John 14:28

You heard me say that I was going away and would return to you. Had you loved me, you would have been glad that I was going to the Father, because the Father is greater than I.

Twentieth Century New Testament

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

27Peace be with you! My own peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled, or dismayed.

29And this I have told you now before it happens, that, when it does happen, you may still believe in me.

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Cross References

Luke 24:51As he was in the act of blessing them, he left them [and was carried up into Heaven.]

John 10:29What my Father has entrusted to me is more than all else; and no one can snatch anything out of the Father’s hands.

John 13:16In truth I tell you, a servant is not greater than his master, nor yet a messenger than the man who sends him.

Matthew Henry on John 14:26-28

Christ's Consolatory Discourse. 25 These things have I spoken unto you, being yet present with you. 26 But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you. 27 Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. Two things Christ here comforts his disciples with:— I. That they should be… Read the whole commentary →

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