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John 14:1
1“Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God ; believe also in me.
John 14:1 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.
- English Standard Version (ESV)"Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me.
- New King James Version (NKJV)“Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me.
- New Living Translation (NLT)“Don’t let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God, and trust also in me.
Context of John 14:1
“Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God ; believe also in me. 2My 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? 3And 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.
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Μὴ ταρασσέσθω ὑμῶν ἡ καρδία· πιστεύετε εἰς τὸν θεὸν καὶ εἰς ἐμὲ πιστεύετε.Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for John 14:1
- John 14:27Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.
- John 11:33When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come along with her also weeping, he was deeply moved in spirit and troubled.
- John 12:27“Now my soul is troubled, and what shall I say? ‘Father, save me from this hour’? No, it was for this very reason I came to this hour.
- John 16:3They will do such things because they have not known the Father or me.
- Job 21:4“Is my complaint directed to a human being? Why should I not be impatient?
- Job 23:15That is why I am terrified before him; when I think of all this, I fear him.
- Psalms 42:5Why, my soul, are you downcast? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God.
- Psalms 43:5Why, my soul, are you downcast? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God.
- Psalms 77:2When I was in distress, I sought the Lord; at night I stretched out untiring hands, and I would not be comforted.
- Isaiah 43:1But now, this is what the Lord says— he who created you, Jacob, he who formed you, Israel: “Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have summoned you by name; you are mine.
- Jeremiah 8:18You who are my Comforter in sorrow, my heart is faint within me.
- Lamentations 3:17I have been deprived of peace; I have forgotten what prosperity is.
- 2 Corinthians 2:7Now instead, you ought to forgive and comfort him, so that he will not be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow.
- 2 Corinthians 4:8We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair;
- 2 Corinthians 12:9But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me.
- 1 Thessalonians 3:3so that no one would be unsettled by these trials. For you know quite well that we are destined for them.
Commentaries on John 14:1
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 1Let not your heart be troubled - After having answered St. Peter's question, he addresses himself again to his disciples, and tells them not to be afflicted at his leaving them, nor to lose courage because of what he said concerning Peter's denying him; that if they reposed their confidence in God, he would protect them; and that, howsoever they might see him treated, they should believe in him more firmly, as his sufferings, death, and resurrection…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1Let not your heart be troubled - The disciples had been greatly distressed at what Jesus had said about leaving them. Compare John 16:6, John 16:22. Perhaps they had indicated their distress to him in some manner by their countenance or their expressions, and he proceeds new to administer to them such consolations as their circumstances made proper. The discourse in this chapter was delivered, doubtless, while they were sitting at the table partaking of…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1Christ comforts his disciples. (1-11) He further comforts his disciples. (12-17) He still further comforts his disciples. (18-31) Verses 1-11 Here are three words, upon any of which stress may be laid. Upon the word troubled. Be not cast down and disquieted. The word heart. Let your heart be kept with full trust in God. The word your. However others are overwhelmed with the sorrows of this present time, be not you so. Christ's disciples, more than others…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1Jesus felt troubled (Greek tarassō) on three occasions (11:33; 12:27; 13:21). His trust in God's power helped him confront these difficult times. When the disciples heard the upsetting words of 13:33, they felt the same way. believe (or trust, or have faith) in God: Only trusting God would help them through his hour of death.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-31We now come to that portion of the evangelical history which we may with propriety call its Holy of Holies. Our Evangelist, like a consecrated priest, alone opens up to us the view into this sanctuary. It is the record of the last moments spent by the Lord in the midst of His disciples before His passion, when words full of heavenly thought flowed from His sacred lips. All that His heart, glowing with love, had still to say to His friends, was compressed…Read the comment
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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
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