2As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him.
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And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. …
And this is the Father's will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day.
And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed.
All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.
And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-5)Here we have, I. The circumstances of this prayer, John 17:1. Many a solemn prayer Christ made in the days of his flesh (sometimes he continued all night in prayer), but none of his prayers are recorded so fully as this. Observe, 1. The time when he prayed this prayer; when he had spoken these words , had given the foregoing farewell to his disciples, he prayed this prayer in their hearing; so tha…
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