John 14:28

John 14:28 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)“You heard me say, ‘I am going away and I am coming back to you.’ If you loved me, you would be glad that I am going to the Father, for the Father is greater than I.
• English Standard Version (ESV)You heard me say to you, 'I am going away, and I will come to you.' If you loved me, you would have rejoiced, because I am going to the Father, for the Father is greater than I.
• New King James Version (NKJV)You have heard Me say to you, ‘I am going away and coming back to you.’ If you loved Me, you would rejoice because I said, ‘I am going to the Father,’ for My Father is greater than I.

Context of John 14:28

26But the Helper, the Ruach ha-Kodesh whom the Father will send in My name, will teach you everything and remind you of everything that I said to you. 27“Shalom I leave you, My shalom I give to you; but not as the world gives! Do not let your heart be troubled or afraid. You’ve heard Me say, ‘I am going away and I am coming back to you.’ If you loved Me, you would rejoice that I am going to the Father, because the Father is greater than I. 29I have told you now before it happens, so that when it happens you may believe! 30“I will not talk with you much longer, for the ruler of this world is coming. He has nothing on Me.

John 14:28 word by word

ἠκούσατε ὅτι ἐγὼ εἶπον ὑμῖν· ὑπάγω καὶ ἔρχομαι πρὸς ὑμᾶς. εἰ ἠγαπᾶτέ με, ἐχάρητε ἂν ὅτι πορεύομαι πρὸς τὸν πατέρα, ὅτι ὁ πατὴρ μείζων μού ἐστιν.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Ye have heardἀκούωakouō · to hearG191
• howὅτιhoti · that/since: thatG3754
• Iἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• saidλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• unto youσύsu · youG4771
• I go awayὑπάγωhupagō · to goG5217
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• comeἔρχομαιerchomai · to come/goG2064
• untoπρόςpros · to/withG4314
• Ifεἰei · ifG1487
• ye lovedἀγαπάωagapaō · to loveG25
• ye would rejoiceχαίρωchairō · to rejoiceG5463
• ·ἄνan · ifG302
• I goπορεύωporeuomai · to travelG4198
• the Fatherὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the Fatherπατήρpatēr · fatherG3962
• forὅτιhoti · that/since: sinceG3754
• isεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• greaterμέγαςmegas · greatG3173

Cross-references for John 14:28

• John 14:3If I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and take you to Myself, so that where I am you may also be.
• John 16:16“A little while, and you will no longer see Me; and again in a little while, you will see Me.”
• John 16:7But I tell you the truth, it is to your advantage that I go away! For if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you; but if I go, I will send Him to you.
• Psalms 47:5He chooses our inheritance for us, the glory of Jacob whom He loved. Selah
• Psalms 68:18The chariots of God are thousands and thousands —my Lord is among them as at Sinai, in holiness.
• Luke 24:51And while blessing them, He departed from them and was taken up into heaven.
• 1 Peter 1:8Though you have not seen Him, you love Him. And even though you don’t see Him now, you trust Him and are filled with a joy that is glorious beyond words,
• John 14:12“Amen, amen I tell you, he who puts his trust in Me, the works that I do he will do; and greater than these he will do, because I am going to the Father.
• John 20:17Yeshua says to her, “Stop clinging to Me, for I have not yet gone up to the Father. Go to My brothers and tell them, ‘I am going up to My Father and your Father, to My God and your God.’”
• John 5:18So for this reason the Judean leaders kept trying even harder to kill Him—because He was not only breaking Shabbat, but also calling God His own Father, making Himself equal with God.
• John 10:30I and the Father are one.”
• John 13:16“Amen, amen I tell you, a servant isn’t greater than his master, and the one who is sent isn’t greater than the one who sent him.
• John 20:21Yeshua said to them again, “Shalom aleichem! As the Father has sent Me, I also send you.”
• Isaiah 42:1Behold My servant, whom I uphold. My Chosen One, in whom My soul delights. I have put My Ruach on Him, He will bring justice to the nations.
• Isaiah 49:5So now says Adonai, who formed Me from the womb to be His servant, to bring Jacob back to Him, to gather Israel back to Him. For I am honored in the eyes of Adonai and My God has become my strength.
• Isaiah 53:11As a result of the anguish of His soul He will see it and be satisfied by His knowledge. The Righteous One, My Servant will make many righteous and He will bear their iniquities.

Commentaries on John 14:28

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 28I 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, and glory, for ever. Therefore as my friends ye should rejoice in my elevation, though for a while it may put you to the pain of being separated from me: besides, I am going that I may send you the Holy Spirit, which shall fill you with the fullness of God: on your own account…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 28Ye have heard … - John 14:2-3. 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; they had many Jewish prejudices, and they were slow to believe his plain and positive declarations. This is the slight and tender reproof of a friend, meaning manifestly if you had proper love for me; if you had the highest views of my character and work; if you…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 28-31Verses 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 be sick, and to die, we may not be capable of talking much to those about us; such good counsel as we have to give, let us give while in health. Observe the prospect Christ had of an approaching conflict, not only with men, but with the powers of…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 28The Father is greater than I am: See also 5:19–20. Jesus is submissive to the Father but is also one with the Father (10:30).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2828. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I go unto the Father, for my Father is greater than I--These words, which Arians and Socinians perpetually quote as triumphant evidence against the proper Divinity of Christ, really yield no intelligible sense on their principles. Were a holy man on his deathbed, beholding his friends in tears at the prospect of losing him, to say, "Ye ought rather to joy than weep for me, and would if ye really loved…Read the comment

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Commentaries on John 14

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings