25O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee: but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me.
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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.
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.
But I know him: for I am from him, and he hath sent me.
But all these things will they do unto you for my name's sake, because they know not him that sent me.
For the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came out from God.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 24-26)Here is, I. A petition for the glorifying of all those that were given to Christ (John 17:24), not only these apostles, but all believers: Father, I will that they may be with me . Observe, 1. The connection of this request with those foregoing. He had prayed that God would preserve, sanctify, and unite them; and now he prays that he would crown all his gifts with their glorification. In this meth…
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