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John 14 — Sermon Preparation

Below is a research summary for John 14, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.

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classic sermon excerpts
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preachers & commentators

John 14 in the Greek

Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.

Greek Transliteration Strong's Count KJV renderings
πατήρ patḗr G3962 23 father, parent
ἀγαπάω agapáō G25 10 love
γινώσκω ginṓskō G1097 7 allow, be aware, feel, know
πιστεύω pisteúō G4100 7 believe, commit, put in trust with
κόσμος kósmos G2889 6 adorning, world
τηρέω tēréō G5083 4 hold fast, keep, serve, watch
πορεύομαι poreúomai G4198 4 depart, go, journey, walk

How preachers through history handled this text

69 public-domain excerpts on John 14, from the church fathers to the Puritans.

Spurgeon 25 Alexander MacLaren 15 Augustine 10 Calvin 7 Matthew Henry 6 Chrysostom 3 Jonathan Edwards 2 +1 more

“Here are three words, upon any of which stress may be laid. Upon the word troubled. Be not cast down and disquieted. The word heart. Let your heart be kept with full trust in God. The word your. However others are overwhelmed with the sorrows of this present time, be not you 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. …”

— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on John 14:1–11 (Public Domain)

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