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28 [a]You heard me tell you, ‘I am going away and I will come back to you.’(A) If you loved me, you would rejoice that I am going to the Father; for the Father is greater than I. 29 And now I have told you this before it happens, so that when it happens you may believe.(B) 30 I will no longer speak much with you, for the ruler of the world[b] is coming. He has no power over me,

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Footnotes

  1. 14:28 The Father is greater than I: because he sent, gave, etc., and Jesus is “a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God” (Jn 8:40).
  2. 14:30 The ruler of the world: Satan; cf. Jn 12:31; 16:11.

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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