John 14:3

John 14:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.
• New International Version (NIV)And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also.

Context of John 14:3

1“Don’t be troubled. Believe in God, and believe in me. 2My Father’s house has many rooms. If that were not true, would I have told you that I’m going to prepare a place for you? If I go to prepare a place for you, I will come again. Then I will bring you into my presence so that you will be where I am. 4You know the way to the place where I am going.” 5Thomas said to him, “Lord, we don’t know where you’re going. So how can we know the way?”

John 14:3 word by word

καὶ ἐὰν πορευθῶ καὶ ἑτοιμάσω τόπον ὑμῖν, πάλιν ἔρχομαι καὶ παραλήμψομαι ὑμᾶς πρὸς ἐμαυτόν, ἵνα ὅπου εἰμὶ ἐγὼ καὶ ὑμεῖς ἦτε.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• ifἐάνean · ifG1437
• I goπορεύωporeuomai · to travelG4198
• prepareἑτοιμάζωhetoimazō · to make readyG2090
• a placeτόποςtopos · placeG5117
• for youσύsu · youG4771
• I will comeἔρχομαιerchomai · to come/goG2064
• againπάλινpalin · againG3825
• receiveπαραλαμβάνωparalambanō · to takeG3880
• untoπρόςpros · to/withG4314
• myselfἐμαυτοῦemautou emautō emauton · myselfG1683
• thatἵναhina · in order that/toG2443
• whereὅπουhopou · where(-ever)G3699
• Iἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• amεἰμίeimi · to beG1510

Cross-references for John 14:3

• John 14:18“I will not leave you all alone. I will come back to you.
• John 12:26Those who serve me must follow me. My servants will be with me wherever I will be. If people serve me, the Father will honor them.
• John 17:24“Father, I want those you have given to me to be with me, to be where I am. I want them to see my glory, which you gave me because you loved me before the world was made.
• Matthew 25:32The people of every nation will be gathered in front of him. He will separate them as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.
• Acts 1:11They asked, “Why are you men from Galilee standing here looking at the sky? Jesus, who was taken from you to heaven, will come back in the same way that you saw him go to heaven.”
• Acts 7:59While council members were executing Stephen, he called out, “Lord Jesus, welcome my spirit.”
• Romans 8:17If we are his children, we are also God’s heirs. If we share in Christ’s suffering in order to share his glory, we are heirs together with him.
• 2 Corinthians 5:6So we are always confident. We know that as long as we are living in these bodies, we are living away from the Lord.
• Philippians 1:23I find it hard to choose between the two. I would like to leave this life and be with Christ. That’s by far the better choice.
• 1 Thessalonians 4:16The Lord will come from heaven with a command, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet ⌞call⌟ of God. First, the dead who believed in Christ will come back to life.
• 2 Thessalonians 1:12That way the name of our Lord Jesus will be honored among you. Then, because of the good will of Jesus Christ, our God and Lord, you will be honored by him.
• 2 Thessalonians 2:1Brothers and sisters, we have this request to make of you about our Lord Jesus Christ’s coming and our gathering to meet him.
• 2 Timothy 2:12If we endure, we will rule with him. If we disown him, he will disown us.
• Hebrews 9:28Likewise, Christ was sacrificed once to take away the sins of humanity, and after that he will appear a second time. This time he will not deal with sin, but he will save those who eagerly wait for him.
• 1 John 3:2Dear friends, now we are God’s children. What we will be isn’t completely clear yet. We do know that when Christ appears we will be like him because we will see him as he is.
• Revelation 3:21I will allow everyone who wins the victory to sit with me on my throne, as I have won the victory and have sat down with my Father on his throne.

Commentaries on John 14:3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3And if I go - And when I shall have gone and prepared a place for you - opened the kingdom of an eternal glory for your reception, and for the reception of all that shall die in the faith, I will come again, after my resurrection, and give you the fullest assurances of this state of blessedness; and confirm you in the faith, by my grace and the effusion of my Spirit. Dr. Lightfoot thinks, and with great probability too, that there is an allusion here to…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3Some scholars think that Jesus meant he would come and get his followers after the resurrection (14:18). Others think these words refer to the second coming of Jesus. For the disciples, the return of Jesus from the grave was more important (chapter 16).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. I will come again and receive you unto myself--strictly, at His Personal appearing; but in a secondary and comforting sense, to each individually. Mark again the claim made:--to come again to receive His people to Himself, that where He is there they may be also. He thinks it ought to be enough to be assured that they shall be where He is and in His keeping.Read the comment

Topics related to John 14:3

• Heaven
• Jesus Continued
• Jesus, the Christ
• Righteous

In the dictionaries

• Believe
• Comforter
• Comfortless
• Hence
• Present
• Suffice
• Truth
• Atonement
• Christ, the Exaltation of
• Communion; (fellowship)

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