Jesus had earlier told his apostles: “If I go my way and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will receive you home to myself, so that where I am you also may be. ” ​ — John 14: 3.
سبق يسوع ان قال لرسله :‏ « اذا ذهبت وهيَّأت لكم مكانا ،‏ آتي ثانية وآخذكم اليّ ،‏ حتى حيث اكون انا تكونون انتم ايضا » .‏ —‏ يوحنا ١٤ :‏ ٣‏ .‏