John 17:9 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - John 17:6-10

Christ, having prayed for himself, comes next to pray for those that are his, and he knew them by name, though he did not here name them. Now observe here, I. Whom he did not pray for (John 17:9): I pray not for the world. Note, There is a world of people that Jesus Christ did not pray for. It is not meant of the world of mankind general (he prays for that here, John 17:21; That the world may believe that thou hast sent me); nor is it meant of the Gentiles, in distinction from the Jews; but... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - John 17:9-19

17:9-19 "It is for them that I pray. It is not for the world that I pray, but for those whom you have given me because they are yours. All that I have is yours, and all that you have is mine. And through them glory has been given to me. I am no longer in the world and they are no longer in the world, and I go to you. Holy Father, keep them in your name, which you gave to me, that they may be one, as we are one. When I was with them I kept them in your name, which you gave to me. I guarded... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - John 17:9-19

The great interest of this passage is that it tells us of the things for which Jesus prayed for his disciples. (i) The first essential is to note that Jesus did not pray that his disciples should be taken out of this world. He never prayed that they might find escape; he prayed that they might find victory. The kind of Christianity which buries itself in a monastery or a convent would not have seemed Christianity to Jesus at all. The kind of Christianity which finds its essence in prayer and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 17:9

I pray for them ,.... This is to be understood of Christ, not as God; for as such he is the object of prayer; nor need he pray to any other; nor is there any superior to him under that consideration to pray unto; but as man and Mediator: nor is his praying any argument against his deity; nor proof of inferiority to his Father with respect to his divine nature; since it is not in that, but in his human, nature, that he prayed; though this may be ascribed to his whole person as Godman; hence... 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

John Calvin

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

Verse 9 9.I pray for them. Hitherto Christ has brought forward what might procure for the disciples favor with the Father. He now forms the prayer itself, in which he shows that he asks nothing but what is agreeable to the will of the Father, because he pleads with the Father in behalf of those only whom the Father himself willingly loves. He openly declares that he does not pray for the world, because he has no solicitude but about his own flock, which he received from the hand of the Father.... 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 17:6-10

The Advocate and the clients. The High Priest now turns from himself to the special objects of his intercessory prayer. I. THE CALLING OF TEE CLIENTS . 1. They are separated from the world. Made a select and consecrated class, they are set apart from others in the prayer of the Lord. 2. They are the property of the Father. 3. They are the gift of the Father to his Son. The Father drew them with the bonds of love, and they became Christ's. II. THE MARKS OF... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 17:6-11

Our Lord's prayer for his disciples. As he had prayed for himself, he next prays for his disciples. I. CHRIST 'S MANIFESTATION OF THE FATHER TO HIS DISCIPLES . "I have manifested thy Name to the men which thou gavest me out of the world." 1. He only could make such a discovery of the Divine mind and will 2. Those who received the revelation were God ' s . "Thine they were:" (a) as his charge, (b) as his subjects, (c) as his apostles, (d) ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 17:6-19

(2) The prayer for his disciples . read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - John 17:6-10

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - John 17:9-19

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - John 17:9-19

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 17:9

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

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

The Pulpit Commentary - John 17:1-26

The Pulpit Commentary - John 17:6-10

The Pulpit Commentary - John 17:6-11

The Pulpit Commentary - John 17:6-19

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