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.
What does John 14:2 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 14:2
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. In 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.
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mansions. It is taken from the verb to remain, and signifies the place where one dwells or remains.
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In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so , I would have told you.
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In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so , I would have told you.
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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Who quoted John 14:2?
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Ronald Reagan used John 14:2 in Address to the Citizens of Western Europe.
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