John 14:28

KJV1611 – Modern English

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.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἠκούσατε ὅτι ἐγὼ εἶπον ὑμῖν, Ὑπάγω, καὶ ἔρχομαι πρὸς ὑμᾶς. Εἰ ἠγαπᾶτέ με, ἐχάρητε ἄν, ὅτι εἶπον, Πορεύομαι πρὸς τὸν Πατέρα: ὅτι ὁ Πατήρ μου μείζων μού ἐστιν.

Transliteration

Ēkousate hoti egō eipon hymin, Hypagō, and erchomai pros hymas. If ēgapate me, echarēte an, because eipon, Poreuomai pros ton Patera: because the Patēr of me meizōn mou estin.

Grammar Details

• *Ēkousate*: aorist indicative active, 2nd person plural - you heard
• *hoti*: conjunction - that
• *egō*: nominative, 1st person singular pronoun, emphatic - I
• *eipon*: aorist indicative active, 1st person singular - I said
• *hymin*: dative, 2nd person plural pronoun - to you
• *Hypagō*: present indicative active, 1st person singular - I go away
• *erchomai*: present indicative middle, 1st person singular - I come
• *pros hymas*: preposition + accusative pronoun - to you
• *ēgapate*: imperfect indicative active, 2nd person plural - you were loving
• *me*: accusative, 1st person singular pronoun - me
• *echarēte*: aorist indicative passive, 2nd person plural - you would have rejoiced
• *an*: particle indicating contingency - would
• *Poreuomai*: present indicative middle, 1st person singular - I go
• *pros ton Patera*: preposition + accusative - to the Father
• *Patēr*: nominative, masculine, singular - Father
• *mou*: genitive, 1st person singular pronoun - my/of me
• *meizōn*: nominative, masculine, singular comparative - greater
• *estin*: present indicative, 3rd person singular - is

Word Meanings

• *Ēkousate*: heard/listened to/understood
• *Hypagō*: go away/depart/withdraw
• *erchomai*: come/arrive/return
• *ēgapate*: were loving/were cherishing
• *echarēte*: would have rejoiced/would have been glad
• *Poreuomai*: go/journey/proceed
• *meizōn*: greater/larger/more important

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  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.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard 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.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Ye heard how I said to you, I go away, and I come unto you. If ye loved me, ye would have rejoiced, because {G2036} I go unto the Father: for the Father is greater than I.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  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.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  Ye have hearde how I sayde vnto you: I go and come agayne vnto you. If ye loved me ye wolde verely reioyce because I sayde I go vnto ye father. For ye father is greater then I

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Ye haue herde, that I sayde vnto you: I go, & come agayne vnto you. Yf ye loued me, ye wolde reioyse, because I saide, I go to the father: for ye father is greater the I.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Ye haue heard howe I saide vnto you, I goe away, and will come vnto you. If ye loued me, ye would verely reioyce, because I said, I goe vnto the Father: for the Father is greater then I.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Ye haue hearde howe I sayde vnto you, I go away, and come agayne vnto you. Yf ye loued me, ye woulde veryly reioyce, because I sayde, I go vnto the father: for the father is greater then I.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ ‹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.›

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  You heard how I told you, 'I go away, and I come to you.' If you loved me, you would have rejoiced, because I said 'I am going to my Father;' for the Father is greater than I.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  ye heard that I said to you -- I go away, and I come unto you; if ye did love me, ye would have rejoiced that I said -- I go on to the Father, because my Father is greater than I.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Ye heard how I said to you, I go away, and I come unto you. If ye loved me, ye would have rejoiced, because I go unto the Father: for the Father is greater than I.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Ye heard how I said to you, I go away, and I come unto you. If ye loved me, ye would have rejoiced, because I go unto the Father: for the Father is greater than I.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Keep in mind how I said to you, I go away and come to you again. If you had love for me you would be glad, because I am going to the Father: for the Father is greater than I.

• World English Bible (2000)

  You heard how I told you, 'I go away, and I come to you.' If you loved me, you would have rejoiced, because I said 'I am going to my Father;' for the Father is greater than I.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  You heard me say to you,‘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, because the Father is greater than I am.

Referenced Verses

• John 14:18 : 18 I will not leave you as orphans: I will come to you.
• 1 Cor 15:24-28 : 24 Then comes the end, when He delivers the kingdom to God the Father, when He puts an end to all rule and all authority and power. 25 For He must reign till He has put all enemies under His feet. 26 The last enemy that will be destroyed is death. 27 For He has put all things under His feet. But when He says 'all things are put under Him,' it is evident that He who put all things under Him is excepted. 28 Now when all things are made subject to Him, then the Son Himself will also be subject to Him who put all things under Him, that God may be all in all.
• Heb 1:2-3 : 2 Has in these last days spoken to us by His Son, whom He has appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the worlds; 3 Who being the brightness of His glory, and the exact image of His person, and upholding all things by the word of His power, when He had by Himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;
• Heb 2:9-9 : 9 But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honor, so that by the grace of God, He might taste death for everyone. 10 For it was fitting for Him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons to glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings. 11 For both He who sanctifies and those who are sanctified are all of one; for which reason He is not ashamed to call them brethren, 12 Saying, I will declare Your name to my brethren, in the midst of the church I will sing praise to You. 13 And again, I will put my trust in Him. And again, Behold, I and the children whom God has given me. 14 Since then the children partake of flesh and blood, He Himself likewise shared in the same, that through death He might destroy him who had the power of death, that is, the devil; 15 And deliver those who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.
• 1 Pet 1:8 : 8 Whom having not seen you love; in whom, though now you do not see Him, yet believing, you rejoice with joy inexpressible and full of glory,
• Ps 47:5-7 : 5 God has gone up with a shout, the LORD with the sound of a trumpet. 6 Sing praises to God, sing praises; sing praises to our King, sing praises. 7 For God is the King of all the earth; sing praises with understanding.
• John 10:29-30 : 29 My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of my Father's hand. 30 I and my Father are one.
• John 14:2-4 : 2 In my Father's house are many rooms: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you to myself; that where I am, there you may be also. 4 And where I go you know, and the way you know.
• John 14:12 : 12 Truly, truly, I say to you, He who believes in me, the works that I do he will do also; and greater works than these he will do, because I go to my Father.
• John 16:16-22 : 16 In a little while you will not see me: and again, in a little while, you will see me, because I go to the Father. 17 Then some of his disciples said among themselves, 'What is this that he says to us, A little while, and you will not see me: and again, a little while, and you will see me: and, Because I go to the Father?' 18 They said therefore, 'What is this that he says, A little while? We do not understand what he is saying.' 19 Now Jesus knew they wanted to ask him and said to them, 'Are you inquiring among yourselves about what I said, A little while, and you will not see me: and again, a little while, and you will see me?' 20 Truly, truly, I say to you, you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice: and you will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will be turned into joy. 21 A woman, when she is in labor, has sorrow because her hour has come: but as soon as she has delivered the child, she no longer remembers the anguish, for joy that a man has been born into the world. 22 And now you have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart will rejoice, and no one will take your joy from you.
• John 20:17 : 17 Jesus said to her, Do not cling to me, for I have not yet ascended to my Father; but go to my brethren and say to them, I am ascending to my Father and your Father, and to my God and your God.
• John 20:21 : 21 Then Jesus said to them again, Peace be to you! As my Father has sent me, I also send you.
• 1 Cor 11:3 : 3 But I want you to know that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of the woman is the man, and the head of Christ is God.
• John 10:38 : 38 But if I do, though you do not believe me, believe the works, that you may know and believe that the Father is in me, and I in him.
• John 13:16 : 16 Truly, truly, I say to you, The servant is not greater than his master; nor is he who is sent greater than he who sent him.
• Ps 68:9 : 9 You, O God, sent a plentiful rain, whereby you confirmed your inheritance, when it was weary.
• Ps 68:18 : 18 You have ascended on high, you have led captivity captive: you have received gifts for men; yes, for the rebellious also, that the LORD God might dwell among them.
• Isa 42:1 : 1 Behold my servant, whom I uphold; my chosen one, in whom my soul delights; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth justice to the Gentiles.
• Isa 49:5-7 : 5 And now, says the LORD who formed me from the womb to be his servant, to bring Jacob again to him, Though Israel is not gathered, yet shall I be glorious in the eyes of the LORD, and my God shall be my strength. 6 And he said, It is a light thing that you should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give you as a light to the Gentiles, that you may be my salvation to the end of the earth. 7 Thus says the LORD, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, to him whom man despises, to him whom the nation abhors, to the servant of rulers, Kings shall see and arise, princes also shall worship, because of the LORD who is faithful, and the Holy One of Israel, and he shall choose you.
• Isa 53:11 : 11 He shall see the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge, my righteous servant shall justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities.
• Matt 12:18 : 18 Behold my servant, whom I have chosen; my beloved, in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my spirit upon him, and he shall show judgment to the Gentiles.
• Rev 1:11 : 11 Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What you see, write in a book, and send it to the seven churches which are in Asia; to Ephesus, and to Smyrna, and to Pergamos, and to Thyatira, and to Sardis, and to Philadelphia, and to Laodicea.
• Rev 1:17-18 : 17 And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand on me, saying to me, Do not be afraid; I am the first and the last: 18 I am he who lives, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive forevermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.
• Heb 3:1-4 : 1 Therefore, holy brothers and sisters, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our confession, Christ Jesus; 2 Who was faithful to Him who appointed Him, as Moses also was faithful in all His house. 3 For this man was counted worthy of more glory than Moses, because he who has built the house has more honor than the house. 4 For every house is built by someone; but He who built all things is God.
• Phil 2:6-9 : 6 Who, being in the form of God, did not consider it robbery to be equal with God: 7 But made himself of no reputation, and took upon himself the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: 8 And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. 9 Therefore God also has highly exalted him and given him a name which is above every name: 10 That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and those on earth, and those under the earth; 11 And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
• John 16:7 : 7 Nevertheless, I tell you the truth; it is beneficial for you that I go away: for if I do not go away, the Comforter will not come to you; but if I leave, I will send him to you.
• Luke 24:51-53 : 51 And it came to pass, while he blessed them, he was parted from them and carried up into heaven. 52 And they worshiped him and returned to Jerusalem with great joy: 53 And were continually in the temple, praising and blessing God. Amen.