John 14:12

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

I tell you the solemn truth, the person who believes in me will perform the miraculous deeds that I am doing, and will perform greater deeds than these, because I am going to the Father.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἀμὴν, ἀμὴν, λέγω ὑμῖν, Ὁ πιστεύων εἰς ἐμέ, τὰ ἔργα ἃ ἐγὼ ποιῶ κἀκεῖνος ποιήσει· καὶ μείζονα τούτων ποιήσει· ὅτι ἐγὼ πρὸς τὸν Πατέρα μου πορεύομαι.

Transliteration

Amēn, amēn, legō hymin, The one pisteuōn into eme, the erga ha egō poiō kakeinos poiēsei; and meizona toutōn poiēsei; hoti egō pros ton Patera mou poreuomai.

Grammar Details

• *Amēn*: Hebrew term of strong affirmation - truly/verily
• *legō*: present indicative active, 1st person singular - I say
• *hymin*: dative, 2nd person plural pronoun - to you
• *pisteuōn*: present participle active, nominative, masculine, singular - believing
• *eme*: accusative, 1st person singular emphatic pronoun - me
• *erga*: accusative, neuter, plural - works
• *ha*: accusative, neuter, plural relative pronoun - which
• *egō*: nominative, 1st person singular pronoun - I
• *poiō*: present indicative active, 1st person singular - I do/make
• *kakeinos*: contraction of *kai ekeinos* - and that one
• *poiēsei*: future indicative active, 3rd person singular - he will do
• *meizona*: accusative, neuter, plural comparative - greater things
• *toutōn*: genitive, neuter, plural demonstrative pronoun - than these
• *hoti*: conjunction - because
• *pros ton Patera*: preposition + accusative - to the Father
• *mou*: genitive, 1st person singular pronoun - my/of me
• *poreuomai*: present indicative middle, 1st person singular - I go/am going

Word Meanings

• *Amēn*: truly/verily/certainly
• *erga*: works/deeds/actions
• *meizona*: greater/larger/more important

Referenced Verses

• Matt 21:21 : 21 Jesus answered them,“I tell you the truth, if you have faith and do not doubt, not only will you do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain,‘Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ it will happen.
• Mark 16:17 : 17 These signs will accompany those who believe: In my name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new languages;
• Luke 10:17-19 : 17 Then the seventy-two returned with joy, saying,“Lord, even the demons submit to us in your name!” 18 So he said to them,“I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. 19 Look, I have given you authority to tread on snakes and scorpions and on the full force of the enemy, and nothing will hurt you.
• Acts 3:6-8 : 6 But Peter said,“I have no silver or gold, but what I do have I give you. In the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, stand up and walk!” 7 Then Peter took hold of him by the right hand and raised him up, and at once the man’s feet and ankles were made strong. 8 He jumped up, stood and began walking around, and he entered the temple courts with them, walking and leaping and praising God.
• Acts 9:34 : 34 Peter said to him,“Aeneas, Jesus the Christ heals you. Get up and make your own bed!” And immediately he got up.
• Acts 9:40 : 40 But Peter sent them all outside, knelt down, and prayed. Turning to the body, he said,“Tabitha, get up.” Then she opened her eyes, and when she saw Peter, she sat up.
• John 14:28 : 28 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.
• Acts 16:18 : 18 She continued to do this for many days. But Paul became greatly annoyed, and turned and said to the spirit,“I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her!” And it came out of her at once.
• Acts 19:12 : 12 so that when even handkerchiefs or aprons that had touched his body were brought to the sick, their diseases left them and the evil spirits went out of them.
• Rom 15:19 : 19 in the power of signs and wonders, in the power of the Spirit of God. So from Jerusalem even as far as Illyricum I have fully preached the gospel of Christ.
• 1 Cor 12:10-11 : 10 to another performance of miracles, to another prophecy, and to another discernment of spirits, to another different kinds of tongues, and to another the interpretation of tongues. 11 It is one and the same Spirit, distributing as he decides to each person, who produces all these things.
• John 16:7 : 7 But I tell you the truth, it is to your advantage that I am going away. For if I do not go away, the Advocate will not come to you, but if I go, I will send him to you.
• Acts 2:4-9 : 4 All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit, and they began to speak in other languages as the Spirit enabled them. 5 Now there were devout Jews from every nation under heaven residing in Jerusalem. 6 When this sound occurred, a crowd gathered and was in confusion, because each one heard them speaking in his own language. 7 Completely baffled, they said,“Aren’t all these who are speaking Galileans? 8 And how is it that each one of us hears them in our own native language? 9 Parthians, Medes, Elamites, and residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and the province of Asia, 10 Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya near Cyrene, and visitors from Rome, 11 both Jews and proselytes, Cretans and Arabs– we hear them speaking in our own languages about the great deeds God has done!”
• Acts 2:33 : 33 So then, exalted to the right hand of God, and having received the promise of the Holy Spirit from the Father, he has poured out what you both see and hear.
• Acts 2:41 : 41 So those who accepted his message were baptized, and that day about three thousand people were added.
• John 7:33 : 33 Then Jesus said,“I will be with you for only a little while longer, and then I am going to the one who sent me.
• Acts 4:4 : 4 But many of those who had listened to the message believed, and the number of the men came to about five thousand.
• Acts 4:16 : 16 saying,“What should we do with these men? For it is plain to all who live in Jerusalem that a notable miraculous sign has come about through them, and we cannot deny it.
• Acts 4:33 : 33 With great power the apostles were giving testimony to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and great grace was on them all.
• Acts 5:15 : 15 Thus they even carried the sick out into the streets, and put them on cots and pallets, so that when Peter came by at least his shadow would fall on some of them.
• Acts 6:7 : 7 The word of God continued to spread, the number of disciples in Jerusalem increased greatly, and a large group of priests became obedient to the faith.
• Acts 8:7 : 7 For unclean spirits, crying with loud shrieks, were coming out of many who were possessed, and many paralyzed and lame people were healed.
• Acts 4:9-9 : 9 if we are being examined today for a good deed done to a sick man– by what means this man was healed– 10 let it be known to all of you and to all the people of Israel that by the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead, this man stands before you healthy. 11 This Jesus is the stone that was rejected by you, the builders, that has become the cornerstone. 12 And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved.”
• Acts 10:46 : 46 for they heard them speaking in tongues and praising God. Then Peter said,