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.

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Word by word — the Greek

Word	Greek	Strong’s	Meaning
In	ἐν en	G1722	"in · preposition
my	μοῦ moû	G3450	of me
Father’s	πατρός patros	G3962	a "father" (literally or figuratively · noun — genitive singular masculine, a title
house	οἰκίᾳ oikia	G3614	properly · noun — dative singular feminine
are	εἰσί eisí	G1526	they are
many	πολλαί pollai	G4183	(singular) much (in any respect) or (plural) many · adjective — nominative plural feminine
mansions	μοναὶ monai	G3438	a staying · noun — nominative plural feminine
if	εἰ ei	G1487	if · conditional particle
not	μή, mē	G3361	(adverb) not · particle — negative
I would have told	εἶπον eipon	G2036	to speak or say (by word or writing) · verb — second aorist active indicative, 1st person singular
you	ὑμῖν hymîn	G5213	to (with or by) you
I go	πορεύομαι poreuomai	G4198	to traverse · verb — present middle or passive deponent indicative, 1st person singular
to prepare	ἑτοιμάσαι hetoimasai	G2090	to prepare · verb — aorist active infinitive
a place	τόπον topon	G5117	a spot (general in space · noun — accusative singular masculine
for you	ὑμῖν hymîn	G5213	to (with or by) you

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

2 Corinthians 5:1 For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in…
John 13:36 Simon Peter said unto him, Lord, whither goest thou? Jesus answered him, Whither I go, thou canst not follow me now; but thou shalt follow m…
Hebrews 13:14 For here have we no continuing city, but we seek one to come.
Revelation 21:2 And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
Hebrews 11:10 For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God.
Revelation 3:12 Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God,…
Hebrews 11:14-16 For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country.
John 12:25-26 He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on John 14:1-3

In these verses we have, I. A general caution which Christ gives to his disciples against trouble of heart (Joh 14:1): Let not your heart be troubled. They now began to be troubled, were entering into this temptation. Now here see, 1. How Christ took notice of it. Perhaps it was apparent in their looks; it was said (Joh 13:22), They looked one upon another with anxiety and concern, and Christ looked upon them all, and observed it; at least, it was intelligible to the Lord Jesus, who is acquainted with all our secret undiscovered sorrows, with the wound that bleeds inwardly; he knows not only how we are afflicted, but how we stand affected under our afflictions, and how near they lie to our h…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on John 14:2

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."

Adam Clarke on John 14:2

In 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, which was called the house of God, in the precincts of which there were a great number of chambers, Kg1 6:5; Ezr 8:29; Jer 35:2, Jer 35:4; Jer 36:10. If - not - I would have told you - If your places were not prepared in the kingdom of God, I…

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John Gill on John 14:2

In my Father's house are many mansions,.... This he says to draw off their minds from an earthly kingdom to an heavenly one; to point out the place to them whither he was going, and to support them with the views and hopes of glory under all their troubles. By his "Father's house" is meant heaven; see 2 Corinthians 5:1; which is of his Father's building, where he has, and will have all his family. This Christ says partly to reconcile the minds of his disciples to his departure from them, and partly to strengthen their hope of following him thither; since it was his Father's, and their Father's house whither he was going, and in which "are many mansions"; abiding or dwelling places; mansions…

The Church Fathers

How will there be many mansions in our Father's house, if not to match the diversity of what each deserves? How will one star also differ from another star in glory, unless in virtue of disparity in their rays?
— Tertullian, SCORPIACE 6

With my Father there is such an abundance that he can give everyone the delights of eternal happiness.… He tells us that here since the custom among us, when space is scarce, is to reserve a place to stay in advance due to lack of available rooms.
— Theodore of Mopsuestia, COMMENTARY ON JOHN 6. 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. He calls the habitation which is in the heavens, His Father's house. In this then, He says, is your habitation, which has been prepared for you by my Father.
— Cosmas Indicopleustes, The Christian Topography, Book 7

The Church Fathers: public-domain translations (Ante-Nicene and Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers), verse-indexed by SermonIndex (CC BY 4.0).

Dictionary and topics

Heaven — (1.) Definitions. The phrase “heaven and earth” is used to indicate the whole universe (Gen. 1:1; Jer. 23:24; Acts 17:24). According to the Jewish notion there were three heavens, (a) The firmament,…
Affliction, Consolation Under · In prospect of death — In prospect of death
Ascension Of Christ, The · To prepare a place for his people — To prepare a place for his people
Heaven · .THE FATHER’S HOUSE — .THE FATHER’S HOUSE
Houses · Illustrative: Of saints’ inheritance — Illustrative: Of saints’ inheritance
Mansion · FIGURATIVE — FIGURATIVE
Reward Of Saints, The · Prepared by Christ — Prepared by Christ

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

John 14:2

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on John 14:1-3

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on John 14:2

Adam Clarke on John 14:2

John Gill on John 14:2

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John 14:2

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on John 14:1-3

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on John 14:2

Adam Clarke on John 14:2

John Gill on John 14:2

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on John 14:1-7

Tyndale Open Study Notes on John 14:2