John 17:26

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - John 17:26

I will make thy name known to them, by giving them, by means of the Holy Ghost, a perfect knowledge. For if they know Thee, they will likewise know that I am not different from Thee, but thy own well begotten Son. (St. John Chrysostom, hom. lxxxi. in Joan.) read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - John 17:24-26

24-26 Christ, as one with the Father, claimed on behalf of all that had been given to him, and should in due time believe on him, that they should be brought to heaven; and that there the whole company of the redeemed might behold his glory as their beloved Friend and Brother, and therein find happiness. He had declared and would further declare the name or character of God, by his doctrine and his Spirit, that, being one with him, the love of the Father to him might abide with them also. Thus,... read more

Frank Binford Hole

F. B. Hole's Old and New Testament Commentary - John 17:1-99

John 17 WE NEED TO have in our minds the five words that close the previous chapter as we read the opening words of this chapter. He who had overcome the world “lifted up His eyes to heaven, and said, Father.” In the knowledge of the Father and in the light of heaven, what is the world worth? And what are its threats or persecutions? Here was the Son of God Himself in the absolute fulness of both, and hence the world was, so to speak, beneath His feet. He is now going to present Himself before... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - John 17:25-26

The conclusion of the prayer: v. 25. O righteous Father, the world hath not known Thee; but I have known Thee, and these have known that Thou hast sent Me. v. 26. And I have declared unto them Thy name, and will declare it, that the love wherewith Thou hast loved Me may be in them and I in them. It is the righteous Father whom Christ is addressing, and therefore He who fulfilled all righteousness may well expect from Him the hearing of a prayer based upon the complete redemption of the... 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 17:26

John THE HIGH PRIEST’ S PRAYER CHRIST’S SUMMARY OF HIS WORK Joh_17:26 . This is the solemn and calm close of Christ’s great High-priestly prayer; the very last words that He spoke before Gethsemane and His passion. In it He sums up both the purpose of His life and the petitions of His prayer, and presents the perfect fulfilment of the former as the ground on which He asks the fulfilment of the latter. There is a singular correspondence and contrast between these last words to God and the... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - John 17:18-26

the Master’s Commission John 17:18-26 In John 10:36 we are told that the Father consecrated our Redeemer to the great work by which He had brought nigh them that were far off, Ephesians 2:13 . What a scene that must have been when Jesus was set apart to destroy the works of the devil, bring in everlasting salvation, and gather into one family the scattered children of God! In that act we were included. We are bound, therefore, to a life of consecration and devotion to the world’s redemption.... 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 17:1-26

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

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