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ULTIn the house of my Father are many dwelling places. But if not, I would have told you, for I am going to prepare a place for you.
USTThere are many places for people to dwell where my Father dwells. If that were not true, I would have told you so, because I will go there to prepare a place for you to dwell.
BSBIn 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?[fn]
14:2Or If it were not so, I would have told you. I am going there to prepare a place for you.
BLBIn My Father's house there are many mansions. And if not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you?
AICNTIn my Father's house are many dwelling places; if it were not so, {would I have told you that I go}[fn] to prepare a place for you?
14:2,would I have told you that I go: Some manuscripts read “I would have told you. I go.”
OEBIn my Father’s home there are many dwellings. If it had not been so, I should have told you, for I am going to prepare a place for you.
WEBBEIn my Father’s house are many homes. If it weren’t so, I would have told you. I am going to prepare a place for you.
T4TWhere my Father is in heaven there is plenty of room! If that were not true, I would have told you. I am about to go there to prepare a place for you.
LEBIn my Father’s house there are many dwelling places; but if not, I would have told you, because[fn] I am going away to prepare a place for you.
14:2A large number of manuscripts, many of them later, lack “because”
BBEIn my Father's house are rooms enough; if it was not so, would I have said that I am going to make ready a place for you?
WymthIn my Father's house there are many resting-places. Were it otherwise, I would have told you; for I am going to make ready a place for you.
ASVIn my Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you; for I go to prepare a place for you.
DRAIn my Father’s house there are many mansions. If not, I would have told you: because I go to prepare a place for you.
YLTin the house of my Father are many mansions; and if not, I would have told you; I go on to prepare a place for you;
DrbyIn my Father's house there are many abodes; were it not so, I had told you: for I go to prepare you a place;
RVIn my Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you; for I go to prepare a place for you.
WbstrIn 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.
KJB-1769 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.
KJB-1611In my Fathers house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would haue told you: I goe to prepare a place for you. (Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)
BshpsIn my fathers house, are many dwellyng places: If it were not so, I woulde haue tolde you. I go to prepare a place for you. (In my fathers house, are many dwelling places: If it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.)
GnvaIn my Fathers house are many dwelling places: if it were not so, I would haue tolde you: I go to prepare a place for you. (In my Fathers house are many dwelling places: if it were not so, I would have told you: I go to prepare a place for you. )
CvdlIn my fathers house are many dwellinges. Yf it were not so, I wolde haue tolde you: I go to prepare the place for you. (In my fathers house are many dwellings. If it were not so, I would have told you: I go to prepare the place for you.)
TNTIn my fathers housse are many mansions. If it were not so I wolde have tolde you. I go to prepare a place for you. (In my fathers house are many mansions. If it were not so I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. )
WyclIn the hous of my fadir ben many dwellyngis; if ony thing lesse, Y hadde seid to you, for Y go to make redi to you a place. (In the house of my father been many dwellingis; if any thing lesse, I had said to you, for I go to make ready to you a place.)
LuthIn meines Vaters Hause sind viel Wohnungen. Wenn‘s nicht so wäre, so wollt‘ ich zu euch sagen; ich gehe hin euch die Stätte zu bereiten. (In my Vaters house are many Wohnungen. Wenn‘s not so wäre, so wollt‘ I to you say; I go there you the Stätte to bereiten.)
ClVgIn domo Patris mei mansiones multæ sunt; si quominus dixissem vobis: quia vado parare vobis locum.[fn] (In domo Patris my/mine mansiones many sunt; when/but_if quominus dixissem vobis: because vado parare to_you locum. )
14.2In domo, etc. Domus Dei, templum Dei, regnum Dei. Regnum cœlorum, sunt homines justi, in quibus sunt multæ differentiæ inter se. Et hæ sunt mansiones ipsius domus. AUG. Modo justi sunt regnum Dei et regnum cœlorum, etc., usque ad quod eratis in spe, sitis in re. Si quo minus, etc. Id est, si non prædestinassem mansionem, quod est inconveniens quantum ad Deum qui omnia bona ante omnia tempora prædestinavit, tunc modo præpararem, id est, prædestinarem, quod iterum est inconveniens, quantum ad Deum præsentialiter aliquid prædestinare. ID. Confirmat esse, quia si non essent dixisset, ibo et parabo, etc., usque ad et hæc multitudo mansionum est.
14.2In domo, etc. Domus of_God, templum of_God, kingdom of_God. Regnum cœlorum, are homines justi, in to_whom are many differentiæ between se. And hæ are mansiones ipsius domus. AUG. Modo justi are kingdom of_God and kingdom cœlorum, etc., until to that wasis in spe, sitis in re. When/But_if quo minus, etc. That it_is, when/but_if not/no prædestinassem mansionem, that it_is inconveniens quantum to God who everything good before everything tempora prædestinavit, tunc modo præpararem, id it_is, prædestinarem, that again it_is inconveniens, quantum to God præsentialiter aliquid prædestinare. ID. Confirmat esse, because when/but_if not/no they_would_be dixisset, ibo and parabo, etc., until to and these_things multitudo mansionum it_is.
UGNTἐν τῇ οἰκίᾳ τοῦ Πατρός μου, μοναὶ πολλαί εἰσιν; εἰ δὲ μή, εἶπον ἂν ὑμῖν, ὅτι πορεύομαι ἑτοιμάσαι τόπον ὑμῖν; (en taʸ oikia tou Patros mou, monai pollai eisin; ei de maʸ, eipon an humin, hoti poreuomai hetoimasai topon humin;)
SBL-GNTἐν τῇ οἰκίᾳ τοῦ πατρός μου μοναὶ πολλαί εἰσιν· εἰ δὲ μή, εἶπον ἂν ὑμῖν ⸀ὅτι πορεύομαι ἑτοιμάσαι τόπον ὑμῖν· (en taʸ oikia tou patros mou monai pollai eisin; ei de maʸ, eipon an humin ⸀hoti poreuomai hetoimasai topon humin;)
TC-GNTἘν τῇ οἰκίᾳ τοῦ πατρός μου μοναὶ πολλαί εἰσιν· εἰ δὲ μή, εἶπον ἂν [fn]ὑμῖν· Πορεύομαι ἑτοιμάσαι τόπον ὑμῖν. (En taʸ oikia tou patros mou monai pollai eisin; ei de maʸ, eipon an humin; Poreuomai hetoimasai topon humin. )
14:2There is more than enough room in my Father’s home: God’s house is the dwelling place where he resides (Rev 21:9–22:5). The word translated “room” is related to the Greek verb meaning “remain, abide, dwell.” Jesus promises that his followers will have a place to “dwell” alongside him, wherever he is. Later, this “dwelling” becomes a place of “indwelling” as Jesus makes his home in his followers’ hearts through the Spirit (John 14:23).
Jesus uses house to refer to heaven, which is the place where God dwells. If this would confuse your readers, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “In the place where my Father dwells” or “In heaven where my Father dwells”
if and not ˱I˲_told would ˱to˲_you_all because ˱I˲_/am/_going /to/_prepare /a/_place ˱for˲_you_all
The word translated for could also be translated “that,” in which case this sentence would be a question instead of a statement. With either interpretation the point of the sentence is the same: Jesus is emphasizing that what he has just said in the previous sentence is true. He is going to heaven to prepare a place for his people. Alternate translation: “But if not, would I have told you that I am going to prepare a place for you?”
On the Thursday before he was crucified, Jesus had arranged to share the Passover meal with his disciples in an upper room, traditionally thought to be located in the Essene Quarter of Jerusalem. After they finished the meal, they went to the Garden of Gethsemane, where Jesus often met with his disciples. There Judas Iscariot, one of Jesus’ own disciples, betrayed him to soldiers sent from the High Priest, and they took Jesus to the High Priest’s residence. In the morning the leading priests and teachers of the law put Jesus on trial and found him guilty of blasphemy. The council sent Jesus to stand trial for treason before the Roman governor Pontius Pilate, who resided at the Praetorium while in Jerusalem. The Praetorium was likely located at the former residence of Herod the Great, who had died over 30 years earlier. When Pilate learned that Jesus was from Galilee, he sent him to Herod Antipas, who had jurisdiction over Galilee. But when Jesus gave no answer to Herod’s many questions, Herod and his soldiers sent him back to Pilate, who conceded to the people’s demands that Jesus be crucified. Jesus was forced to carry his cross out of the city gate to Golgotha, meaning Skull Hill, referring to what may have been a small unquarried hill in the middle of an old quarry just outside the gate. After Jesus was unable to carry his cross any further, a man named Simon from Cyrene was forced to carry it for him. There at Golgotha they crucified Jesus. After Jesus died, his body was hurriedly taken down before nightfall and placed in a newly cut, rock tomb owned by Joseph of Arimathea, a member of the Jewish high council. This tomb was likely located at the perimeter of the old quarry.
