John 14:2
“In my Fathers house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would haue told you: I goe to prepare a place for you.”
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John 14:2 Context
1Let not your heart be troubled: yee beleeue in God, beleeue also in me. 2In my Fathers house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would haue told you: I goe to prepare a place for you. 3And if I goe and prepare a place for you, I will come againe, and receiue you vnto my selfe, that where I am, there ye may be also. 4And whither I goe yee know, and the way ye know.
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Other Translations for John 14:2
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.
- King James Version
"In My Father's house are many dwelling places; if it were not so, I would have told you; for I go to prepare a place for you.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
In my Father's house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you; for I go to prepare a place for you.
- American Standard Version (1901)
In my Father's house are rooms enough; if it was not so, would I have said that I am going to make ready a place for you?
- Basic English Bible
In my Father's house there are many abodes; were it not so, I had told you: for I go to prepare you a place;
- Darby Bible
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.
- Webster's Bible
In my Father's house there are many resting-places. Were it otherwise, I would have told you; for I am going to make ready a place for you.
- Weymouth Bible
In my Father's house are many homes. If it weren't so, I would have told you. I am going to prepare a place for you.
- World English Bible
In the hous of my fadir ben many dwellyngis; if ony thing lesse, Y hadde seid to you, for Y go to make redi to you a place.
- Wycliffe Bible
in the house of my Father are many mansions; and if not, I would have told you; I go on to prepare a place for you;
- Youngs Literal Bible
Commentary for John 14:2
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Wesley's Notes for John 14:2
14:2 In my Father's house are many mansions - Enough to receive both the holy angels, and your predecessors in the faith, and all that now believe, and a great multitude, which no man can number.
People's Bible Notes for John 14:2
Joh 14:2 In my Father's house are many mansions. By the "Father's house" is meant the heavenly abode. He is about to return there, from whence he had come. I go to prepare a place for you. If the separation was to be an eternal one, he would have forewarned them. Rather, he goes before to prepare a home for them where they can all be together. The departure of Jesus was needful to open an entrance to them and use.