John 17
The High Priestly Prayer
1 These words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee: References Jesus: John 7:39, 11:4, 11:41, 12:23, Acts 3:13. Parallel theme: Psalms 123:1, Mark 14:41, 1 Peter 1:21 +3
2 As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him. Eternal Life: John 4:14, Daniel 7:14, 1 John 5:20. Parallel theme: John 3:35, 6:37, 6:39, 17:6, 17:9, 17:24, Matthew 28:18 +5
3 And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent. References God: John 3:17, 3:34, 1 Chronicles 28:9, Isaiah 61:1. Eternal Life: 1 John 5:20. Truth: 1 John 4:6. Parallel theme: John 17:21, 17:23, 17:25, Hosea 6:3 +5
4 I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do. Glory: John 12:28, 14:13. Parallel theme: John 4:34, 9:3, 14:31, 15:10, 19:30, Acts 20:24, 2 Timothy 4:7 +4
5 And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.
Jesus Prays for His Disciples
6 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. Word: Revelation 3:8. Parallel theme: John 6:37, 15:19, 17:2, 17:24, 17:26, Psalms 22:22, 2 Corinthians 4:6, Hebrews 3:6, 1 John 5:20 +5
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. Faith: John 16:27, 16:30, 17:21, 1 Thessalonians 2:13. Word: John 12:49, 17:14. Parallel theme: John 8:42, 15:15, Proverbs 1:3, 1 John 4:14 +5
9 I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me; for they are thine. Prayer: John 14:16, 17:20, Luke 22:32. Parallel theme: John 17:2, 17:6, Hebrews 7:25, 9:24, 1 John 5:19, Revelation 13:8, 20:15 +5
10 And all mine are thine, and thine are mine; and I am glorified in them.
11 And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are.
12 While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled. Word: John 13:18. Parallel theme: John 6:37, 18:9, Acts 1:25, 2 Thessalonians 2:3, 1 John 2:19
13 And now come I to thee; and these things I speak in the world, that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves.
14 I have given them thy wordWord: λόγος (Logos). The Greek Logos (Λόγος) means word, reason, or message—the rational principle underlying reality. John identifies Christ as the eternal Logos: 'In the beginning was the Word' (John 1:1).; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. Parallel theme: John 7:7, 8:23, 17:16, Proverbs 29:27
15 I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil. Evil: 1 Chronicles 4:10, Psalms 121:7, Isaiah 57:1, Matthew 6:13, Luke 11:4, Galatians 1:4, 2 Thessalonians 3:3, 1 John 5:18. Parallel theme: Psalms 30:9, 2 Timothy 4:8 +5
16 They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. Parallel theme: John 17:14
17 Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth. Word: John 15:3, Psalms 119:9, 119:11, 119:160, Ephesians 5:26, James 1:21. Truth: John 8:32, 17:19, Ephesians 4:21, 2 Thessalonians 2:13 +5
18 As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world. Parallel theme: John 4:38, 17:3, 17:8, 17:21, 17:23, 20:21, Matthew 10:5, 2 Corinthians 5:20, Ephesians 3:7 +4
19 And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth. Holy: 1 Corinthians 1:2, 1 Thessalonians 4:7, Hebrews 2:11. Truth: John 17:17. Parallel theme: 2 Corinthians 4:15, 8:9, 2 Timothy 2:10, Titus 2:14, Hebrews 9:13, 9:26 +5
Jesus Prays for All Believers
20 Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their wordWord: λόγος (Logos). The Greek Logos (Λόγος) means word, reason, or message—the rational principle underlying reality. John identifies Christ as the eternal Logos: 'In the beginning was the Word' (John 1:1).;
21 That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believeBelieve: πιστεύω (Pisteuo). The Greek pisteuo (πιστεύω) means to believe or trust—active reliance upon Christ. 'For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish' (John 3:16). that thou hast sent me. Faith: John 10:38, 17:8, Acts 4:32, Philippians 1:27. Parallel theme: John 10:30, 13:35, 17:11, Zechariah 14:9, Romans 12:5, 1 Corinthians 12:12 +5
22 And the gloryGlory: δόξα (Doxa). The Greek doxa (δόξα) means glory, splendor, or magnificence—the radiant manifestation of God's perfection. Christ revealed the Father's glory: 'we beheld his glory' (John 1:14). which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one:
23 I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me.
24 Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world. Glory: John 17:5, Genesis 45:13, 2 Corinthians 3:18, 4:6. Love: 1 John 3:2. Parallel theme: John 12:26, 14:3, Matthew 25:21, Luke 12:37, 1 Thessalonians 4:17 +5
25 O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee: but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me.
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. Love: John 15:9, 17:23. Parallel theme: John 8:50, 14:20, 15:4, 15:15, 17:6, Psalms 22:22, Ephesians 5:32, Hebrews 2:12 +5