John:17:6-19
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John:17:6 @{
I manifested } (\
ephaner
sa \).
First aorist active indicative of \
phanero \ (
from \
phaneros \,
manifest ).
Another word for claiming successful accomplishment of his task as in verse 4 |
with \
edoxasa \
and in verse 26 |
with \
egn
risa \. {
Whom } (\
hous \).
Accusative case after \
ed
kas \,
not attracted to case of antecedent (\
anthr
pois \).
Jesus regards the apostles as the Father '
s gift to him .
Recall the night of prayer before he chose them . {
They have kept } (\
tet
r
kan \).
Perfect active indicative ,
late _Koin
_
form for the third plural instead of the usual \
tet
r
kasin \.
Jesus claims loyalty and fidelity in these men with the one exception of Judas (
verse 12 |).
He does not claim perfection for them ,
but they have at least held on to the message of the Father in spite of doubt and wavering (
6:67-71 ;
strkjv @
Matthew:16:15-20 |).
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John:17:7 @{
Now they know } (\
nun egn
kan \).
Perfect active indicative third plural like \
tet
r
kan \
above .
They have come to know ,
not as fully as they felt (
16:30 |),
and yet in a real sense .
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John:17:8 @{
The words } (\
ta r
mata \).
Plural ,
each word of God ,
as in strkjv @
3:34 |,
and of Christ (
5:47 ;
strkjv @
6:63 ,
68 |),
while the singular (\
ton logon sou \)
in verses 6 ,
14 |
views God '
s message as a whole . {
Knew } (\
egn
san \).
Second aorist active indicative of \
gin
sk \
like \
elabon \
in contrast with \
egn
kan \ (
perfect )
in verse 7 |.
They definitely "
received and recognized truly " (\
al
th
s \).
There was comfort to Christ in this fact . {
They believed } (\
episteusan \).
Another aorist parallel with \
elabon \
and \
egn
san \.
The disciples believed in Christ '
s mission from the Father (
John:6:69 ;
strkjv @
Matthew:16:16 |).
Note \
apesteilas \
here as in verse 3 |.
Christ is God '
s {
Apostle }
to man (
Hebrews:3:1 |).
This statement ,
like a solemn refrain (\
Thou didst send me \),
occurs five times in this prayer (
verses 8 ,
18 ,
21 ,
23 ,
25 |).
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John:17:9 @{
I pray } (\
eg
er
t \).
Request ,
not question ,
as in strkjv @
16:23 |. {
Not for the world } (\
ou peri tou kosmou \).
Now at this point in the prayer Christ means .
In verse 19 |
Jesus does pray for the world (
for future believers )
that it may believe (
verse 21 |).
God loves the whole world (
3:16 |).
Christ died for sinners (
Romans:5:8 |)
and prayed for sinners (
Luke:23:34 |)
and intercedes for sinners (
1John:2:1f .;
strkjv @
Romans:8:34 ;
strkjv @
Hebrews:7:25 |). {
For those whom } (\
peri h
n \).
A condensed and common Greek idiom for \
peri tout
n hous \
with \
tout
n \ (
the demonstrative antecedent )
omitted and the relative \
hous \
attracted from the accusative \
hous \ (
object of \
ded
kas \)
to the case (
genitive )
of the omitted antecedent .
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John:17:10 @{
Are } (\
estin \).
Singular number in the Greek (
is ),
not the plural \
eisin \ (
are ),
emphasizing the unity of the whole as in strkjv @
16:15 |. "
This no creature can say in reference to God " (
Luther ). {
I am glorified in them } (\
dedoxasmai en autois \). "
I stand glorified (
perfect passive indicative of \
doxaz \)
in the disciples " (\
en autois \),
in spite of all their shortcomings and failings .
There is comfort for us in this .
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John:17:11 @{
And these } (\
kai houtoi \
or \
autoi \,
they ).
Note adversative use of \
kai \ (=
but these ). {
I come } (\
erehomai \).
Futuristic present , "
I am coming ."
Cf .
strkjv @
13:3 ;
strkjv @
14:12 ;
strkjv @
17:13 |.
Christ will no longer be visibly present to the world ,
but he will be with the believers through the Holy Spirit (
Matthew:28:20 |). {
Holy Father } (\
pater hagie \).
Only here in the N .
T .,
but see strkjv @
1John:2:20 ;
strkjv @
Luke:1:49 |
for the holiness of God ,
a thoroughly Jewish conception .
See strkjv @
John:6:69 |
where Peter calls Jesus \
ho hagios tou theou \.
For the word applied to saints see strkjv @
Acts:9:13 |.
See verse 25 |
for \
pat
r dikaie \ (
Righteous Father ). {
Keep them } (\
t
r
son autous \).
First aorist (
constative )
active imperative of \
t
re \,
as now specially needing the Father '
s care with Jesus gone (
urgency of the aorist tense in prayer ). {
Which } (\
h
i \).
Locative case of the neuter relative singular ,
attracted from the accusative \
ho \
to the case of the antecedent \
onomati \ (
name ). {
That they may be one } (\
hina
sin hen \).
Purpose clause with \
hina \
and the present active subjunctive of \
eimi \ (
that they may keep on being ).
Oneness of will and spirit (\
hen \,
neuter singular ),
not one person (\
heis \,
masculine singular )
for which Christ does not pray .
Each time Jesus uses \
hen \ (
verses 11 ,
21 ,
22 |)
and once , \
eis hen \, "
into one " (
verse 23 |).
This is Christ '
s prayer for all believers ,
for unity ,
not for organic union of which we hear so much .
The disciples had union ,
but lacked unity or oneness of spirit as was shown this very evening at the supper (
Luke:22:24 ;
strkjv @
John:13:4-15 |).
Jesus offers the unity in the Trinity (
three persons ,
but one God )
as the model for believers .
The witness of the disciples will fail without harmony (
17:21 |).
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John:17:12 @{
I kept } (\
et
roun \).
Imperfect active of \
t
re \, "
I continued to keep ." {
I guarded } (\
ephulaxa \).
First aorist (
constative )
active of \
phulass \.
Christ was the sentinel (\
phulax \,
strkjv @
Acts:5:23 |)
for them .
Is he our sentinel now ? {
But the son of perdition } (\
ei m
ho huios t
s ap
leias \).
The very phrase for antichrist (
2Thessalonians:2:3 |).
Note play on \
ap
leto \,
perished (
second aorist middle indicative of \
apollumi \).
It means the son marked by final loss ,
not annihilation ,
but meeting one '
s destiny (
Acts:2:25 |).
A sad and terrible exception (
Mark:14:21 |). {
The scripture } (\
h
graph \).
It is not clear whether this is John '
s own comment or the word of Jesus .
Not in strkjv @
18:9 |.
The Scripture referred to is probably strkjv @
Psalms:41:9 |
quoted in strkjv @
13:18 |
with the same formula \
hina pl
r
th
i \
which see there .
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John:17:13 @{
That they may have my joy fulfilled in themselves } (\
hina ech
sin t
n charan t
n em
n pepl
r
men
n en heautois \).
Purpose clause with present active subjunctive of \
ech \, "
that they may keep on having Christ '
s joy in their faithfulness realized in themselves ." \
Pepl
r
men
n \
is the perfect passive participle of \
pl
ro \
in the predicate position .
For the use of \
pl
ro \
with \
chara \ (
joy )
see strkjv @
15:11 ;
strkjv @
16:24 ;
strkjv @
Phillipians:2:2 |.
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John:17:14 @{
Not of the world } (\
ouk ek tou kosmou \).
They are "
in the world " (\
en t
i kosm
i \,
verse 13 |)
still and Christ sends them "
into the world " (\
eis ton kosmon \,
verse 18 |),
but they must not be like the world nor get their spirit ,
standards ,
and message "
out of the world ,"
else they can do the world no good .
These verses (
14-19 |)
picture the Master '
s ideal for believers and go far towards explaining the failure of Christians in winning the world to Christ .
Too often the world fails to see the difference or the gain by the change .
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John:17:15 @{
Shouldest take } (\
ar
is \).
First aorist active subjunctive of \
air \ (
liquid verb ). {
From the evil one } (\
ek tou pon
rou \).
Ablative case with \
ek \,
but can mean the evil man ,
Satan ,
or the evil deed .
See same ambiguity in strkjv @
Matthew:6:13 |.
But in strkjv @
1John:5:18 | \
ho pon
ros \
is masculine (
the evil one ).
Cf .
strkjv @
Revelation:3:10 |.
rwp @
John:17:16 @
Repetition of verse 14 |
for emphasis .
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John:17:17 @{
Sanctify } (\
hagiason \).
First aorist active imperative of \
hagiaz \.
To consecrate or set apart persons or things to God .
See strkjv @
Exodus:28:41 ;
strkjv @
29:1 ,
36 ;
strkjv @
40:13 |.
See Paul '
s prayer for the Thessalonians (
1Thessalonians:5:23 |).
This is done in the sphere (\
en \)
of truth (
God '
s truth ),
God '
s Word (
not human speculation ,
but God '
s message to us ).
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John:17:18 @{
Sent I them } (\
apesteila autous \).
The very verb (\
apostell \)
used of the original commission of these men (
Mark:3:14 |)
and the special commission (
Luke:9:2 |)
and the renewal of the commission after the resurrection (
John:20:21f .|,
both \
apostell \
and \
pemp \
here ).
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John:17:19 @{
I sanctify myself } (\
eg
hagiaz
emauton \).
To his holy ministry to which the Father "
sanctified " (\
h
giasen \)
him (
John:10:36 |). {
That they themselves also may be sanctified in truth } (\
hina
sin kai autoi h
giasmenoi en al
thei
i \).
Purpose clause with \
hina \
and the periphrastic perfect passive subjunctive of \
hagiaz \ (
that they may remain sanctified ).
The act of Christ helps us ,
but by no means takes the place of personal consecration on the part of the believer .
This high and holy prayer and act of Christ should shame any one who uses the livery of heaven to serve the devil in as does ,
alas ,
sometimes happen (
2Corinthians:11:13-15 |).