John 17:17

Sermon Bible Commentary - John 17:16-17

John 17:16-17 Christian Separation from the World I. Its nature. The unworldliness of Christ is our model. The separating line which marked His life from the world's life is the line which is to mark our own. Christ's separation was not an outward separation from the world, but an inward separation from its spirit. II. This spiritual atmosphere of separation, amid His close contact with men, arose (1) from His life of holy consecration; (2) from His life of abiding prayer. III. Its purposes.... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - John 17:17

John 17:17 I. Revelation, or, as our Lord terms it solemnly, the truth, sanctifies us first of all by putting before us an ideal of sanctity. The man of action, like the artist, needs an ideal. It is, in fact, his first necessity, and outside the sphere of revelation there have been such ideals; but they have been vague, indistinct, varying, above all, they have been conspicuous by their failure, again and again, to satisfy the higher demands even of the natural conscience. By giving the world,... read more

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Spurgeon's Verse Expositions of the Bible - John 17:17

Our Lord's Prayer for His People's Sanctification March 7th, 1886 by C. H. SPURGEON (1834-1892) "Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth." John 17:17 . Our Lord Jesus prayed much for his people while he was here on earth. He made Peter the special subject of his intercession when he knew that he was in extraordinary danger. The midnight wrestlings of the Son of man were for his people. In the sacred record, however, much more space is taken up by our Lord's intercessions as he... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - John 17:1-26

Chapter 17These words spake Jesus, and he lifted up his eyes to heaven ( John 17:1 ),Now He is finished with His disciples and He turns now to the Father. He said, "I am not alone; the Father is with Me." And conscious of the Father, He now offers what should be titled the Lord's Prayer, for this is indeed the Lord's Prayer. He gave to the disciples a model prayer, which is often called the Lord's Prayer. But this is the true Lord's Prayer. "He lifted up his eyes to heaven,"and he said, Father,... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - John 17:1-26

John 17:1 . Father, the hour is come, glorify thy Son. By Father the divinity is understood, the Father being the fountain of deity. The hour of my passion being come, glorify thy Son by speedily raising him from the dead, that thy Son may also glorify thee by publishing abroad thy wisdom and love in the redemption of man. John 17:2 . Thou hast given him power over all flesh, to call the gentile world to the faith, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him. “I... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - John 17:17

John 17:17Sanctify them through Thy truth.The sanctification of the saint’sI. AN OBJECT DEAR TO CHRIST. 1. He prayed for this on earth. Prayer is always the sign of earnest desire for another’s good: how earnest, then, must have been that desire which could bid back the onrush of sorrow from Gethsemane, &c. 2. He died for this upon the cross (John 17:19). Christ died for something more than the erasure of the penalty due to man from heaven’s statute book. Christ had His eye on men’s... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - John 17:17

17 Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth. Ver. 17. Sanctify them by thy truth ] Affect their hearts therewith, that they may the better affect others; speaking a corde ad cor, from the heart to the heart, which is the life of preaching. Quod iussit et gessit, What he orders and does, saith Bernard of one; και εδειξε, και εδιδαξε , saith Basil of another. A minister had need to pray, as Elisha did, for a doubled and trebled spirit, that he may out of the good treasure of his... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - John 17:17

Sanctify: John 17:19, John 8:32, John 15:3, Psalms 19:7-1 Samuel :, Psalms 119:9, Psalms 119:11, Psalms 119:104, Luke 8:11, Luke 8:15, Acts 15:9, 2 Corinthians 3:18, Ephesians 5:26, 2 Thessalonians 2:13, James 1:21, 1 Peter 1:22, 1 Peter 1:23 word: John 8:40, 2 Samuel 7:28, Psalms 12:6, Psalms 19:7, Psalms 119:144, Psalms 119:151, Psalms 119:152, Ephesians 4:21, 2 Timothy 2:25, 2 Timothy 2:26 Reciprocal: Exodus 31:13 - that ye may Leviticus 22:32 - hallow you Numbers 19:18 - General 1... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - John 17:17

Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.Sanctify — Consecrate them by the anointing of thy Spirit to their office, and perfect them in holiness, by means of thy word. 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

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