12. Alioquin propter opera 12. Otherwise believe for the ipsa credite. Amen, amen dico very works’ sake. Amen, amen, vobis, qui credit in me, opera I say to you, he that quae ego facio et ipse faciet, believeth in me, the works et maiora horum faciet, quia that I do, he also shall do, ego ad Patrem vado. and greater than these shall he do. 12. The sense is: But if My testimony does not suffice to satisfy you of My Divinity, at least believe on account of My miracles. Having thus replied to the interruptions of Thomas and Philip He now proceeds to put before the Apostles other motives of consolation. The mention of the _fourth_ motive opens with the solemn “Amen, amen;” and the Apostles are told that whoever believeth in Him shall perform even greater miracles than His (“majora horum” is a Graecism for “majora his”), the reason being that in leaving His followers He bequeaths to them His thaumaturgic power, and bequeaths it in great perfection, because He ascends to the glory of the Father. *Greater than these.* The miracles of Christ’s followers were greater than His in their visible effects. “Evangelizantibus discipulis ... gentes etiam crediderunt; haec sunt sine dubitatione majora” (St. Aug. _ad loc._). We think it very probable that the charism of miracles is here promised not merely to the Apostles, but _to the Church_, in which it still resides; for it is promised to whoever believeth. Of course, not every faith is sufficient that we may work miracles; a specially strong, unwavering faith is necessary. See Matt. xxi. 21. 13. Et quodcumque petieritis 13. Because I go to the Patrem in nomine meo, hoc Father: and whatsoever you faciam: ut glorificetur Pater shall ask the Father in my in Filio. name, that will I do: that the Father may be glorified in the Son. 13. In the Vulgate the words: “Because I go to the Father,” are rightly connected with the preceding, and form portion of verse 12. *And whatsoever you shall ask the Father.* The words “the Father” are probably not genuine, but they indicate the sense. For it is by the Son’s doing what is asked of the Father that the Father is glorified in the Son. *In my name* (ἐν τῷ ὀνόματί μου). This phrase occurs here for the first time in this Gospel. Compare the phrase “in the name of my Father,” v. 43; x. 25; xvii. 6; 11, 12, 26, and the words of the Evangelist i. 12; ii. 23; iii, 18. The phrase before us occurs again in xiv. 26; xv. 16; xvi. 23; xvi. 24; and xvi. 26. See also Acts iii. 6; iv. 10, 12. In the present verse, and wherever there is question of asking, it seems to mean: _while invoking with faith the name of Christ_. 14. Si quid petieritis me in 14. If you shall ask me nomine meo, hoc faciam. anything in my name, that I will do.