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.
What does John 14:3 mean?
Here are three words, upon any of which stress may be laid. Upon the word troubled.
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Commentary on John 14:3
And if I go and prepare a place for you,.... Seeing I am going to prepare, and will prepare a place for you, of the truth of which you may be fully assured: I will come again; either by death or in person a second time, here on earth: and receive you unto myself; I will take you up with me to heaven; I will receive you into glory; that where I am there you may be also: and behold my glory, and be for ever with me, and never part more.
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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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