Many English translations have the plural, hearts (e.g. Jesus says, "Do not let your heart ( Greek: ὑμῶν 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. Watkins describes the chapter break as "unfortunate, as it breaks the close connection between these words and those which have gone immediately before ( John 13)", although Alfred Plummer, in the Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges, identifies John 14 as the opening of "the last great discourse", continuing to chapter 17. The precise location is not specified, but John 18:1 states that afterwards, "Jesus left with his disciples and crossed the Kidron Valley".Ĭhapter 14 continues, without interruption, Jesus' dialogue with His disciples regarding His approaching departure from them.
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