John 14:2

John 14:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.
• New International Version (NIV)My Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you?
• English Standard Version (ESV)In my Father's house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you?
• New King James Version (NKJV)In My Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.

Context of John 14:2

1“Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe in Me as well. In My Father’s house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you? 3And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and welcome you into My presence, so that you also may be where I am. 4You know the way to the place where I am going.”

John 14:2 word by word

ἐν τῇ οἰκίᾳ τοῦ πατρός μου μοναὶ πολλαί εἰσιν· εἰ δὲ μή, εἶπον ἂν ὑμῖν· ὅτι πορεύομαι ἑτοιμάσαι τόπον ὑμῖν.Read the interlinear

• Inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• Myἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Father’sπατήρpatēr · fatherG3962
• houseοἰκίαoikia · homeG3614
• areεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• manyπολύςpolus polos · muchG4183
• roomsμονήmonē · abodeG3438
• ·δέde · thenG1161
• Ifεἰei · if: elseG1487
• notμήmē · notG3361
• soἄνan · ifG302
• would I have toldεἶπονepō · to sayG2036
• youσύsu · youG4771
• thatὅτιhoti · that/since: thatG3754
• I am goingπορεύωporeuomai · to travelG4198
• to prepareἑτοιμάζωhetoimazō · to make readyG2090
• a placeτόποςtopos · placeG5117

Cross-references for John 14:2

• 2 Corinthians 5:1For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is dismantled, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands.
• Hebrews 11:10For he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God.
• Hebrews 13:14For here we do not have a permanent city, but we are looking for the city that is to come.
• Revelation 3:12The one who overcomes I will make a pillar in the temple of My God, and he will never again leave it. Upon him I will write the name of My God, and the name of the city of My God (the new Jerusalem that comes down out of heaven from My God), and My new name.
• Revelation 21:10And he carried me away in the Spirit to a mountain great and high, and showed me the holy city of Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God,
• John 12:25Whoever loves his life will lose it, but whoever hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.
• John 16:4But I have told you these things so that when their hour comes, you will remember that I told you about them. I did not tell you these things from the beginning, because I was with you.
• Luke 14:26“If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters—yes, even his own life—he cannot be My disciple.
• Acts 9:16I will show him how much he must suffer for My name.”
• 1 Thessalonians 3:3so that none of you would be shaken by these trials. For you know that we are destined for this.
• 1 Thessalonians 5:9For God has not appointed us to suffer wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.
• 2 Thessalonians 1:4That is why we boast among God’s churches about your perseverance and faith in the face of all the persecution and affliction you are enduring.
• Revelation 1:5and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loves us and has released us from our sins by His blood,
• John 13:33Little children, I am with you only a little while longer. You will look for Me, and as I said to the Jews, so now I say to you: ‘Where I am going, you cannot come.’
• John 17:24Father, I want those You have given Me to be with Me where I am, that they may see the glory You gave Me because You loved Me before the foundation of the world.
• Hebrews 6:20where Jesus our forerunner has entered on our behalf. He has become a high priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.

Commentaries on John 14:2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2In my Father's house, etc. - The kingdom of glory. Many mansions - Though I have said before that whither I am going ye cannot come now, yet do not think that we shall be for ever separated. I am going to that state of glory where there is not only a place of supreme eminence for myself, but also places for all my disciples; - various degrees of glory, suited to the various capacities and attainments of my followers. Our Lord alludes here to the temple…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2In my Father‘s house - Most interpreters understand this of heaven, as the special dwelling-place or palace of God; but it may include the universe, as the abode of the omnipresent God. Are many mansions - The word rendered “mansions” means either the act of dwelling in any place (John 14:23, “we will make our abode with him”), or it means the place where one dwells. It is taken from the verb to remain, and signifies the place where one dwells or remains…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2In My Father’s house are many rooms: God's house is where he lives (Revelation 21:9–22:5). The Greek word for rooms comes from a verb meaning "remain, abide, dwell." Jesus promises his followers a place to live with him, wherever he is. Later, this house becomes a spiritual presence. Jesus makes his home in the hearts of his followers through the Holy Spirit (John 14:23). This means that believers carry God’s presence inside them.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. In my Father's house are many mansions--and so room for all, and a place for each. if not, I would have told you--that is, I would tell you so at once; I would not deceive you. I go to prepare a place for you--to obtain for you a right to be there, and to possess your "place."Read the comment

Topics related to John 14:2

• Church
• God
• Heaven
• House
• Jesus, the Christ
• Mansion
• Righteous

In the dictionaries

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• Present
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• Truth
• Abide
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Commentaries on John 14

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings