Upstairs Room

A room on a floor above the ground level.

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House with an upper room (Image generated by ChatGPT using OpenAI technology) Upper room, roof chamber

About Upstairs Room

The upper room was a room on the level above the ground floor (second story in American usage and first story in most other languages). This room generally would not cover an entire story but only part of the roof.

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Key References

Mark 14:15

And he will show you a large upper room, furnished and ready. Make preparations for us there.”

Luke 22:12

And he will show you a large upper room, already furnished. Make preparations there.”

Acts 1:13

When they arrived, they went to the upper room where they were staying: Peter and John, James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James son of Alphaeus, Simon the Zealot, and Judas son of James.

All Scripture References (6)

Mark (1)
Mark 14:15

And he will show you a large upper room, furnished and ready. Make preparations for us there.”

Luke (1)
Luke 22:12

And he will show you a large upper room, already furnished. Make preparations there.”

Acts (4)
Acts 1:13

When they arrived, they went to the upper room where they were staying: Peter and John, James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James son of Alphaeus, Simon the Zealot, and Judas son of James.

Acts 9:37

At that time, however, she became sick and died, and her body was washed and placed in an upper room.

Acts 9:39

So Peter got up and went with them. On his arrival, they took him to the upper room. All the widows stood around him, weeping and showing him the tunics and other clothing that Dorcas had made while she was still with them.

Acts 20:8

Now there were many lamps in the upper room where we were gathered.