John 14:12

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

`Verily, verily, I say to you, he who is believing in me, the works that I do -- that one also shall do, and greater than these he shall do, because I go on to my 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 And Jesus answering said to them, `Verily I say to you, If ye may have faith, and may not doubt, not only this of the fig-tree shall ye do, but even if to this mount ye may say, Be lifted up and be cast into the sea, it shall come to pass;
• Mark 16:17 : 17 `And signs shall accompany those believing these things; in my name demons they shall cast out; with new tongues they shall speak;
• Luke 10:17-19 : 17 And the seventy turned back with joy, saying, `Sir, and the demons are being subjected to us in thy name;' 18 and he said to them, `I was beholding the Adversary, as lightning from the heaven having fallen; 19 lo, I give to you the authority to tread upon serpents and scorpions, and on all the power of the enemy, and nothing by any means shall hurt you;
• Acts 3:6-8 : 6 and Peter said, `Silver and gold I have none, but what I have, that I give to thee; in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and be walking.' 7 And having seized him by the right hand, he raised `him' up, and presently his feet and ankles were strengthened, 8 and springing up, he stood, and was walking, and did enter with them into the temple, walking and springing, and praising God;
• Acts 9:34 : 34 and Peter said to him, `Aeneas, heal thee doth Jesus the Christ; arise and spread for thyself;' and immediately he rose,
• Acts 9:40 : 40 And Peter having put them all forth without, having bowed the knees, did pray, and having turned unto the body said, `Tabitha, arise;' and she opened her eyes, and having seen Peter, she sat up,
• John 14:28 : 28 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.
• Acts 16:18 : 18 and this she was doing for many days, but Paul having been grieved, and having turned, said to the spirit, `I command thee, in the name of Jesus Christ, to come forth from her;' and it came forth the same hour.
• Acts 19:12 : 12 so that even unto the ailing were brought from his body handkerchiefs or aprons, and the sicknesses departed from them; the evil spirits also went forth from them.
• Rom 15:19 : 19 in power of signs and wonders, in power of the Spirit of God; so that I, from Jerusalem, and in a circle as far as Illyricum, have fully preached the good news of the Christ;
• 1 Cor 12:10-11 : 10 and to another in-workings of mighty deeds; and to another prophecy; and to another discernings of spirits; and to another `divers' kinds of tongues; and to another interpretation of tongues: 11 and all these doth work the one and the same Spirit, dividing to each severally as he intendeth.
• John 16:7 : 7 `But I tell you the truth; it is better for you that I go away, for if I may not go away, the Comforter will not come unto you, and if I go on, I will send Him unto you;
• Acts 2:4-9 : 4 and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak with other tongues, according as the Spirit was giving them to declare. 5 And there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men from every nation of those under the heaven, 6 and the rumour of this having come, the multitude came together, and was confounded, because they were each one hearing them speaking in his proper dialect, 7 and they were all amazed, and did wonder, saying one unto another, `Lo, are not all these who are speaking Galileans? 8 and how do we hear, each in our proper dialect, in which we were born? 9 Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and those dwelling in Mesopotamia, in Judea also, and Cappadocia, Pontus, and Asia, 10 Phrygia also, and Pamphylia, Egypt, and the parts of Libya, that `are' along Cyrene, and the strangers of Rome, both Jews and proselytes, 11 Cretes and Arabians, we did hear them speaking in our tongues the great things of God.'
• Acts 2:33 : 33 at the right hand then of God having been exalted -- also the promise of the Holy Spirit having received from the Father -- he was shedding forth this, which now ye see and hear;
• Acts 2:41 : 41 then those, indeed, who did gladly receive his word were baptized, and there were added on that day, as it were, three thousand souls,
• John 7:33 : 33 Jesus, therefore, said to them, `Yet a little time I am with you, and I go away unto Him who sent me;
• Acts 4:4 : 4 and many of those hearing the word did believe, and the number of the men became, as it were, five thousand.
• Acts 4:16 : 16 saying, `What shall we do to these men? because that, indeed, a notable sign hath been done through them, to all those dwelling in Jerusalem `is' manifest, and we are not able to deny `it';
• Acts 4:33 : 33 And with great power were the apostles giving the testimony to the rising again of the Lord Jesus, great grace also was on them all,
• Acts 5:15 : 15 so as into the broad places to bring forth the ailing, and to lay `them' upon couches and mats, that at the coming of Peter, even `his' shadow might overshadow some one of them;
• Acts 6:7 : 7 And the word of God did increase, and the number of the disciples did multiply in Jerusalem exceedingly; a great multitude also of the priests were obedient to the faith.
• Acts 8:7 : 7 for unclean spirits came forth from many who were possessed, crying with a loud voice, and many who have been paralytic and lame were healed,
• Acts 4:9-9 : 9 if we to-day are examined concerning the good deed to the ailing man, by whom he hath been saved, 10 be it known to all of you, and to all the people of Israel, that in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye did crucify, whom God did raise out of the dead, in him hath this one stood by before you whole. 11 `This is the stone that was set at nought by you -- the builders, that became head of a corner; 12 and there is not salvation in any other, for there is no other name under the heaven that hath been given among men, in which it behoveth us to be saved.'
• Acts 10:46 : 46 for they were hearing them speaking with tongues and magnifying God.