Matthew Henry Commentary John 14:1-11

"Let not your heart be troubled: believe in God, believe also in me. In 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. 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. And whither I go, ye know the way. Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest; how know we the way? Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: no one cometh unto the Father, but by me. If ye had known me, ye would have known my Father also: from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him. Philip saith unto him, Lord, show us the Father, and it sufficeth us. Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and dost thou not know me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; how sayest thou, Show us the Father? Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I say unto you I speak not from myself: but the Father abiding in me doeth his works. Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or else believe me for the very works` sake." — John 14:1-11 (ASV)

Here are three words, upon any of which stress may be laid. Upon the word troubled. Do not be cast down and disquieted. Upon the word heart. Let your heart be kept with full trust in God. Upon the word your.

However others are overwhelmed with the sorrows of this present time, do not let yourselves be so. Christ's disciples, more than others, should keep their minds quiet when everything else is unquiet. Here is the remedy against this trouble of mind: "Believe." By believing in Christ as the Mediator between God and man, we gain comfort. The happiness of heaven is spoken of as being in a father's house.

There are many mansions, for there are many sons to be brought to glory. Mansions are lasting dwellings. Christ will be the Finisher of that of which he is the Author or Beginner; if he has prepared the place for us, he will prepare us for it. Christ is the sinner's Way to the Father and to heaven, in his person as God manifest in the flesh, in his atoning sacrifice, and as our Advocate.

He is the Truth, as fulfilling all the prophecies of a Saviour; believing this, sinners draw near through him, the Way. He is the Life, by whose life-giving Spirit the dead in sin are quickened. Nor can any man draw near to God as a Father, who is not quickened by Him as the Life, and taught by Him as the Truth, to draw near through Him as the Way.

By Christ, as the Way, our prayers go to God, and his blessings come to us; this is the Way that leads to rest, the good old Way. He is the Resurrection and the Life. All who saw Christ by faith, saw the Father in Him. In the light of Christ's doctrine, they saw God as the Father of lights; and in Christ's miracles, they saw God as the God of power.

The holiness of God shone in the spotless purity of Christ's life. We are to believe the revelation of God to man in Christ; for the works of the Redeemer manifest his own glory, and God in him.