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Wesley's Explanatory Notes - John 17:8

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 me.They have received them — By faith. read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - John 17:9

I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me; for they are thine.I pray not for the world — Not in these petitions, which are adapted to the state of believers only. (He prays for the world at John 17:21,23, that they may believe - That they may know God hath sent him.) This no more proves that our Lord did not pray for the world, both before and afterward, than his praying for the apostles alone, John 17:6-19, proves that he did not pray for them also which... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - John 17:6-19

Christ’s representation of, and petitions for, his apostles, John 17:6-19. First, the Saviour represents his apostles before God in their past relations with himself, closing with a petition for their gracious preservation, 6-11. Second, he represents their relations of danger to the world, closing with a petition for divine keeping, 12-16. Third, opening with a petition, he represents their mission to the world, 16-19. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - John 17:8

8. They have believed They were selected and given by God with full foreknowledge that they would believe. The final taking of effect, both of their election and the giving, was conditioned on their faith and perseverance as free agents. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - John 17:9

9. Pray not for the world For the world, as such, and while it stays such, (in the sense used here and in John 17:14,) is not a possible object of the mercies and blessings he is now imploring; and so cannot be the object of his direct prayer. Indirectly he prays, in John 17:21; John 17:23, for the world, that it may be brought under the scope and cover of his prayer, by conversion to faith in him. When Christ intercedes, as here, for his Church, it is that it may be, as here,... read more

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - John 17:8

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - John 17:9

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - John 17:6-19

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - John 17:8

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - John 17:9

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