Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.
What does John 14:1 mean?
Here are three words, upon any of which stress may be laid. Upon the word troubled.
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Keep this verse inside John 14:1-4 and alongside a few nearby related passages.
Commentary on John 14:1
Let not your heart be troubled - The disciples had been greatly distressed at what Jesus had said about leaving them. Compare John 16:6 , John 16:22 . Perhaps they had indicated their distress to him in some manner by their countenance or their expressions, and he proceeds new to administer to them such consolations as their circumstances made proper. The discourse in this chapter was delivered, doubtless, while they were sitting at the table partaking of the Lord's Supper (see John 14:31 ); that in John 15-16 , and the prayer in John 17 , were while they were on their way to the Mount of Olives.
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Context in John 14
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John 14 belongs to the middle movement of the book, especially the section often described as farewell discourse. John presents Jesus in contemplative, symbolic, and theological richness as the Word, Lamb, Light, Bread, Shepherd, Resurrection, Way, Vine, and Son. Read this chapter with the wider themes of incarnation, life, and light in view so the individual verses keep their proper weight.
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