We cannot expect the Holy Spirit to dwell with us unless we are obedient to the commands of Christ. Our Saviour here tells us much about the spirit...
John 14:15. _If ye love me, keep my commandments. And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever, Even the Spirit of truth, whom the world can...
John 14:15. _If ye love me, keep my commandments. And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;_ Is it not very sweet to think that the Spi...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
IF YOU LOVED ME. He gives them a gentle scolding. They do love him, but they are in part _selfish_ in their wish to keep him there. BECAUSE HE IS GREATER THAN I. [Philippians 2:6-7] The point is that...
_If ye loved Me, ye would rejoice, because I said I go unto the Father_ THE DEATH OF THE GOOD A REASON FOR JOY Note the view which Christ had of His death. “I go.” 1. Whence? From the world. 2. W...
JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 14:28 THE FATHER IS GREATER THAN I. God the Father sends and commands. Thus he is “greater” (in authority or leadership) than the Son. However, this does not mean that Jesus is infer...
_EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES_ John 14:15. KEEP MY COMMANDMENT.—“Ask in My name. Keep My,” etc. These go together. We can only truly pray in His name when we _keep,_ etc. John 14:16. ἐγὼ ἐρωτήσω.—T...
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 11:3; 1 Corinthians 15:24; 1 Peter 1:8; Hebrews 1:2;...
I said. Omit, and read, ye would have rejoiced because I go unto the Father....
THE MINISTRY OF THE SPIRIT John 14:26; _John 16:7_ INTRODUCTORY WORDS Christ came to His own, and His own received Him not. The Holy Spirit came to His own, seeking to bring every possible spiritual...
Did Jesus think of Himself as less than God? PROBLEM: Orthodox Christianity confesses Jesus is both fully man and fully God. Yet Jesus said in John 14:28, “My Father is greater than I.” How can the F...
That the disciples of Christ might neither be overset with fears, not overwhelmed with grief, he tells them that they ought to entertain the news of his departure rather with joy and exultation, than...