In this passage, Jesus offers words of comfort and promise to His disciples as He prepares for His departure. Knowing that His physical presence will soon be absent, Jesus assures them that they will not be left alone. He promises to send “another Counselor” (the Holy Spirit) who will live within them, guiding and comforting them in the truth. This promise is tied to a relationship of love and obedience: “If you love me, you will keep my commands.”

John 14 opens with words of comfort spoken by Jesus to His disciples during their last moments together before His arrest. As Jesus prepared them for His imminent departure, He reassured them that He was going to prepare a place for them and that they would know the way to where He was going. Thomas, confused by these words, asked how they could know the way, prompting Jesus' profound declaration: "I am the way, the truth, and the life."