How can we be sure that by "works" Jesus meant miracles?

[ResidentAlien]

Maybe from all of that, we can conclude that sometimes G1411 dunamis and and G2041 ergon can sometimes be used interchangeably.

Thanks for your research and thoughts. I'm not sure I agree with this conclusion though. Dunamis refers to a miracle and Ergon is a physical act. The writers seem to have used two separate words on purpose.

I'll keep this in mind for future reference.

 

[Runningman]

Thanks for your research and thoughts. I'm not sure I agree with this conclusion though. Dunamis refers to a miracle and Ergon is a physical act. The writers seem to have used two separate words on purpose.

I'll keep this in mind for future reference.

I think John oversimplified a bit because raising the dead, turning water to wine, walking on water, etc. are works in the general sense if we're just referring anything someone can do. It probably wasn't the best word to use since a better word to describe miracles was available. It's my conclusion Matt, Mark, and Luke are more accurate when they wrote about the works of Jesus being miracles.