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John 14:11-12 KJV
John · chapter 14 · verses 11–12
11Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or else believe me for the very works’ sake. 12Verily, 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 14:11-12 · King James Version
John 14:11-12 in context
9Jesus 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 seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father?
10Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works.
11Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or else believe me for the very works’ sake.
12Verily, 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.
13And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
14If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it.
Commentary
Cross references
- John 10:38
- John 10:25
- John 5:36
- Matthew 21:21
- Mark 16:17
- Luke 10:17-19
- Acts 16:18
- Acts 19:12
- Acts 9:34
- Acts 3:6-8
- Acts 9:40
Key words (Strong's)
- Believepisteuōto think to be true, to be persuaded of, to credit, place confidence in, of the thing…G4100 →
- Fatherpatērgenerator or male ancestor, either the nearest ancestor father of the corporeal nature…G3962 →
- works'ergonbusiness, employment, that which any one is occupied, that which one undertakes to do…G2041 →
- Verilyamēnfirm, metaph. faithful, verily, amen, at the beginning of a discourseG281 →
- elseei de mē (ge)otherwise, but if notG1490 →
- saylegōto say, to speak, affirm over, maintain, to teach, to exhort, advise, to command, direct…G3004 →
- goporeuōto lead over, carry over, transfer, to pursue the journey on which one has entered, to…G4198 →
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Christ, having set the happiness of heaven before them as the end, here shows them himself as the way to it, and tells them that they were better acquainted both with the end they were to aim at and with the way they were to walk in than they thought they were: You know, that is, 1. "You may know;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 4-11