John 14:12 – ‘Greater deeds’
John 14:12 – “The person who believes in me will perform the miraculous deeds that I am doing, and will perform greater deeds than these, because I am going to the Father.”
What are these ‘deeds’, and in what sense would they be ‘greater’?
Miracles (accompanied by conversions)?
Some think that the ‘deeds’ are miracles, as in Jn 5:17; 10:32. They would be quantitatively ‘greater’ in that they would be multiplied through all Jesus’ followers. (Keener, IVP Bible Background Commentary). …