They all may be one; Christ brings all his true disciples into an inward living union with himself and the Father, and thus makes them all one with each other.
That the world may believe that thou hast sent me; the manifestation in believers of this inward union of love and holiness, first with the Father and the Son, and then with one another, is to the world the most convincing proof of the truth of Christ's mission.
JOHN 17:21 w=sin (2) {B} The better attested reading is w=sin (î66vid B C* D W ita, b, c, d, e syrs copsa, bomss, ach2 arm geo _al_). The pedantic addition of e[n before...
Verse John 17:21. _THAT THEY ALL MAY BE ONE_] This prayer was literally answered to the _first_ believers, who were all of _one heart_ and of _one soul_: Acts 4:32. And why is it that believers are n...
NEITHER PRAY I FOR THESE ALONE ... - Not for the apostles only, but for all who shall be converted under the preaching of the gospel. They will all need similar grace and be exposed to similar trials....
CHAPTER 17 _ 1. The Finished Work. (John 17:1 .)_ 2. The Father's Name and the Father's Gift. (John 17:6 .) 3. Not of the World but Kept in it. (John 17:11 .) 4. Sanctification of Himself for His O...
JOHN 13:33 TO JOHN 17:26. THE LAST DISCOURSES AND PRAYER. Perhaps this is the best place to consider the general arrangement and character of the final discourses. They present the same problems of st...
The prayer now passes to those whom they shall make disciples, the fruits of their missionary labours. For them He asks unity, in the Father and the Son, corresponding to the unity of Father and Son....
THAT THEY ALL MAY BE ONE;... THAT THEY MAY BE ONE IN US. This is. prayer for the closest union among the saints. As the Father and Son are one they are to be one. The Lord all through this discourse h...
THE GLORY OF THE CROSS (John 17:1-5)...
"It is not only for these that I pray, but also for those who are going to believe in their word of testimony to me. And my prayer is that they may all be one, even as you, Father, are in me, and I in...
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_That they all may be one_ This is the purpose rather than the purport of the prayer: Christ prays for blessings for His Church with this end in view, that all may be one. _as_ Or, EVEN AS. The unity...
21. After ἘΝ ἩΜΙ͂Ν omit ἕν (an insertion from the first clause: comp. John 17:11; John 17:22). Confusion between the clauses makes several patristic quotations ambiguous; but the insertion is strongly...
THE PRAYER FOR THE WHOLE CHURCH Christ having prayed first for the _Author_ of salvation, and then for the _instruments_ of the work, now prays for the _objects_ of it. The limitation stated in John...
Ver 20. Neither pray I for these alone but for them also which shall believe on me through their word; 21. That they all may be one; as you, Father, is in me, and I in You, that they also may be one i...
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DISCOURSE: 1714 THE IMPORTANCE OF UNION AMONG CHRISTIANS John 17:20. _Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word; that they all may be one; as thou...
NEITHER PRAY I FOR THESE ALONE,— "I do not make my apostles the only subjects of this my last prayer; but I pray also for all those who shall be converted by my apostles; intreating for them the graci...
PRAYER FOR ALL BELIEVERS _Text: John 17:20-26_ 20 Neither for these only do I pray, but for them also that believe on me through their word; 21 that they may all be one; even as thou, Father, art...
EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN John 17:20-26 The following is an Analysis of the dosing section of John 17:— We have now arrived at the dosing section of this wonderful Prayer, a section which sup...
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 ), 'O...
4 The charge against all mankind is that all sin and are wanting of the glory of God (Rom_3:23). God guarantees to give glory and honor and incorruption to all who endure in good acts. Our Lord is the...
THAT THEY ALL MAY BE ONE] A leading passage on the unity of the Church. The centre of unity is not on earth but in heaven. Christians are 'one,' because they are spiritually united to the Father and t...
CHRIST'S HIGH-PRIESTLY PRAYER 1-26. Christ's Great Intercession for Himself, for the Apostles, and for the World. This prayer is often, and suitably called Christ's 'High-priestly prayer,' because in...
JOHN TELLS THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT JESUS GOSPEL OF JOHN _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 17 JESUS PRAYS ON HIS OWN BEHALF 17:1-5 V1 After Jesus said all these things, he looked up towards heaven. He prayed: ‘...
THAT THEY ALL MAY BE ONE — _i.e.,_ both “these” (the Apostles) and “them also which shall believe on Me through their word” (the whole body of believers in all times and places). He expresses in this...
XVI. _ CHRIST'S INTERCESSORY PRAYER._ "These things spake Jesus; and lifting up His eyes to heaven, He said, Father, the hour is come; glorify Thy Son, that the Son may glorify Thee: even as Thou gave...
_Prayer for future believers_....
For those who through their preaching believe on Him He prays that they may be one. Naturally the extension of the Church imperils its unity, the ἑνότης τοῦ πνεύματος, Ephesians 4:3. “This unity is in...
THE MASTER'S COMMISSION John 17:18-26 In John 10:36 we are told that the Father consecrated our Redeemer to the great work by which He had brought nigh them that were far off, Ephesians 2:13. What a...
This chapter records for us words of our Lord addressed to His Father. In the first movement He was dealing strictly and only with relationships between Himself and the Father, referring to a past glo...
Christ does pray that his disciples may be one, as he and his heavenly Father are one; not that the unity may resemble the unity of persons in the divinity, by a perfect and exact likeness; but only a...
CHAPTER 24. VALEDICTORY PRAYER John 17. O the infinite moment, interest, value, and consolation of this prayer! Because it is the last, regular, formal petition our Savior offered for His disciples i...
Jesus prays for the union of believers with Himself and among themselves. ADDITIONAL NOTES BY THE AMERICAN EDITOR. Vv. 20-26. 1. John 17:20-24. The prayer now turns to the great company of believers...
“ _And it is not for these only that I pray, but for all those who believe on me through their word_, 21, _that they all may be one; that, as thou, Father, art in me and I in thee, they also may be in...
THIRD SECTION: 17:1-26. THE PRAYER. The shout of victory with which Jesus closed His conversations with the disciples was an anticipation of faith. To transform the victory which was announced into a...
Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word; (21) That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in u...
In John 15:1-27 our Lord substitutes Himself for Israel, as the plant of God, responsible to bear fruit for Him on earth (not merely for man, as such, openly sinful and lost). He takes the place of th...
_OUR UNHAPPY DIVISIONS_ ‘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.’ John 17:21 Some thi...
21._That all may be one. _He again lays down the end of our happiness as consisting in unity, and justly; for the ruin of the human race is, that, having been alienated from God, it is also broken and...
chapter 17 is divided thus: John 17:1-5 relate to Christ Himself, to His taking His position in glory, to His work, and to that glory as belonging to His Person, and the result of His work. John 17:1-...
THAT THEY ALL MAY BE ONE,.... Among themselves. This may regard their unity in faith, and in the knowledge of Christ; for there is but one faith which all truly experienced souls agree in: they are co...
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. Ver. 21. _That they all may be one_] Though...
_Neither pray I for these alone_ I do not make my apostles the only subjects of this my last prayer; I pray likewise for all such as shall by their word, whether preached or written, be brought to _be...
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....
Christ prays for the future believers:...
HIS MINISTRY OF INTERCESSION (v.1) In Chapter s 13 to 16 the Lord has completed what He had to tell His disciples, ending with the empowering ministry of chapter 16. He has made every provision for t...
20-23 Our Lord especially prayed, that all believers might be as one body under one head, animated by one soul, by their union with Christ and the Father in him, through the Holy Spirit dwelling in t...
Our Saviour here prays on the behalf of such as should believe on him, that they might be one in faith, and one in brotherly love. Whoso considereth this as a piece of Christ's prayer for believers, a...
Clement of Alexandria The Instructor Book I And the glory which Thou hast given Me I have given them; that they may be one, as We are one: I in them, and Thou in Me, that they may be made perfect in...
John 17:21 that G2443 all G3956 be G5600 (G5753) one G1520 as G2531 You G4771 Father G3962 in...
“That they may all be one, even as you Father are in me, and I in you, that they also may be in us, that the world may believe that you sent me.” His prayer is that the unity which He has requested fo...
JESUS DEDICATES ALL WHO WILL RESPOND TO HIM THROUGH HIS APOSTLES (JOHN 17:20). Jesus was now looking far ahead, beyond His own group of disciples, as He began to pray for all who would become believer...
JESUS PRAYS IN THE UPPER ROOM (JOHN 17). Depending on how we interpret John 14:31 this prayer appears either to have been made in the Upper Room, or at some spot on the way to the Garden of Gethsemane...
John 17:21. THAT THEY ALL MAY BE ONE, EVEN AS THOU, FATHER, ART IN ME, AND I IN THEE, THAT THEY THEMSELVES ALSO MAY BE IN US. The petition on behalf of all believers follows in these words, and their...
THAT THEY ALSO MAY BE IN US (ινα κα αυτο εν ημιν ωσιν). Another purpose clause with ινα and the present active subjunctive of ειμ. The only possible way to have unity among believers is for all of...
WORLD Greek, "kosmos", means "mankind". (_ See Scofield) - (Matthew 4:8). _...
John 17:21 The Unity of the Race What a vision Jesus must have had of the essential oneness of the race. Man is one continuity of the race throughout all the ages. Bird and beast are always beginning...
Can there be found, in all the records of mankind, in all the documents that have ever been preserved, anything that can match this record of our Saviour's great intercessory prayer? He seems to pray...
We will read this evening a portion of two prayers offered by our Divine Lord and Master on that night in which he was betrayed. The first is that memorable intercessory prayer of his recorded in the...
John 17:1. _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:_ Jesus is going forth to die, and he kn...
John 17:1. _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:_ Christ's great intercessory prayer beg...
John 17:1. _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: As thou hast given him power over all fl...
John 17:1. _These words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, thee hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee:_ The hour has come. The most important...
John 17:1. _These words spake Jesus, and, lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come;_ The hour to which he had so long looked forward, the hour which he had anticipated with ar...
CONTENTS: Jesus' prayer of intercession. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, disciples, Judas. CONCLUSION: If God be our Father, we have an intercessor to appear for us continually to guarantee our safe delivery...
John 17:1. _Father, the hour is come, glorify thy Son._ By Father the divinity is understood, the Father being the fountain of deity. The hour of my passion being come, glorify thy Son by speedily rai...
I PRAY THAT THEY MAY ALL BE ONE. This is a prayer for the UNITY [not union] of all disciples. The "spirit" that divides "Christians" into warring factions, is CONTRARY to this prayer. Christians shoul...
_Neither pray I for these alone, but for those also which shall believe on Me through their word_ SAVING FAITH THROUGH THE WORD I. THE BENEFITS OF CHRIST’S MEDIATION ARE LIMITED TO THOSE WHO BELIEVE...
JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 17:21 THAT THEY MAY ALL BE ONE. See v. John 17:11 and note; v....
1-25 CHAPTER 17 VER. 1. _hese 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_. These are the last words of...
_That they may be all one._ By one faith, hope, charity, and concord. Learn hence how united Christians should be amongst themselves, and how far removed are they who disseminate discord and strife, f...
_EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES_ John 17:1. THESE THINGS SPAKE, ETC. (ταῦτα ἐλάλησεν).—The reference is to the discourse just ended. LIFTED UP.—From the troubles of earth and time the mind and soul ar...
EXPOSITION JOHN 17:1 4. The _high-priestly intercession_._ Audible communion of the Son with the Father_._ _The prayer which now follows reveals, in the loftiest and sublimest form, the Divine human...
These words spake Jesus, and he lifted up his eyes to heaven (John 17:1), Now He is finished with His disciples and He turns now to the Father. He said, "I am not alone; the Father is with Me." And co...
1 Corinthians 1:10; 1 Corinthians 12:12; 1 Corinthians 12:25; 1 John 5:7;...
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LOOKING BACKWARD John 17:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The seventeenth chapter of John contains the prayer which Jesus Christ uttered in the upper room after He had taken of the Passover and had broken the...
THE CHRISTIAN AND THE WORLD John 17:6 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We face a sad spectacle in the history of the church at this time. The world has become so entrenched in the life and activities of the chur...
As thou art in me — This also is to be understood in a way of similitude, and not of sameness or equality. That the world may believe — Here Christ prays for the world. Observe the sum of his whole pr...
The special mercy, and particular blessing which Christ prays for on behalf of believers, is. close and intimate union betwixt the Father, himself, and them, and also betwixt one another; such an unio...