John 14 · a question people ask
"he will do greater works than these" (14:12). What are the greater works?
Here is the whole verse: "Most certainly I tell you, he who believes in me, the works that I do, he will do also; and he will do greater works than these, because I am going to my Father" (14:12). John 14 doesn't say what the greater works are, and these notes don't either. Just before, Jesus spoke of works in his own words: "the Father who lives in me does his works" (14:10), and "believe me for the very works’ sake" (14:11). The next words are about asking: "Whatever you will ask in my name, I will do it, that the Father may be glorified in the Son" (14:13).
The verses
“Don’t you believe that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? The words that I tell you, I speak not from myself; but the Father who lives in me does his works. Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me; or else believe me for the very works’ sake. Most certainly I tell you, he who believes in me, the works that I do, he will do also; and he will do greater works than these, because I am going to my Father. Whatever you will ask in my name, I will do it, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.”