John 14 · Verse 3

John 14:3

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.
John 14:3, King James Version

John 14:3 in other translations

BSBAnd 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.
WEBIf 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.
ASVAnd 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.
YLTand 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;
DARBYand 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.
BBEAnd 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.
WebsterAnd 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.

What does John 14:3 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
3. I will come again and receive you unto myself--strictly, at His Personal appearing; but in a secondary and comforting sense, to each individually. Mark again the claim made:--to come again to receive His people to Himself, that where He is there they may be also. He thinks it ought to be enough to be assured that they shall be where He is and in His keeping.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 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 Num 10:33 : And the ark of the Lord went before them to search out a resting place for them.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on John 14:1-11

Here are three words, upon any of which stress may be laid. Upon the word troubled. Be not cast down and disquieted. The word heart. Let your heart be kept with full trust in God. The word your. However others are overwhelmed with the sorrows of this present time, be not you so. Christ's disciples, more than others, should keep their minds quiet, when everything else is unquiet. Here is the remedy against this…

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John 14:3 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

καὶkaiAndG2532
ἐὰνeanifG1437
πορευθῶporeuthōI shall goG4198
καὶkaiandG2532
ἑτοιμάσωhetoimasōshall prepareG2090
τόπονtopona placeG5117
ὑμῖν,huminfor youG4771
πάλινpalinagainG3825
ἔρχομαιerchomaiI am comingG2064
καὶkaiandG2532
παραλήμψομαιparalēmpsomaiI will receiveG3880
ὑμᾶςhumasyouG4771
πρὸςprostoG4314
ἐμαυτόν,emautonMyself,G1473
ἵναinathatG2443
ὅπουhopouwhereG3699
εἰμὶeimiamG1510
ἐγὼegōI myselfG1473
καὶkaialsoG2532
ὑμεῖςhumeisyou yourselvesG4771
ἦτε.ētemay be.G1510

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for John 14:3

  • 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17

    For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.

  • John 12:26

    If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will my Father honour.

  • 2 Timothy 2:12

    If we suffer, we shall also reign with him: if we deny him, he also will deny us:

  • Acts 1:11

    Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.

  • Hebrews 9:28

    So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.

  • John 14:18-23

    I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you. Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also. At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you. He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him. …

  • Romans 8:17

    And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.

  • John 17:24

    Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.

  • John 14:28

    Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come again unto you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I go unto the Father: for my Father is greater than I.

  • 2 Corinthians 5:6-8

    Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord: (For we walk by faith, not by sight:) We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.

  • 2 Thessalonians 1:12-2:1

    That the name of our Lord Jesus Christ may be glorified in you, and ye in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ. Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him,

  • Philippians 1:23

    For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better:

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
I will.
18-23,28; 12:26; 17:24; Mt 25:32-34; Ac 1:11; 7:59,60; Ro 8:17
2Co 5:6-8; Php 1:23; 1Th 4:16,17; 2Th 1:12; 2:1; 2Ti 2:12; Heb 9:28
1Jo 3:2,3; Re 3:21; 21:22,23; 22:3-5

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Context

  • John 14:2

    In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.

  • John 14:3

    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.

  • John 14:4

    And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know.

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John 14:3 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y si me fuere, y os aparejare lugar, vendré otra vez, y os tomaré á mí mismo: para que donde yo estoy, vosotros también estéis.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et si je m’en vais et que je vous prépare une place, je reviendrai, et je vous prendrai auprès de moi; afin que là où moi je suis, vous, vous soyez aussi.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und wenn ich hingehe und euch eine Stätte bereite, so komme ich wieder und werde euch zu mir nehmen, auf daß, wo ich bin, auch ihr seiet.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et si abiero, et præparavero vobis locum, iterum venio, et accipiam vos ad meipsum: ut ubi sum ego, et vos sitis.