john-17:17

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - John 17:1-26

THE INTERCESSORY PRAYER This chapter because of its subject, and its great preciousness is worthy to stand out by itself. Bernard divides the prayer into three great parts and a sequel: 1. for His work and glory (John 17:1-5 ); 2. for the disciples (John 17:6-19 ); 3. for all believers (John 17:20-24 ); 4. the sequel (John 17:25-26 ). The first and second part he subdivides again into two sections (John 17:1-3 and John 17:4-5 , and John 17:6-10 and John 17:11-19 , respectively). The third... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - John 17:1-26

Unity In Christ Joh 17:20-23 What is Christian unity? Is it an affair of regulation, compromise, concession, toleration, for the sake of good neighbourhood, and easy social and ecclesiastical movement? That view of Christian unity certainly receives no support from the Lord's intercessory prayer. The deepest meaning of Christian unity is union with Christ, oneness with the Son of God, identification with Christ in spirit, purpose, and labour; and coming out of that, as a cause and an... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - John 17:6-19

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. (7) Now they have known that all things whatsoever thou hast given me are of thee. (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. (9) I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - John 17:17-19

17-19 Christ next prayed for the disciples, that they might not only be kept from evil, but made good. It is the prayer of Jesus for all that are his, that they may be made holy. Even disciples must pray for sanctifying grace. The means of giving this grace is, "through thy truth, thy word is truth." Sanctify them, set them apart for thyself and thy service. Own them in the office; let thy hand go with them. Jesus entirely devoted himself to his undertaking, and all the parts of it, especially... 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 17:14-19

The Word keeps in faith: v. 14. I have given them Thy Word; and the world hath hated them because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. v. 15. I pray not that Thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that Thou shouldest keep them from the evil. v. 16. They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. v. 17. Sanctify them through Thy truth; thy Word is truth. v. 18. As Thou hast sent Me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world. v. ... 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 17:17-19

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 17:11-17

in the World but not of the World John 17:11-17 What is the world? The inspired definition is given in 1 John 2:16 . Enumerating her three offsprings, the Apostle goes on to say, “All that is in the world… is not of the Father,” that is, does not originate or proceed from Him. We might reverse the proposition and say, “All that does not emanate from the Father, and which is inconsistent with perfect love and purity and truth, is of the world.” The spirit of the world permeates society. All... 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