John 14:3

3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you ¹to myself, that ²where I am you may be also.

John 14:3 Meaning and Commentary

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.

John 14:3 In-Context

1 “Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me.

2 In my Father’s house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you?

3 And if 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.

4 And you know the way to where I am going. ”

5 Thomas said to him, “Lord, we do not know where you are going. How can we know the way? ”

Cross References

• 1. 14:3 ver. 18, 28; [ch. 21:22, 23]
• 2. 14:3 See ch. 12:26