John 14:2

In My Father’s house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you?

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — Jesus speaks to his disciples in the upper room, immediately after telling them not to be troubled (John 14:1), anticipating his departure.

The words — μοναί (monai) is rendered "rooms" in the BSB but glossed "mansions"; it is a rare NT word for a dwelling or abode, not merely a chamber.

The thread — The same hope of a permanent dwelling appears in 2 Corinthians 5:1 (an eternal house in heaven) and Hebrews 13:14 (looking for the city that is to come); John 13:36 shows Peter already asking where Jesus is going.

Why it lands — The verse is a claim of preparedness: Jesus is not leaving without a plan, and the reader is invited to trust that claim rather than manage their own anxiety.

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The Greek words

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.

Cross-references

2 Corinthians 5:1 For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is dismantled, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands.
John 13:36 “Lord, where are You going?” Simon Peter asked. Jesus answered, “Where I am going, you cannot follow Me now, but you will follow later.”
Hebrews 13:14 For here we do not have a permanent city, but we are looking for the city that is to come.
Revelation 21:2 I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
Hebrews 11:10 For he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God.
Revelation 3:12 The one who overcomes I will make a pillar in the temple of My God, and he will never again leave it. Upon him I will write the name of My God, and the name of the city of My God (the new Jerusalem that comes down out of heaven from My God), and My new name.
Hebrews 11:14 Now those who say such things show that they are seeking a country of their own.
John 12:25 Whoever loves his life will lose it, but whoever hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.
John 17:24 Father, I want those You have given Me to be with Me where I am, that they may see the glory You gave Me because You loved Me before the foundation of the world.
John 13:33 Little children, I am with you only a little while longer. You will look for Me, and as I said to the Jews, so now I say to you: ‘Where I am going, you cannot come.’