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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 17:10

And all mine are thine, and thine are mine ,.... Christ is speaking not of things but of persons; otherwise all the perfections of his nature as God, and all the works he did, and doctrines he taught as man, were of his Father; as all the perfections of his Father, his nature, his names, his works, his worship, were his; the same that belongs to the one belongs to the other: but persons are here meant, and these the elect of God, particularly the apostles, who were his and his Father's;... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 17:11

And now I am no more in the world ,.... In the earth; which is no contradiction to his resurrection from the dead, and stay with his disciples for a while; nor to his return to judge the world at the last day; nor to his reigning on earth with his saints a thousand years; since it will not be the world as it now is, but it will be a new earth, renewed, purified and refined, and clear of the wicked inhabitants of it; and in which will only dwell righteous persons: besides, Christ was to be,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 17:12

While I was with them in the world ,.... This does not imply that Christ was not in the world now, for he was; but signifies that he was just going out of it; and that his continuance in it was very short: nor that he was, and would be no longer with his disciples; for this is to be understood of his bodily, not of his spiritual presence; in which respect Christ is with his people whilst they are on earth, and they are with him when he is in heaven: I kept them in thy name ; by his... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - John 17:6

II. Our Lord's Prayer for His Disciples, John 17:6-19 ; read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - John 17:8

I have given - them the words - I have delivered thy doctrine to them, so that they have had a pure teaching immediately from heaven: neither Jewish fables nor fictions of men have been mingled with it. And have known surely - Are fully convinced and acknowledge that I am the promised Messiah, and that they are to look for none other; and that my mission and doctrine are all Divine, John 17:7 , John 17:8 . read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - John 17:9

I pray not for the world - I am not yet come to that part of my intercession: see John 17:20 . I am now wholly employed for my disciples, that they may be properly qualified to preach my salvation to the ends of the earth. Jesus here imitates the high priest, the second part of whose prayer, on the day of expiation, was for the priests, the sons of Aaron: see on John 17:1 ; (note). These words may also be understood as applying to the rebellious Jews. God's wrath was about to descend... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - John 17:10

I am glorified in them - Christ speaks of the things which were not, but which should be, as though they were. He anticipates the glorifying of his name by the successful preaching of the apostles. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - John 17:11

I am no more in the world - I am just going to leave the world, and therefore they shall stand in need of peculiar assistance and support. They have need of all the influence of my intercession, that they may be preserved in thy truth. Keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me - Instead of οὑς δεδωκας μοι , Those whom thou hast given me, ABCEHLMS, Mt. BHV, and nearly one hundred others, read ᾡ , which refers to the τῳ ονοματι σου , thy name, immediately... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - John 17:12

I kept them in thy name - In thy doctrine and truth. But the son of perdition - So we find that Judas, whom all account to have been lost, and whose case at best is extremely dubious, was first given by God to Christ? But why was he lost? Because, says St. Augustin, he would not be saved: and he farther adds, After the commission of his crime, he might have returned to God and have found mercy. Aug. Serm. 125; n. 5; Psalm 146:1-10 . n. 20; Ser. 352, n. 8; and in Psalm 108:1-13 . See... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - John 17:6

Verse 6 6.I have manifested thy name. Here Christ begins to pray to the Father for his disciples, and, with the same warmth of love with which he was immediately to suffer death for them, he now pleads for their salvation. The first argument which he employs on their behalf is, that they have embraced the doctrine which makes men actually children of God. There was no want of faith or diligence on the part of Christ, to call all men to God, but among the elect only was his labor profitable and... read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 17:10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 17:11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 17:12

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - John 17:6

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - John 17:8

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - John 17:9

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - John 17:10

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - John 17:11

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - John 17:12

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - John 17:6

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