John 14 should be translated "In my Father's house there are many rooms." This is actually the Old English definition of the word mansion. It's not "In my Father's house there are many mansions." That makes no sense to us, but the original KJV reader would understand, mansions meant rooms. Just food for thought.
I do not believe so. At this link you can see for yourself:
John Chapter 14 - King James Bible With Strong's Dictionary - Bible Software by johnhurt.com
Plus: this being the reason why since the city of Zion or New Jerusalem would have this below and not just rooms.
Psalm 48:Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of his holiness. [SUP]
2 [/SUP]Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north,
the city of the great King.
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3 [/SUP]God is known in her
palaces for a refuge.
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4 [/SUP]For, lo, the kings were assembled, they passed by together.
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5 [/SUP]They saw it, and so they marvelled; they were troubled, and hasted away.
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6 [/SUP]Fear took hold upon them there, and pain, as of a woman in travail.
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7 [/SUP]Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east wind.
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8 [/SUP]As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the Lord of hosts, in the
city of our God:
God will establish it for ever. Selah.
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9 [/SUP]We have thought of thy lovingkindness, O God, in the midst of thy temple.
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10 [/SUP]According to thy name, O God, so is thy praise unto the ends of the earth: thy right hand is full of righteousness.
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11 [/SUP]Let mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of Judah be glad, because of thy judgments.
[SUP]12 [/SUP]Walk about Zion, and go round about her: tell the towers thereof.
[SUP]13 [/SUP]Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces; that ye may tell it to the generation following.
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14 [/SUP]For this God is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide even unto death.
So there be many
palaces... hence many
mansions. We are promised manifold sisters, mothers, and brothers and so I am wondering how He will give the elect their places and whom they will be sharing it with.