John 14:2-3 NIV

The Pulpit Commentary - John 14:1-4

Comfort under separation. There is no break between this chapter and the preceding. I. MARK OUR LORD 'S SYMPATHY WITH HIS DISCIPLES . "Let not your heart be troubled." 1. The best of God ' s people may be at times in a desponding and distrustful mood . 2. Jesus takes delight in comforting his saints and lightening the burden of a heavy heart . "Come unto me, and I will give you rest." II. MARK THE REMEDY FOR THE DESPONDENT MOOD OF HIS ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 14:2

In my Father's house are many mansions ; or, abiding-places , homes of rest and peace and sojourn. " My Father" is the grandest name of all—the Divine fatherhood, as conceived in the consciousness of Jesus and revealed to them. Had not he who dwelt for ever in the bosom of the Father come forth, as he alone could, to reveal "the Father" and what the Father had been to him in the eternities? " My Father's house" is the dwelling-place in which devout believing souls would abide forever... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 14:2-3

The work of the ascended Jesus. And yet manifestly it is only part of the work. So much is spoken of as needed to be spoken of here. Jesus tells us that which will best blend with other things that have to be said at the time. Who can imagine, who can describe, anything like the total of what Jesus has gone from earthly scenes to do? I. CONSIDER THE OCCUPATIONS OF THOSE WHO WERE LEFT . Just one word gives the suggestion that these were in the mind of Jesus as he spoke,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 14:3

And if I go and if I prepare a place for you —a simple condition, soon to be realized by the event— I come again ; I am ever coming, as I am now about to explain to you, shall prevail between us. I am coming to you, in my glory and power, and in my victory in you as well as for you over death and Hades, to receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also. The full perspective of the Lord's approach to faithful souls is given in the extraordinary pregnancy of the "I am... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - John 14:2-3

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... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - John 14:2-4

John 14:2-4. In my Father’s house From whence I came, whither I am going, and to which place I am conducting you; are many mansions or apartments (he alludes to the palaces of kings) sufficient to receive the holy angels, your predecessors in the faith, and all that now believe, or shall hereafter believe, even a great multitude, which no man can number. Our Lord means by the expression, different states of felicity in which men shall be placed, according to their progress in faith and... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - John 14:1-14

143. The way to the Father (John 14:1-14)The disciples by now surely knew that Jesus was soon to die. He therefore comforted them by saying he was going to his Father to prepare a permanent dwelling place for them, and one day he would return to take them to be with him for ever. He had told them often enough that if they followed him as loyal followers, they would share in his final victory (John 14:1-4).Thomas misunderstood, thinking that Jesus was speaking of a physical location and a... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - John 14:2

In. Greek. en. App-104 . My Father's . In John's Gospel the Lord uses this expression thirty-five times, though in a few instances the texts read "the" instead of "My". It is found fourteen times in these three chapters 14-16. It occurs seventeen times in Matthew, six times in Luke (three times in parables), but not once in Mark. mansions = abiding places. Greek. more (from meno, a characteristic word in this Gospel). Occurs only here and in John 14:23 , if it were not so = if not.... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - John 14:3

if . App-118 . I will come , &c. = again I am coming, and I will receive you. unto . Greek. pros. App-104 . that = in order that. Greek hires. yemay be also = ye also may be. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - John 14:2

In my Father's house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you: for I go to prepare a place for you.Hunter has a very perceptive comment on this, thus:The day before, Jesus had sent two of his disciples to secure a "large room upstairs" for the Last Supper (Mark 14:12f). They did not know the way but had to follow the owner. Arriving, they found everything "prepared." It looks as if Jesus here made the disciples' journey of the day before a parable of eternity, in which the... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - John 14:1-4

The Pulpit Commentary - John 14:2

The Pulpit Commentary - John 14:2-3

The Pulpit Commentary - John 14:3

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - John 14:2-3

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - John 14:2-4

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - John 14:1-14

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - John 14:2

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - John 14:3

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - John 14:2

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