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John 14:3
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After I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back. Then I will take you with me, so that you can be where I am.
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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.
And if I am going away to prepare a place for you, I will come again and will welcome you into my presence, so that you may be where I am.John 12:26; 17:24; Acts 1:11; 1 Thessalonians 4:17;">[xr]
"And if I go and prepare a place for you, I am coming again and will take you to Myself, so that where I am, there you also will be.
After I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me so that you may be where I am.
And if I go and prepare a place for you, I come again, and will receive you to myself; that where I am, [there] you may be also.
And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to myself; that where I am, [there] ye may be also.
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I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to myself, that where I am, ye may be also.
And if I go and make ready a place for you, I will return and take you to be with me, that where I am you also may be.
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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.
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.
"And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back again and I will take you to Myself, so that where I am you may be also.
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.
And if I go and make ready a place for you, I will come back again and will take you to be with me, so that you may be where I am.
Since I am going and preparing a place for you, I will return to take you with me; so that where I am, you may be also.
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.
And if I go to prepare for you a place, I will come again and take you with me, that where I am you also may be.
And if I go to prepare for you a place, I will come again and take you to myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.
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When everything is ready, I will come and get you, so that you will always be with me where I am.
After I go and make a place for you, I will come back and take you with Me. Then you may be where I am.
And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, so that where I am, there you may be also.
And if I go to prepare a place for you, I wil come againe, and receiue you vnto my selfe, that where I am, there may ye be also.
And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and take you to me, so that where I am, you may be also.
And, if I go, and prepare a place for you, again, am I coming, and will take you home unto - myself, that, where, I, am, ye also, may be.
And if I shall go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself: that where I am, you also may be.
And when I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also.
And yf I go to prepare a place for you, I wyll come agayne, and receaue you, [euen] vnto my selfe: that where I am, there may ye be also.
And after I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to myself, so that you will be where I am.
If I go away and prepare a place for you, I will come again
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.
And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to myself, so that where I am, you may be also.
And if I go and prepare a place for you, I am coming again and will receive you to Myself, that where I am you may be also.
and if I go on and prepare for you a place, again do I come, and will receive you unto myself, that where I am ye also may be;
And though I go to prepare the place for you, yet wil I come agayne, and receaue you vnto myself, yt ye maye be where I am.
and when I am gone, and have prepar'd a place for you, I will come again, to take you with me, that where I am there ye may be also.
And if I go and make ready a place for you, I will come again and take you to be with me, so that where I am you may be too.
And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also.
If I go to get your ranch ready, I'll come back and get you when the time is right. Then you'll be with me forever.
"If I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself, that where I am, there you may be also.
And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself, that where I am, there you may be also.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
I will: John 14:18-23, John 14:28, John 12:26, John 17:24, Matthew 25:32-34, Acts 1:11, Acts 7:59, Acts 7:60, Romans 8:17, 2 Corinthians 5:6-8, Philippians 1:23, 1 Thessalonians 4:16, 1 Thessalonians 4:17, 2 Thessalonians 1:12, 2 Thessalonians 2:1, 2 Timothy 2:12, Hebrews 9:28, 1 John 3:2, 1 John 3:3, Revelation 3:21, Revelation 21:22, Revelation 21:23, Revelation 22:3-5
Reciprocal: Genesis 45:10 - be near Exodus 23:20 - prepared Leviticus 16:16 - an atonement Joshua 3:6 - Take up Joshua 19:51 - These are Psalms 15:1 - Lord Psalms 45:15 - they shall Psalms 49:15 - shall Psalms 73:24 - receive Psalms 84:7 - in Zion Psalms 101:6 - that they Psalms 140:13 - the upright Ecclesiastes 3:21 - knoweth Song of Solomon 1:4 - the king Song of Solomon 6:2 - and to Isaiah 64:4 - seen Matthew 25:21 - enter Matthew 25:34 - prepared Luke 5:35 - when Luke 23:43 - with John 7:34 - General John 10:4 - he goeth John 16:7 - It Acts 7:55 - standing 1 Corinthians 11:26 - till 2 Corinthians 5:1 - a building 2 Corinthians 5:8 - present Ephesians 2:6 - sit Colossians 3:4 - ye 2 Thessalonians 2:14 - to Hebrews 6:20 - the forerunner Hebrews 9:23 - the heavenly Revelation 2:25 - till
Cross-References
and the Lord sent burning sulfur down like rain on Sodom and Gomorrah.
then follow the Jordan River down to the north end of the Dead Sea. The land within those four borders will belong to you.
the river stopped flowing, and the water started piling up at the town of Adam near Zarethan. No water flowed toward the Dead Sea, and the priests stood in the middle of the dry riverbed near Jericho while everyone else crossed over.
flowing streams into scorched land, and fruitful fields into beds of salt.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
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.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
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. It is applied by the Greek writers to the tents or temporary habitations which soldiers pitch in their marches. It denotes a dwelling of less permanency than the word house. It is commonly understood as affirming that in heaven there is ample room to receive all who will come; that therefore the disciples might be sure that they would not be excluded. Some have understood it as affirming that there will be different grades in the joys of heaven; that some of the mansions of the saints will be nearer to God than others, agreeably to 1 Corinthians 15:40-41. But perhaps this passage may have a meaning which has not occurred to interpreters.
Jesus was consoling his disciples, who were affected with grief at the idea of his separation. To comfort them he addresses them in this language: “The universe is the dwelling-place of my Father. All is his house. Whether on earth or in heaven, we are still in his habitation. In that vast abode of God there are many mansions. The earth is one of them, heaven is another. Whether here or there, we are still in the house, in one of the mansions of our Father, in one of the apartments of his vast abode. This we ought continually to feel, and to rejoice that we are permitted to occupy any part of his dwelling-place. Nor does it differ much whether we are in this mansion or another. It should not be a matter of grief when we are called to pass from one part of this vast habitation of God to another. I am indeed about to leave you, but I am going only to another part of the vast dwelling-place of God. I shall still be in the same universal habitation with you; still in the house of the same God; and am going for an important purpose - to fit up another abode for your eternal dwelling.” If this be the meaning, then there is in the discourse true consolation. We see that the death of a Christian is not to be dreaded, nor is it an event over which we should immoderately weep. It is but removing from one apartment of God’s universal dwelling-place to another - one where we shall still be in his house, and still feel the same interest in all that pertains to his kingdom. And especially the removal of the Saviour from the earth was an event over which Christians should rejoice, for he is still in the house of God, and still preparing mansions of rest for His people.
If it were not so ... - I have concealed from you no truth. You have been cherishing this hope of a future abode with God. Had it been ill founded I would have told you plainly, as I have told you other things. Had any of you been deceived, as Judas was, I would have made it known to you, as I did to him.”
I go to prepare a place for you - By his going is meant his death and ascent to heaven. The figure here is taken from one who is on a journey, who goes before his companions to provide a place to lodge in, and to make the necessary preparations for their entertainment. It evidently means that he, by the work he was yet to perform in heaven, would secure their admission there, and obtain for them the blessings of eternal life. That work would consist mainly in his intercession, Hebrews 10:12-13, Hebrews 10:19-22; Hebrews 7:25-27; Hebrews 4:14, Hebrews 4:16.
That where I am - This language could be used by no one who was not then in the place of which he was speaking, and it is just such language as one would naturally use who was both God and man - in reference to his human nature, speaking of his going to his Father; and in reference to his divine nature, speaking as if he was then with God.
Ye may be also - This was language eminently fitted to comfort them. Though about to leave them, yet he would not always be absent. He would come again at the day of judgment and gather all his friends to himself, and they should be ever with him, Hebrews 9:28. So shall all Christians be with him. And so, when we part with a beloved Christian friend by death, we may feel assured that the separation will not be eternal. We shall meet again, and dwell in a place where there shall be no more separation and no more tears.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse John 14:3. And if I go — And when I shall have gone and prepared a place for you - opened the kingdom of an eternal glory for your reception, and for the reception of all that shall die in the faith, I will come again, after my resurrection, and give you the fullest assurances of this state of blessedness; and confirm you in the faith, by my grace and the effusion of my Spirit. Dr. Lightfoot thinks, and with great probability too, that there is an allusion here to Numbers 10:33: And the ark of the Lord went before therm to search out a resting place for them.
