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.
KJV
καὶ ἐὰν πορευθῶ καὶ ἑτοιμάσω τόπον ὑμῖν, πάλιν ἔρχομαι καὶ παραλήμψομαι ὑμᾶς πρὸς ἐμαυτόν, ἵνα ὅπου εἰμὶ ἐγὼ καὶ ὑμεῖς ἦτε.
Greek NT
Et si abiero, et præparavero vobis locum, iterum venio, et accipiam vos ad meipsum : ut ubi sum ego, et vos sitis.
Vulgate
And 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.
ASV
And if I shall go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself: that where I am, you also may be.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
15 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Textual variants
2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
- καὶ — SBLGNT
- καὶ — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- τόπον ὑμῖν — SBLGNT
- τόπον ὑμῖν — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- ὑμῖν τόπον — Robinson-Pierpont
Themes
Historic Christian voices
7 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§1025To live in heaven is "to be with Christ." the elect live "in Christ,"598 but they retain, or rather find, their true identity, their own name.599 For life is to be with Christ; where Christ is, there is life, there is the kingdom.600
Let not your heart be troubled. In my Father's house are many mansions. Calvin shows that Christ comforts his disciples before his departure by promising them a place in heaven. "I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me" — this is the exclusive claim of Christ to be the sole mediator. He that hath seen me hath seen the Father. The promise …
66. For if, as has been said, because of the resurrection from the dead He is called a beginning, and then a resurrection took place when He, bearing our flesh, had given Himself to death for us, it is evident that His words, 'He created me a beginning of ways,' is indicative not of His essence , but of His bodily presence. For to the body death was proper ; and in like manner …
Did it belong for Christ to ascend into heaven? According to which nature did it become Him to ascend? Did He ascend by His own power? Did He ascend above all the corporeal heavens? Did He ascend above all spiritual creatures? The effect of the ascension Article 1. Whether it was fitting for Christ to ascend into heaven? Objection 1. It would seem that it was not fitting for Ch…
Cross-references
- 1Cor 11:26 — For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord’s death till he come.
- 1John 3:2 — Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.
- 1Thess 4:16 — 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:
- 1Thess 4:17 — 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.
- 2Cor 5:6 — Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord:
- 2Cor 5:8 — We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.
- 2Thess 1:12 — 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.
- 2Tim 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.
- 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.
- Acts 7:59 — And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.
- Col 3:4 — When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.
- Eccl 3:21 — Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth?
- Eph 2:6 — And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:
- Exod 23:20 — Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared.
- Heb 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.
- Heb 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.
- Isa 64:4 — For since the beginning of the world men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen, O God, beside thee, what he hath prepared for him that waiteth for him.
- John 7:34 — Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, thither ye cannot come.
- 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.
- 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.
- John 14:18 — I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.
- John 14:18 — I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.
- 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.
- John 16:7 — Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you.
- 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 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.
- Luke 23:43 — And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise.
- Matt 25:21 — His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.
- Matt 25:32 — And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats:
- Phil 1:23 — For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better:
- Phil 1:23 — For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better:
- Ps 15:1 — Lord, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in thy holy hill?
- Ps 49:15 — But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah.
- Ps 73:24 — Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.
- Ps 84:7 — They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appeareth before God.
- Ps 101:6 — Mine eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me: he that walketh in a perfect way, he shall serve me.
- Ps 140:13 — Surely the righteous shall give thanks unto thy name: the upright shall dwell in thy presence.
- Rev 2:25 — But that which ye have already hold fast till I come.
- Rev 3:21 — To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.