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“Don’t let your heart be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me. In my Father’s house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I am going to prepare a place for you? 3If I go away and prepare a place for you, I will come again and take you to myself, so that where I am you may be also. 4You know the way to 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

Words taken from the KJV.

• Inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• myἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• Father’sὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Father’sπατήρpatēr · fatherG3962
• houseοἰκίαoikia · homeG3614
• areεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• manyπολύςpolus polos · muchG4183
• mansionsμονήmonē · abodeG3438
• ifεἰei · if: elseG1487
• ·δέde · thenG1161
• notμήmē · notG3361
• I would have toldλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• ·ἄνan · ifG302
• youσύsu · youG4771
• I goπορεύωporeuomai · to travelG4198
• to prepareἑτοιμάζωhetoimazō · to make readyG2090
• a placeτόποςtopos · placeG5117

Cross-references for John 14:2

• 2 Corinthians 5:1For we know that if our earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal dwelling in the heavens, not made with hands.
• Hebrews 11:10For he was looking forward to the city that has foundations, whose architect and builder is God.
• Hebrews 13:14For we do not have an enduring city here; instead, we seek the one to come.
• Revelation 3:12“The one who conquers I will make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he will never go out again. I will write on him the name of my God and the name of the city of my God — the new Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from my God — and my new name.
• Revelation 21:10He then carried me away in the Spirit to a great, high mountain and showed me the holy city, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God,
• John 12:25The one who loves his life will lose it, and the one who 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 time comes you will remember I told them to you. I didn’t 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 own father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters — yes, and 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 no one will be shaken by these afflictions. For you yourselves know that we are appointed to this.
• 1 Thessalonians 5:9For God did not appoint us to wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,
• 2 Thessalonians 1:4Therefore, we ourselves boast about you among God’s churches — about your perseverance and faith in all the persecutions and afflictions that 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 set us free from our sins by his blood,
• John 13:33Little children, I am with you a little while longer. You will look for me, and just as I told the Jews, so now I tell you, ‘Where I am going, you cannot come.’
• John 17:24“Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am, so that they will see my glory, which you have given me because you loved me before the world’s foundation.
• Hebrews 6:20Jesus has entered there on our behalf as a forerunner, because he has become a high priest forever according to 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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• Comforter
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• Present
• Suffice
• 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