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Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - John 17:6-8

Christ prays for the disciples as such that have kept the Word: v. 6. 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. v. 7. Now they have known that all things whatsoever Thou hast given Me are of Thee. v. 8. 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... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - John 17:9-11

The distinction between the disciples and the world: v. 9. I pray for them; I pray not for the world, but for them which Thou hast given Me; for they are Thine. v. 10. And all Mine are Thine, and Thine are Mine; and I am glorified in them. v. 11. 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. Jesus here makes a deliberate distinction. He expressly... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - John 17:1-26

THE HIGH-PRIESTLY, INTERCESSORY PRAYER OF CHRIST ON BEHALF OF HIS PEOPLE. A PRAYER FOR THE GLORIFICATION OF HIS NAME EVEN TO THE GORIFICATION OF HIS PEOPLE AND THE WORLD, OR UNTIL THE VANISHMENT OF THE WORLD AS WORLD. CHRIST, IN HIS SELF-SACRIFICE FOR THE WORLD, THE TRUTH AND FULFILLMENT OF THE SHEKINA AND ALL THE MANIFESTATIONS OF GOD IN THE WORLD. GLORIFICATION OF THE PRAYER, OF DECISIVE CONFLICTS OF SPIRIT, OF SACRIFICE. THE HEAVENLY GOALJohn 17:01These words spake1 Jesus, and lifted up his... read more

Alexander MacLaren

Alexander MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture - John 17:1-13

John THE INTERCESSOR Joh_17:1 - Joh_17:19 . We may well despair of doing justice to the deep thoughts of this prayer, which volumes would not exhaust. Who is worthy to speak or to write about such sacred words? Perhaps we may best gain some glimpses of their great and holy sublimity by trying to gather their teaching round the centres of the three petitions, ‘glorify’ Joh_17:1 , Joh_17:5, ‘keep’ Joh_17:11, and ‘sanctify’ Joh_17:17. I. In Joh_17:1 - Joh_17:5 , Jesus prays for Himself, that... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - John 17:1-10

Jesus Prays for His Own John 17:1-10 In Christ’s own oratory we hear Him pray. But how wonderful! There is a tone of expectant faith in this marvelous prayer of assured trust, as if He knew that He was asking what was in His Father’s heart and thought. The Lord speaks as if He had already passed through death, and were pleading before the throne. He is glad to have authority only that He may use it to give life. The Father’s gift to Jesus consisted in the men who followed Him, the word He... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - John 17:1-26

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 glory, and anticipating the coming glory, first, that resulting from the Cross, and then the return to that which had been abandoned. In the second section He spoke to His Father of His relationship with the men immediately surrounding Him at the time. His prayer for them was not indifferent to the... read more

Robert Neighbour

Wells of Living Water Commentary - John 17:1-15

The Prayer Chapter John 17:1-15 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The seventeenth chapter of John contains the prayer which Christ spoke just as He entered the Garden of Gethsemane, and went from there to the Cross. As He prayed, therefore, He was knowingly approaching the great travail toward which He had steadily moved from before the foundation of the world. He knew all the time the anguish of His Calvary sufferings, and yet as the hour came nearer and nearer, the depth of the meaning of His sorrows must... read more

Robert Neighbour

Wells of Living Water Commentary - John 17:1-26

Looking Backward John 17:1-26 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 bread and poured forth the cup. We all realize that this prayer was spoken just as Christ was about to go out to Gethsemane and on to the Cross. In such an hour it was natural for the Lord to pray. He sought the Father's face, the face of the One who was destined to leave Him alone during the... read more

Robert Neighbour

Wells of Living Water Commentary - John 17:6-26

The Christian and the World John 17:6-26 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 church, that it is frequently impossible for one to decide whether it is a churchly world, or a worldly church. The "birds of the air" have certainly lodged in the branches of the mustard tree. The children of the wicked one hold high carnival in the conduct of the so-called Christian church. God... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - John 17:1-26

Jesus’ Final Words To His Apostles (John 13:31 to John 17:26 ). This next section, from John 13:31 to John 17:26, can be seen as the equivalent of the dying words of Jesus. Words spoken on approaching death, and especially on a deathbed, were considered to be particularly potent. There are numerous examples of this in Scripture, like the blessings of Jacob to his sons in Genesis 47:29 to Genesis 49:33, Moses’ farewell words in Deuteronomy 33:0, the farewell of Joshua to the nation of Israel... read more

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