What I love about all of the words that Jesus said to His disciples is that they are for us as well. I know that I have said that a lot and by now it should be understood. But when we are looking at a conversation in the Bible that is for a group of people we can sometimes forget that the words we are reading are not just for them they are for us too! I know it happens to me. I can read some of the words of Jesus and think “well, that’s nice of Jesus to say that to His disciples”. Jesus isn’t just talking to them. He’s talking to us too! Jesus wants us to accept His gift of real peace. 

[1] a. Jesus explained why He was the only way to God; because He was and is the perfect representation of God. To know Jesus is to know God. b. The disciples certainly had learned and known much about God in their three years of apprenticeship under Jesus. Yet Jesus understood that since they had not yet seen the full revelation of God’s love at the cross and His power at the resurrection, there was a sense in which they would only now know and see God. c. Philip had seen and experienced much in following Jesus, but had not yet seen God the Father with his physical eyes. Perhaps he thought that such an experience would bring life-changing assurance and courage. - Enduring Word - https://enduringword.com/bible-commentary/john-14/amp/ 

[2] Jesus did not mean greater in the sense of more sensational, but greater in magnitude. Jesus would leave behind a victorious, working family of followers who would spread His kingdom to more people and places than Jesus ever did in His life and ministry. - Enduring Word - https://enduringword.com/bible-commentary/john-14/amp/ 

[3] These greater works Jesus promised would bring glory to both the Father and the Son. Prayers prayed with a passion for the glory of Jesus and God the Father will truly be in the name of Jesus and be the kind of prayer God will answer. - Enduring Word - https://enduringword.com/bible-commentary/john-14/amp/ 

[4] Jesus further explained how greater works would be possible for His followers. It would be possible because Jesus would do His work through His prayerful people, who asked and acted in His name. He promised to do anything that His trusting followers asked for in His name; that is, according to His character and authority. - Enduring Word - https://enduringword.com/bible-commentary/john-14/amp/ 

[5] Jesus had just demonstrated His remarkable love to the disciples by washing their feet (John 13:1-5). He told them what their loving response should be; to keep His commandments. · He commanded them to wash one another’s feet, after the example He just displayed (John 13:14-15). · He commanded them to love one another after the pattern of His love to them (John 13:34). · He commanded them to put their faith in God the Father and in Jesus Himself (John 14:1). - Enduring Word - https://enduringword.com/bible-commentary/john-14/amp/ 

[6] Jesus began His third assurance. The disciples feared, “When Jesus leaves, then our discipleship program is over and it has barely started.” Their discipleship program wasn’t finished; it was only just beginning. - Enduring Word - https://enduringword.com/bible-commentary/john-14/amp/ 

[6] Jesus again promised to come to the disciples (previously in John 14: 3). This was a broad promise fulfilled by His resurrection, by the sending of the Spirit, and by the promise of His bodily return to this earth. - Enduring Word - https://enduringword.com/bible-commentary/john-14/amp/ 

[7] At this point, Jesus and His disciples left the table and slowly made their way toward the Garden of Gethsemane. - Enduring Word - https://enduringword.com/bible-commentary/john-14/amp/