What in the world did Jesus mean when He uttered these last five or six words of John 14:28?[1] Are these words of Jesus somehow ambiguous? One difficulty that often comes into play when interpreting these words is that most Western Christians have been taught the theology of the so-called “Athanasian Creed” which basically says that the Father, Son and Holy Spirit are coequal in every way.[2] But how can such an idea be reconciled with this plain statement from the mouth of Jesus? Most Western Christians would, of course, affirm that there is one God (not three). Yet, they would also say that the one God exists in a Trinity—that there are three distinct divine Persons who share the same essence, nature or ‘substance.’ But many Western Christians are unsure how to explain the many passages in Scripture that would indicate that the Son (and the Holy Spirit) are somehow subordinate to the Father, so the issue is usually just ignored or explained away with weak arguments.