John 14

John 14
John 14
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	John 16:14-22 on the recto side of Papyrus 5, written about AD 250.
Book	Gospel of John
Category	Gospel
Christian Bible part	New Testament
Order in the Christian part	4

John 14 is the fourteenth chapter of the Gospel of John in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. It continues Jesus' discussions with His disciples in anticipation of His death and records the promised gift of the Holy Spirit.^[1] The book containing this chapter is anonymous, but early Christian tradition uniformly affirmed that John composed this Gospel.^[2]

Text

The original text is written in Koine Greek.
Some most ancient manuscripts containing this chapter are:
- Papyrus 75 (AD 175-225)
- Papyrus 66 (ca. AD 200).
- Codex Vaticanus (AD 325-350)
- Codex Sinaiticus (AD 330-360)
- Codex Bezae (ca. AD 400)
- Codex Alexandrinus (AD 400-440)
- Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus (ca. AD 450; extant: verses 1-7))
This chapter is divided into 31 verses.

Places

All the events recorded in this chapter and the succeeding chapters upto John 17 took place in Jerusalem. The precise location is not specified, but John 18:1 states that afterwards, "Jesus left with his disciples and crossed the Kidron Valley".

Structure

The New King James Version organises this chapter as follows (with cross references to other parts of the Bible):

John 14:1–6 = The Way, the Truth, and the Life
John 14:7–11 = The Father Revealed
John 14:12–14 = The Answered Prayer
John 14:15–18 = Jesus Promises Another Helper
John 14:19–24 = Indwelling of the Father and the Son
John 14:25–31 = The Gift of His Peace

The Way, the Truth, and the Life

Chapter 14 continues, without interruption, Jesus' dialogue with His disciples regarding His approaching departure from them. Anglican Bishop Charles Ellicott describes the chapter break as "unfortunate, as it breaks the close connection between these words and those which have gone immediately before".^[3] Jesus says, "Do not let your heart (Greek: ὑμみゅーῶνにゅー ἡ καρδία, hymōn hē kardia - singular in the Greek, in Wycliffe's Bible and in the American Standard Version - be troubled" (John 14:1), words which are repeated in John 14:27. Many English translations have the plural, hearts (e.g. Jerusalem Bible). Codex D and some other versions introduce into the text κかっぱαあるふぁὶ εϊπεν τたうοおみくろんῖς μαθηταῖς αあるふぁὐτたうοおみくろんῦ (and He said to His disciples) but Bengel's Gnomon says that "the mass of authorities is against [this]".^[4]

The purpose of Jesus' departure is to "go to prepare a place for [His disciples]. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also" (John 14:2-3). John 14:2 begins, in many English translations, with the statement "There are many rooms in my Father’s house", but the corollary, if it were so, is presented in various ways:

if it were not so, I would have told you. (e.g. New King James Version, Geneva Bible)

if that weren’t the case, would I have told you that I’m going to prepare a place for you? (e.g. English Standard Version (ESV))

The Greek: μみゅーοおみくろんνにゅーαあるふぁὶ (monai) is translated as "rooms" in the ESV, "mansions" in the King James Version and "dwelling places" in the New Revised Standard Version. The Textus Receptus presents Jesus' intention to prepare a place for His disciples as a separate sentence from the point about the availability of many rooms, whereas, in other versions, the promise that a place will be prepared is directly linked to the teaching that there are many rooms in the Father's house.

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.^[5]

Verse 26

King James Version

But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you.^[6]

References

^ Halley, Henry H. Halley's Bible Handbook: an abbreviated Bible commentary. 23rd edition. Zondervan Publishing House. 1962.
^ Holman Illustrated Bible Handbook. Holman Bible Publishers, Nashville, Tennessee. 2012.
^ Ellicott's Commentary for Modern Readers on John 14, accessed 1 July 2016
^ Bengel's Gnomon on John 14, accessed 1 July 2016
^ John 14:6
^ John 14:26

External links

John 14 NIV

Preceded by John 13	Chapters of the Bible Gospel of John	Succeeded by John 15

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[Halley-1] Halley, Henry H. Halley's Bible Handbook: an abbreviated Bible commentary. 23rd edition. Zondervan Publishing House. 1962.

[Holman-2] Holman Illustrated Bible Handbook. Holman Bible Publishers, Nashville, Tennessee. 2012.

[3] Ellicott's Commentary for Modern Readers on John 14, accessed 1 July 2016

[4] Bengel's Gnomon on John 14, accessed 1 July 2016

[5] John 14:6

[6] John 14:26

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