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 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“Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me. 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. 3And 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. 4And where I go you know, and the way you know.”

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 house, this tent, is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
• Hebrews 11:10for he waited for the city which has foundations, whose builder and maker is God.
• Hebrews 13:14For here we have no continuing city, but we seek the one to come.
• Revelation 3:12He who overcomes, I will make him a pillar in the temple of My God, and he shall go out no more. 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 I will write on him My new name.
• Revelation 21:10And he carried me away in the Spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me the great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God,
• John 12:25He who loves his life will lose it, and he who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.
• John 16:4But these things I have told you, that when the time comes, you may remember that I told you of them. And these things I did not say to you at the beginning, because I was with you.
• Luke 14:26“If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he cannot be My disciple.
• Acts 9:16For I will show him how many things he must suffer for My name’s sake.”
• 1 Thessalonians 3:3that no one should 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 1:4so that we ourselves boast of you among the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that you endure,
• Revelation 1:5and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler over the kings of the earth. To Him who loved us and washed us from our sins in His own blood,
• John 13:33Little children, I shall be with you a little while longer. You will seek Me; and as I said to the Jews, ‘Where I am going, you cannot come,’ so now I say to you.
• John 17:24“Father, I desire that they also whom You gave Me may be with Me where I am, that they may behold My glory which You have given Me; for You loved Me before the foundation of the world.
• Hebrews 6:20where the forerunner has entered for us, even Jesus, having become 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

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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