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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)There is more than enough room in my Father’s home. If this were not so, would I have told you that I am going to prepare a place for you?

Context of John 14:2

1“Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God ; believe also in me. 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? 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. 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

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 the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, 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 an enduring city, but we are looking for the city that is to come.
• Revelation 3:12The one who is victorious I will make a pillar in the temple of my God. Never again will they leave it. I will write on them the name of my God and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which is coming down out of heaven from my God; and I will also write on them 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, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God.
• John 12:25Anyone who loves their life will lose it, while anyone who hates their life in this world will keep it for eternal life.
• John 16:4I have told you this, so that when their time comes you will remember that I warned you about them. I did not tell you this from the beginning because I was with you,
• Luke 14:26“If anyone comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters—yes, even their own life—such a person 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 would be unsettled by these trials. For you know quite well that we are destined for them.
• 1 Thessalonians 5:9For God did not appoint us to suffer wrath but to receive salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.
• 2 Thessalonians 1:4Therefore, among God’s churches we boast about your perseverance and faith in all the persecutions and trials you are enduring.
• Revelation 1:5and from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood,
• John 13:33“My children, I will be with you only a little longer. You will look for me, and just as I told the Jews, so I tell you now: 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, and to see my glory, the glory you have given me because you loved me before the creation of the world.
• Hebrews 6:20where our forerunner, Jesus, 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

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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