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John 14:12 YLT `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;
John 14:12 NWT 12 Most truly I say to YOU, He that exercises faith in me, that one also will do the works that I do; and he will do works greater than these, because I am going my way to the Father.
How can Jesus's followers possibly do greater works than he did?
Jesus is given the highest honor ever given by his Father, he is appointed Lord of all other creation, (1 Cor 15:24-27 of 12-28) Still, Jesus clearly said above we would do greater works! John 14:12 has been a burr in the combing out of my faith (something that didn't fit) since I first read it 60 or more years ago. Still, there is no denying, Jesus did say in John 14:12 that we would do works greater than he did. It has finally become clear; there is a way our works are greater... It is our faith and our hope!
"Jesus's faith was to death," because that was his assignment: Jesus came to become the ransom sacrifice buying back the hope of life for all repentant mankind. (Rom 5:12; 1 Cor 15:12-28) He gave his life to return hope and life to me and to you. (John 10:17-18) He knew every day that death was where his life was leading. (Mark 8:31 of 31-33) Because of his sacrifice, can't you see, "our faith and hope can be one to life" without ever having to die. (John 11:25-26; Job 33:13-30) God's gift of greater works to us, it seems, lies in the fact our hope is greater in that one sense than even Jesus's was... (Mat 26:39) Jesus's faith and hope was leading to his sacrificial death but ours, becasue of his sacrifice, is to life eternal. What a wondrous gift from our Father: To be set aside from our inherited condemnation to death! (John 8:51) It is, or course, a time sensitive hope, one based on the time we are favored to be alive. Life without ever tasting death is available only to survivors of the great tribulation. Have faith in the promises of God. (Job 33:13-30)
John 14:12 CEV I tell you for certain that if you have faith in me, you will do the same things that I am doing. You will do even greater things, now that I am going back to the Father.
John 14:12 Wycliffe Ellis bileue ye for thilke werkis. Treuli, treuli, Y seie to you, if a man bileueth in me, also he schal do the werkis that Y do; and he schal do grettere werkis than these, for Y go to the fadir.
John 14:12 Geneva Verely, verely I say vnto you, he that beleeueth in me, the workes that I doe, hee shall doe also, and greater then these shall he doe: for I goe vnto my Father.
John 14:12 Darby Verily, verily, I say to you, He that believes on me, the works which I do shall he do also, and he shall do greater than these, because I go to the Father.
John 14:12 GNB I am telling you the truth: those who believe in me will do what I do---yes, they will do even greater things, because I am going to the Father.
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You will note the reference windows often include more than one translation of the Bible. The reason is to strive to gain the best possible understanding of the original Hebrew and Greek. Since we don't speak those languages, we rely on those who have come before and made the effort to translate those texts into English for us. Considering several translations gives the benefit of the understanding of several translation committees or individuals.
The Translations we quote are:
ALT - Analytical Literal Translation
ASV - American Standard Version (by the American revision committee in 1897).
BBE - 1965 Bible in Basic English
Bishops - 1568 Bishop's Bible
Calvin - 1856 by Calvin Translation Society
CEV - Contemporary English Version
Coverdale - 1535 Miles Coverdale Bible
Darby - 1889 Darby Bible
DRB - 1899 Douay-Rheims Bible
ESV - English Standard Version
GEN - Geneva Bible - 1587
GNB - Good News Bible
GW - God's Word Bible
ISV - International Standard Version
KJV - 1769 King James Version
KJV-1611 - Old King James Version from 1611
LitNT - Literal New Testament
LITV - Literal Translation of the Holy Bible
MKJV - 1962 Modern King James Version
Murdock - 1851 James Murdock New Testament
MWT - Modern World Translation
NWT - New World Translation
RV - Revised Version
Webster - 1833 Webster Bible
WTNT - 1525-26 William Tyndale New Testament
Wycliffe - 1394 Wycliffe Bible
YLT - 1862/1898 Young's Literal Translation
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