John 14:2

In the Beis Avi there are many me'onot + 14:2 cf. 14:23 (dwelling places, permanent residences, homes); if it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a makom (place) for you?

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

1Let not your levavot be troubled. + 14:1 Yn 14:27 You have emunah (faith) in Hashem. Also in me have emunah (faith). + 14:1 Ex 14:21; Ps 4:5

3And if I go and prepare a makom for you, I am coming again and will receive you to myself, that where I am, there you may be also.

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Cross References

Luke 14:26If someone comes to me, and does not hate + 14:26 hyperbolically, in comparison to Moshiach his own Abba and Em (mother) and isha and yeladim and achim and achayot and in addition also his own life, + 14:26 in the Olam Hazeh he is not able to be my + 14:26 Moshiachʼs talmid.

John 13:33Yeladim, yet a little while I am with you; you will seek me, and as I said to those of Yehudah, Where I go away, you are not able to come. Also to you I say this now.

John 16:4But these things I have spoken to you, that, when the sha'ah of these things comes, you might have zikaron (remembrance) of these things, that I told you. But I did not say these things to you from the beginning, because I was with you.

Acts 9:16For I will show him how much it is necessary for him to undergo yissurim (sufferings) on behalf of Shmi (my Name).

1 Thessalonians 3:3This was for the tachlis that no one be unsettled because of ES TZARAH. For you yourselves have da'as that we have a divine calendar date with ES TZARAH.

2 Thessalonians 1:4Therefore, we ourselves glory in you in all the kehillot of Hashem for your zitzfleisch (patience) and emunah in all the redifot (persecutions) and the tzoros you are enduring.

Matthew Henry on John 14:2-4

Christ's Consolatory Discourse. 1 Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. 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. 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. In these verses we have, I. A general caution which Christ gives to his disciples against trouble of heart ( v. 1 ): Let not your heart be troubled. They now began to… Read the whole commentary →

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