John 14:3
1 “Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe in Me as well.
2 In My Father’s house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you?
And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and welcome you into My presence, so that you also may be where I am.
4 You know the way to the place where I am going.”
5 “Lord,” said Thomas, “we do not know where You are going, so how can we know the way?”
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and welcome you into My presence, so that you also may be where I am.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- If I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will receive you to myself; that where I am, you may be there also.
- ASV
- And if I go and prepare a place for you, I come again, and will receive you unto myself; that where I am, [there] ye may be also.
- DARBY
- and if I go and shall prepare you a place, I am coming again and shall receive you to myself, that where I am ye also may be.
- BLB
- And if I go and prepare a place for you⁺, I am coming again, and I will receive you⁺ to Myself, so that where I am, you⁺ may be also.
- ÅB
- og når jeg er gått bort og har beredt dere sted, kommer jeg igjen og vil ta dere til meg, for at også dere skal være der jeg er.
- OTB
- Og når jeg har gått bort og gjort i stand et sted for dere, vil jeg komme tilbake og ta dere til meg, så dere også skal være der jeg er.
- B1930
- og når jeg er gått bort og har beredt eder sted, kommer jeg igjen og vil ta eder til mig, forat også I skal være der jeg er.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Thessalonians 4:16–17
For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a loud command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will be the first to rise.
Read in contextJohn 12:26
If anyone serves Me, he must follow Me; and where I am, My servant will be as well. If anyone serves Me, the Father will honor him.
Read in context2 Timothy 2:12
if we endure, we will also reign with Him; if we deny Him, He will also deny us;
Read in contextActs 1:11
“Men of Galilee,” they said, “why do you stand here looking into the sky? This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you have seen Him go into heaven.”
Read in contextHebrews 9:28
so also Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many; and He will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who eagerly await Him.
Read in contextJohn 14:18–23
I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.
Read in contextRomans 8:17
And if we are children, then we are heirs: heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ—if indeed we suffer with Him, so that we may also be glorified with Him.
Read in contextJohn 17:24
Father, I want those You have given Me to be with Me where I am, that they may see the glory You gave Me because You loved Me before the foundation of the world.
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