G3438

• {"n":"John 14:2","s":"In my Father's house are many mansions. The noun means a place to stay.","u":"https:\/\/jayms.com\/bible-study-tools-2\/bible-translation-differences\/#id=john-14-2","r":"John 14:2","b":[{"l":"How modern translations read it","t":"The King James reads mansions. Modern versions read rooms, dwelling places, or abiding places."},{"l":"First, in plain English","t":"**Lodgings.** **Quarters.** Neither says anything about grandeur. Mansion did not either, in 1611."},{"l":"What you are seeing","t":"Mone is from meno, to remain, and means a place of staying. The related verb runs through chapter 15 as abide. The Latin mansiones, from which the King James mansions comes, meant stopping places on a road."},{"l":"Why translators split","t":"English mansion has grown from a dwelling into a large house, so the verse now promises architecture rather than a place with the Father."},{"l":"The rule to carry away","t":"When a King James word describes something grand, check whether it was grand in 1611. Several of these words have inflated rather than narrowed."},{"l":"Choosing between them","t":"Rooms and dwelling places are what most modern versions print; mansions is the King James."},{"l":"The word","t":"\u03bc\u03bf\u03bd\u03ae mone \u00b7 G3438"}],"src":["mone at John 14:2 and 14:23 only","meno, to abide, throughout John 15","Vulgate mansiones, stopping places"]}