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John 14:3 KJV
John · chapter 14 · verse 3
And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.John 14:3 · King James Version
What John 14:3 means
Three promises in one sentence: he goes, he comes back, he takes them with him. And the reason given at the end is not the place at all — that where I am, there ye may be also. The point of the room is who is in it.
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John 14:3 in context
1Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.
2In 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 unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.
4And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know.
5Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest; and how can we know the way?
Commentary
Cross references
- 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17
- 2 Timothy 2:12
- John 12:26
- Acts 1:11
- Hebrews 9:28
- Romans 8:17
- John 14:18-23
- John 14:28
Key words (Strong's)
- preparehetoimazōto make ready, prepare, to make the necessary preparations, get everything ready…G2090 →
- receiveparalambanōto take to, to take with one's self, to join to one's self, an associate, a companion…G3880 →
- myselfemautouI, me, myself etcG1683 →
- placetoposplace, any portion or space marked off, as it were from surrounding space, an inhabited…G5117 →
- comeerchomaito come, of persons, to come from one place to another, and used both of persons arriving…G2064 →
- goporeuōto lead over, carry over, transfer, to pursue the journey on which one has entered, to…G4198 →
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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;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-3