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

1Jesus said to his disciples, ‘Do not be sad or afraid. Believe in God, and also believe in me. There are many rooms in my Father's house. I will go now so that I can prepare a place for you there. If it was not true, I would not have told you this. 3After I have prepared a place for you, I will return. Then I will take you so that you will be with me. You will be where I am. 4You know the way to the place where I will go.’

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 5:1Our bodies are like a tent that we live in here on earth. One day, that home will come to an end. But we know that God will give us a new home. It is not a house that a human builder has built. God has built it for us in heaven and we will live there for ever.
• Hebrews 11:10We see that Abraham was waiting to live in God's special place. That is the city that God himself has built. God has made it very strong so that it will be there for ever.
• Hebrews 13:14Here on earth, we who are believers do not have a city that will always be our home. But we are waiting for God's city that will come.
• Revelation 3:12Everyone who wins against Satan will be safe in God's house. I will make them like a strong pillar in the temple of my God. They will never leave that place again. I will write on them the name of my God and the name of his city. The name of that city is the new Jerusalem. It will come down from heaven. My God will send it down to the earth. I will also write my new name on those people.
• Revelation 21:10Then God's Spirit caused me to see and to hear strange things. The angel carried me away to a great mountain that was very high. He showed me God's own holy city, Jerusalem. The city was coming down out of heaven from God.
• John 12:25Anyone who loves his own life will lose it. But anyone who hates his life in this world will have true life for ever with God.
• John 16:4But I have told you this so that you will remember. When they begin to do these things, you will remember that I told you about them already.’ ‘I did not tell you these things at the beginning, because I was with you.
• Luke 14:26‘If someone wants to obey me, he must live like this: He must love me more than he loves his own father and mother. He must love me more than he loves his wife and his children. He must love me more than he loves his brothers and his sisters. He must even love me more than he loves himself. If he does not do that, he cannot be one of my disciples.
• Acts 9:16I myself will tell him about the many troubles that he will have. He will have much pain on my behalf.’
• 1 Thessalonians 3:3You are receiving many troubles. We did not want anyone among you to turn away from Christ because of that. You already know that we who are believers must receive troubles like that.
• 1 Thessalonians 5:9God did not choose us as his people so that he could be angry with us. He chose us so that he could save us because of what our Lord Jesus Christ has done.
• 2 Thessalonians 1:4As a result, we are proud to tell believers in other churches about you. We tell them how you continue to trust God in your many troubles. You are patient and brave, even when people cause you to have much pain.
• Revelation 1:5Jesus Christ will also help you. He always speaks a true message. He is the first person who became alive again after death. He rules the kings of the earth. Jesus loves us and he died for us. That is how he made us free. Because of Jesus, God will not punish us for the bad things that we have done.
• John 13:33My children, I will be with you for only a short time now. You will look for me. But I tell you now what I told the Jews. You cannot go where I am now going.
• John 17:24Father, you have given these people to me. I want them to be with me where I am. Then they will see how great I am. You made me great because you loved me. You loved me even before the world began.
• Hebrews 6:20Jesus has already gone in there. He has gone there before us, on our behalf. He has become our special priest for ever, in the same way that Melchizedek was God's priest.

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

• Believe
• Comforter
• Comfortless
• Heaven
• Hence
• Present
• Suffice
• Truth
• Abide
• Atonement

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