John 14:28
You heard Me say, ‘I am going away, and I am coming back to you.’ If you loved Me, you would rejoice that I am going to the Father, because the Father is greater than I.
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ASV
Ye heard how I said to you, I go away, and I come unto you. If ye loved me, ye would have rejoiced, because I go unto the Father: for the Father is greater than I.
KJV
Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come again unto you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I go unto the Father: for my Father is greater than I.
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26 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| ἠκούσατε | ēkousate | You heard | G191 → |
| ὅτι | hoti | that | G3754 → |
| ἐγὼ | egō | I myself | G1473 → |
| εἶπον | eipon | said | G2036 → |
| ὑμῖν· | humin | to you; | G4771 → |
| ὑπάγω | hupagō | I am going away | G5217 → |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → |
| ἔρχομαι | erchomai | I am coming | G2064 → |
| πρὸς | pros | to | G4314 → |
| ὑμᾶς. | humas | you. | G4771 → |
| εἰ | ei | If | G1487 → |
| ἠγαπᾶτέ | ēgapate | you were loving | G25 → |
| με, | me | Me, | G3165 → |
| ἐχάρητε | echarēte | you have rejoiced | G5463 → |
| ἂν | an | then would | G302 → |
| ὅτι | hoti | that | G3754 → |
| πορεύομαι | poreuomai | I am going | G4198 → |
| πρὸς | pros | to | G4314 → |
| τὸν | ton | the | G3588 → |
| πατέρα, | patera | Father, | G3962 → |
| ὅτι | hoti | because | G3754 → |
| ὁ | ho | the | G3588 → |
| πατὴρ | patēr | Father | G3962 → |
| μείζων | meizōn | greater than | G3173 → |
| μού | mou | I | G3165 → |
| ἐστιν. | estin | is. | G1510 → |
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