18As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world.
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Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you: as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you.
Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God.
And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.
These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying, Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not:
I sent you to reap that whereon ye bestowed no labour: other men laboured, and ye are entered into their labours.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 17-19)The next thing he prayed for for them was that they might be sanctified; not only kept from evil, but made good. I. Here is the petition (John 17:17): Sanctify them through thy truth , through thy word, for thy word is truth ; it is true—it is truth itself. He desires they may be sanctified, 1. As Christians. Father, make them holy, and this will be their preservation, 1 Thess. 5:23. Observe here,…
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