John 14:28-30
1599 Geneva Bible
28 [a]Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and will come unto you. If ye loved me, ye would verily rejoice, because I said, I go unto the Father: for the Father [b]is greater than I.
29 And now have I spoken unto you, before it come, that when it is come to pass, ye might believe.
30 [c]Hereafter will I not speak many things unto you: for the prince of this world cometh, and hath [d]nought in me,
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- John 14:28 So far is it, that we should be sorry for the departing of Christ, from us according to the flesh, that we should rather rejoice for it, seeing that all the blessing of the members dependeth upon the glorifying of the head.
- John 14:28 This is spoken in that, that he is Mediator, for so the Father is greater than he, inasmuch as the person to whom request is made, is greater than he that maketh the request.
- John 14:30 Christ goeth to death not unwillingly, but willingly, not as yielding to the devil, but obeying his Father’s decree.
- John 14:30 As who would say, Satan will by and by set upon me with all the might he can, but he hath no power over me, neither shall he find any such thing in me as he thinketh he shall.
John 14:28-30
New International Version
28 “You heard me say, ‘I am going away and I am coming back to you.’(A) If you loved me, you would be glad that I am going to the Father,(B) for the Father is greater than I.(C) 29 I have told you now before it happens, so that when it does happen you will believe.(D) 30 I will not say much more to you, for the prince of this world(E) is coming. He has no hold over me,
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