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14:28 If Jesus was always equal with God in the triune Godhead as scriptures clearly teach, what does He mean here that the Father is greater than He?
Jesus was speaking as the incarnate Son here. In His preincarnate state, the person we now know as Jesus was equal with God in the triune Godhead (CP Psa 45:6-7; Mic 5:2; Jn 1:1-2; 3:13; 8:56-58; 10:30; 17:5; 1Ti 3:16; He 1:8-12; 1Jn 1:1-2; Rev 1:8, 11, 17-18; 2:8; 3:14; 21:6; 22:13).
But as the incarnate Son, Jesus emptied Himself of all His divinity, and took upon Himself the very nature of a servant (CP Jn 1:14; Php 2:5-8).
The Father was greater than the Son in His incarnate state, but not in His preincarnate state. (See also comments on Mt 1:18-21, 3:16-17; Lu 1:35(b); Jn 1:1, 5:16-23, 12:41; Ac 13:33, 20:28; Php 2:5-8; Col 2:9; 1Ti 3:16; He 1:5, 5:5; 1Jn 5:6-9; Rev 1:8 and author's studies Jesus - Eternally God in his book Foundational Truths of the Christian Faith, The Doctrine of the Trinity and Jesus in his book Advanced Studies in the Christian Faith (Volume 2)).