John 17:25 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - John 17:24-26

Here is, I. A petition for the glorifying of all those that were given to Christ (John 17:24), not only these apostles, but all believers: Father, I will that they may be with me. Observe, 1. The connection of this request with those foregoing. He had prayed that God would preserve, sanctify, and unite them; and now he prays that he would crown all his gifts with their glorification. In this method we must pray, first for grace, and then for glory (Ps. 84:11); for in this method God gives. Far... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - John 17:22-26

17:22-26 "And I have given them the glory which you gave me, that they may be one as we are one. I am in them, and you are in me, so that their unity with us and with each other may stand consummated and complete. I pray for this that the world may realize that you sent me, and that you loved them as you loved me. Father, it is my will that those whom you have given me should be with me where I am going, that they may see my glory which you gave me, because you loved me before the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 17:25

O righteous Father ,.... God is righteous in all the divine persons: the Father is righteous, the Son is righteous, and the Holy Spirit is righteous: he is so in his nature; righteousness is a perfection of it; he is so in all his purposes and promises; in all his ways and works of providence and grace; in predestination, redemption, justification, pardon of sin, and eternal glory. Christ makes use of this epithet, as containing a reason why he might justly expect that all his petitions and... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - John 17:25

The world hath not known thee - Has not acknowledged me. See on John 1:11 , John 1:12 ; (note). And these have known - Here our Lord, returning to the disciples, speaks: 1st. Of their having received him as the Messiah; read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - John 17:25

Verse 25 25.Righteous Father. He compares his disciples to the world, so as to describe more fully the approbation and favour which they had received from the Father; for it is proper that they who alone know God, whom the whole world rejects, should be distinguished above others, and most properly does Christ plead with peculiar warmth for those whom the unbelief of the world did not prevent from acknowledging God. By calling him Righteous Father, Christ defies the world and its malice; as if... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 17:1-26

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 humanity of the Son of man, and the fact that, in the consciousness of Jesus as the veritable Christ of God, there was actually blended the union of the Divine and human, and a perfect exercise of the prerogatives of both. The illimitable task which writers of the second century must have set themselves to... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 17:20-26

(3) Prayer for the Church Catholic in all time . read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 17:25

The prayer is thus over, and once more the great High Priest and victim declares concerning himself some of the mysteries of his Person and of his relation with his disciples and with the world. O righteous Father (cf. John 17:1 , John 17:5 , πάτερ simply; John 17:11 , πάτερ ἃγιε ; John 17:24 , πάτερ without any characterization). The righteousness of God is a more exalted perfection than his holiness, one that might seem more at variance with the exercise of his paternal... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 17:25

God unknown and known. These, the last words uttered by our Lord before he proceeded to his betrayal and passion, are words worthy of the occasion and of the Speaker. They are a prayer, or rather an address, to the Father. Yet they constitute a review of the past, a declaration of the present, a prediction of the future. They explain the reason and the purpose of his mediation and of his ministry to man. I. THE WORLD 'S IGNORANCE OF GOD WAS THE OCCASION OF CHRIST 'S... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 17:25-26

An appeal to God's righteousness. Our Lord approaches the climax of his prayer. I. MARK THE MODE OF ADDRESS . "Righteous Father." Six times in this prayer has Christ addressed God as Father; but the name here used implies that Christ insists upon the reward of his service and. his sufferings. Justice pleads on behalf of the disciples. The thought of a "righteous Father" is: 1. Comforting to the righteous and the oppressed . 2. Terrible to the ungodly . II. ... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - John 17:24-26

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - John 17:22-26

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 17:25

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - John 17:25

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - John 17:25

The Pulpit Commentary - John 17:1-26

The Pulpit Commentary - John 17:20-26

The Pulpit Commentary - John 17:25

The Pulpit Commentary - John 17:25

The Pulpit Commentary - John 17:25-26

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