Our Authorized Bible Vindicated - Benjamin G. Wilkinson

7. The larger hope -- another chance after
death
a. John 14:2
King James: “In my Father’s house are many
mansions.”
Revised: “In my Father’s house are many
abiding places.” (Margin.)
In the following quotation from the Expositor,
the writer points out that, by the marginal reading
of the Revised, Dr. Westcott and the Committee
referred, not to a final future state, but to
intermediate stations in the future before the final
one.
“Dr. Westcott in his Commentary on St. John’s
Gospel gives the following explanation of the
words, “In my Father’s house are many mansions.’
‘The rendering comes from the Vulgate mansiones,
which were “resting places,” and especially the
“stations” on a great road, where travelers found
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