John 14:3 (KJV)

Passage

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.

Nearby Context

John 14:1 Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.

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.

John 14:5 Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest; and how can we know the way?

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "prepare", "place", "come", "again", "receive", "myself", and "where". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "prepare" and "place", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 2's "In my Father s house are many..." into verse 4's "And whither I go ye know and...", so "prepare" and "place" belong inside that flow. In John context, the local focus is the identity of Jesus, new birth, eternal life, and belief and unbelief.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "prepare" and "place" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.