I have made you known to them, and will continue to make you known in order that the love you have for me may be in them and that I myself may be in them.” Jesus has declared the name of God to His disciples and He has done so fully and completely. In the …
Category Archives: Chapter 17
John 17:25
“Righteous Father, though the world does not know you, I know you, and they know that you have sent me. Matthew Henry observes, “When he prayed that they might be sanctified, he called him holy Father; when he prays that they may be glorified, he calls him righteous Father; for it is a crown of …
John 17:24
“Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am, and to see my glory, the glory you have given me because you loved me before the creation of the world. Here Jesus is thinking of His disciples and says “I will” or “I want” but when speaking of Himself …
John 17:23
I in them and you in me. May they be brought to complete unity to let the world know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me. The secret of perfect unity is the double indwelling. Christ is in the believers and the Father is in Him. Lagrange thinks …
John 17:22
I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one: The glory of Jesus as the Son of God is displayed in (Matt 3:17, John 1:14, Heb 1:5, 3:6). This is the glory Jesus imparts to his followers (John 1:12, 1 John 3:1). In other words, he made …
John 17:21
that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me. Unity is a very big deal to Jesus. This is evidenced by the fact that He prayed for it …
John 17:20
“My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, Jesus has started by praying for Himself, and then for His disciples, and now for all who will believe through the message of His disciples. This would include those who directly heard the testimony of …
John 17:19
For them I sanctify myself, that they too may be truly sanctified. “sanctify myself” = Jesus completely set Himself apart to God (Eph 5:2, Heb 7:27, 9:14). By saying (John 12:28, Matt 26:42, Luke 23:46) Jesus also sanctified Himself. How? Ephesians 5:2 and live a life of love, just as Christ loved us and gave …
John 17:18
As you sent me into the world, I have sent them into the world. Jesus prays that the disciples will be consecrated and then sent. Jesus went through the same chain of events Himself (John 10:36). His mission has made a pattern for theirs (and ours). They are not to live aimless lives because they …
John 17:17
Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth. “sanctify” = hagiazo = to separate from the profane and to God; to make holy. They have been born again into a new nature that is not of this world and now they need to act accordingly. Morris states that “They are to be holy men, …
John 17:16
They are not of the world, even as I am not of it. The statement Jesus made in verse 14 is repeated. Since Jesus is their (and our) Lord, they (we) belong to Him and they (we) will share His view of things.
John 17:15
My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one. The disciples are in for some tough times and one way of being delivered from those times is to take them from the world by death (Isa 57:1). Jesus would not pray that his …
John 17:14
I have given them your word and the world has hated them, for they are not of the world any more than I am of the world. “Word” (logos) here means the entire message Jesus has revealed to the disciples. The gift Jesus gave them was the revelation of God. There can be no greater …
John 17:13
“I am coming to you now, but I say these things while I am still in the world, so that they may have the full measure of my joy within them. When Jesus prayed, that which He prayed for was exactly what the will of the Father was. Only once did Jesus pray that “If …
John 17:12
While I was with them, I protected them and kept them safe by that name you gave me. None has been lost except the one doomed to destruction so that Scripture would be fulfilled. Jesus had kept the disciples by the name of God; He had protected them by the power of the God who …
John 17:11
I will remain in the world no longer, but they are still in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, protect them by the power of your name—the name you gave me—so that they may be one as we are one. Jesus knows that His departure from the world is very near, …
John 17:10
All I have is yours, and all you have is mine. And glory has come to me through them. Jesus makes a rather incredible statement here. It is only natural for any man to state that all he has belongs to and comes from God, but to say the reverse indicates a special and unique …
John 17:9
I pray for them. I am not praying for the world, but for those you have given me, for they are yours. Jesus simply prays for His disciples. He does not pray for the world, although He loves it (John 3:16). Jesus came to save men out of the world, but He will certainly not …
John 17:8
For I gave them the words you gave me and they accepted them. They knew with certainty that I came from you, and they believed that you sent me. “words” is the translation of the Greek word rhema which means “message.” Jesus gave them the message from God the Father (7:16, 12:48-49). However, here “words” …
John 17:7
Now they know that everything you have given me comes from you. “Now” is probably temporal and means “now at long last”. Finally the disciples realize that everything Jesus has comes from God. This seems to indicate that the disciples finally realize that Jesus is divine. He is not just the Galilean Teacher nor even …
John 17:6
“I have revealed you to those whom you gave me out of the world. They were yours; you gave them to me and they have obeyed your word. Jesus had started by praying for Himself, and now He progresses to pray for His disciples. This is the lengthiest prayer of the three (self, disciples, us). …
John 17:5
And now, Father, glorify me in your presence with the glory I had with you before the world began. Jesus is looking for glory in the least likely place: the cross. The glory for which He is looking is that glory He had with the Father before the world began. This is a definite statement …
John 17:4
I have brought you glory on earth by completing the work you gave me to do. Jesus speaks of having already brought the Father glory by completing the tasks He had laid out for Him. He is using the past tense as if everything has already been done, although the cross still lay before Him. …
John 17:3
Now this is eternal life: that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent. In this verse Jesus gives us a definition of eternal life. It is coming to really know God. This is more than coming to know the way to eternal life; knowing God is life …
John 17:2
For you granted him authority over all people that he might give eternal life to all those you have given him. authority = exousia = the power of choice; the liberty of doing as one pleases. Christ’s authority is given by God and extends over the entire human race (Matt 11:27, 28:18, John 5:27). While …
John 17:1
After Jesus said this, he looked towards heaven and prayed: “Father, the time has come. Glorify your Son, that your Son may glorify you. This chapter contains the prayer of Jesus. It may be sub-divided into 3 parts: His prayer for Himself (1-5); His prayer for his disciples (6-19); and His prayer for all other …