These words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee: For the general character of this portion of the Fourth Gospel, see the opening remarks on John 14:1. As for this Prayer, had it not been recorded, w... [ Continue Reading ]
As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him. AS THOU HAST GIVEN HIM, [ kathoos (G2531) edookas (G1325)] - 'According as thou gavest Him' POWER OVER ALL FLESH. Compare John 3:35, "The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all t... [ Continue Reading ]
And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent. AND THIS IS LIFE ETERNAL [ hee (G3588 ) aioonios (G166 ) zoon (G2198 )], THAT THEY MIGHT KNOW THEE THE ONLY TRUE GOD - the sole Personal, Living God, in glorious contrast with all forms... [ Continue Reading ]
I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do. I HAVE GLORIFIED THEE ON THE EARTH: I HAVE FINISHED THE WORK WHICH THOU GAVEST ME TO DO - or, keeping to the strict sense of the tenses here employed, 'I glorified Thee on the earth: I finished the work which T... [ Continue Reading ]
And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was. AND NOW - `the whole purpose I am here for being accomplished,' O FATHER, GLORIFY THOU ME WITH THINE OWN SELF, [ para (G3844) seautoo (G4572)] - or 'beside Thine own Self (apud Teip... [ Continue Reading ]
I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them me; and they have kept thy word. I HAVE MANIFESTED, [ Efaneroosa (G5319 ), 'I MANIFESTED'] THY NAME - `Thy whole revealed character toward mankind,' UNTO THE MEN WHICH THOU GAVES... [ Continue Reading ]
Now they have known that all things whatsoever thou hast given me are of thee. NOW THEY HAVE KNOWN THAT ALL THINGS WHATSOEVER THOU HAST GIVEN ME ARE OF THEE.... [ Continue Reading ]
For I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me; and they have received them, and have known surely that I came out from thee, and they have believed that thou didst send me. FOR I HAVE GIVEN UNTO THEM THE WORDS WHICH THOU GAVEST ('HAST GIVEN') ME; AND THEY HAVE RECEIVED THEM, AND HAVE... [ Continue Reading ]
I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me; for they are thine. I PRAY FOR THEM - not here as apostles, but as the following words show, as the representatives of those "chosen out of the world." I PRAY NOT FOR THE WORLD - for the things sought for them we... [ Continue Reading ]
And all mine are thine, and thine are mine; and I am glorified in them. AND ALL MINE ARE THINE, AND THINE ARE MINE, [ ta (G3588) ema (G1691) sa (G4674) estin (G1510), kai (G2532) ta (G3588) sa (G4674) ema (G1691)] - 'And all things that are Mine are Thine, and Thy things are Mine.' ABSOLUTE COMMU... [ Continue Reading ]
And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are. AND [NOW] I AM NO MORE IN THE WORLD, BUT THESE ARE IN THE WORLD, AND I COME TO THEE. 'Though My struggles ar... [ Continue Reading ]
While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled. WHILE I WAS WITH THEM IN THE WORLD, I KEPT THEM IN THY NAME - `I preserved them from defection through th... [ Continue Reading ]
And now come I to thee; and these things I speak in the world, that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves. AND NOW, [ nun (G3568 ) de (G1161 ), 'BUT NOW'] COME I TO THEE. He had just said this before; but He loves to say it again, the yearning of His whole soul after the Father thus fin... [ Continue Reading ]
I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. I HAVE GIVEN THEM THY WORD; AND THE WORLD HATH HATED THEM, [ emiseesen (G3404 ), 'THE WORLD HATED THEM,'] BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT OF THE WORLD, EVEN AS I AM NOT OF THE WORLD.... [ Continue Reading ]
I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil. I PRAY NOT THAT THOU SHOULDEST TAKE THEM OUT OF THE WORLD - for that, though it wo... [ Continue Reading ]
They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. THEY ARE NOT OF THE WORLD, EVEN AS I AM NOT OF THE WORLD. See the notes at John 17:6; and at John 15:18. This is reiterated here to pave the way for the prayer which follows:... [ Continue Reading ]
Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth. SANCTIFY THEM THROUGH, [ en (G1722 ), OR 'IN'] THY TRUTH: THY WORD IS TRUTH. Principles of vast importance are here expressed. Observe, first, the connection between this petition and that of John 17:15. As that was negative - "Keep them" - aski... [ Continue Reading ]
As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world. AS THOU HAST SENT ('SENTEST') ME INTO THE WORLD, EVEN SO HAVE I ALSO SENT ('SENT I ALSO') THEM INTO THE WORLD. As their mission was designed for no other end than to carry into effect the purpose of His own missio... [ Continue Reading ]
And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth. AND FOR THEIR SAKES I SANCTIFY MYSELF, THAT THEY ALSO MIGHT (OR 'MAY') BE SANCTIFIED THROUGH THE TRUTH, [ en (G1722) aleetheia (G225)] - 'in the truth,' or 'in truth.' Since the article is wanting in the... [ Continue Reading ]
Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word; NEITHER PRAY I FOR THESE ALONE, [ Ou (G3756) peri (G4012) toutoon (G5130) de (G1161) erootoo (G2065) monon (G3440).] - 'Yet not for these alone do I pray,' BUT FOR THEM ALSO WHICH SHALL BELIEVE ON ME... [ Continue Reading ]
That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me. THAT THEY ALL MAY BE ONE, [ hen (G1520 ), 'ONE THING;'] AS THOU, FATHER, ART IN ME, AND I IN THEE, THAT THEY ALSO MAY BE ONE [ hen (G1520 ), 'ON... [ Continue Reading ]
And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one: AND THE GLORY WHICH THOU GAVEST ('HAST GIVEN') ME I HAVE GIVEN THEM; THAT THEY MAY BE ONE, EVEN AS WE ARE ONE. This verse is to be viewed as the proper complement of the former one. Our Lord had prayed... [ Continue Reading ]
I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me. I IN THEM, AND THOU IN ME, THAT THEY MAY BE MADE PERFECT IN ONE, [ eis (G1519) hen (G1520)] - 'into one [thing];' AND THAT THE WORLD M... [ Continue Reading ]
Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world. FATHER, I WILL, [ theloo (G2309 )] THAT THEY ALSO WHOM THOU HAST GIVEN ME. [The reading ho (G3588) here,... [ Continue Reading ]
O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee: but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me. O RIGHTEOUS FATHER, THE WORLD HATH NOT KNOWN THEE: BUT I HAVE KNOWN THEE, AND THESE HAVE KNOWN THAT THOU HAST SENT ME - or, preserving the strict sense of the tenses, 'the world... [ Continue Reading ]
And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it: that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them. AND I HAVE DECLARED, [ egnoorisa (G1107)] - 'I declared' or 'made known' UNTO THEM THY NAME. He had said this variously before (John 17:6; John 17:8; John 17:1... [ Continue Reading ]