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John 17:6
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.
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.
II. Our Lord's prayer for his disciples, John 17:6. Verse John 17:6. _I HAVE MANIFESTED THY NAME_] εφανερωσα, I have brought it into _light_, and caused it to _shine_ in itself, and to _illuminate_ o...
HAVE MANIFESTED THY NAME - The word “name” here includes the attributes or character of God. Jesus had made known his character, his law, his will, his plan of mercy - or, in other words, he had revea...
CHAPTER 17 _ 1. The Finished Work. (John 17:1 .)_ 2. The Father's Name and the Father's Gift. (John 17:6 .) 3. Not of the World but Kept in it. (John 17:11 .) 4. Sanctification of Himself for His O...
JOHN 13:33 TO JOHN 17:26. THE LAST DISCOURSES AND PRAYER. Perhaps this is the best place to consider the general arrangement and character of the final discourses. They present the same problems of st...
It is a return to former glory for which He prays. Are we to regard this petition as exclusively the author's addition, on the lines of his theology of the pre-existent Logos, or the real expression o...
HAVE MANIFESTED THY NAME TO THE MEN WHICH THOU GAVEST ME, ETC. In the first five verses he had prayed for himself. Now he prays for his disciples. The apostles are especially meant. To them he had "m...
THE GLORY OF THE CROSS (John 17:1-5)...
"I have shown forth your name to the men whom you gave me out of the world. They were yours and you gave them to me, and they have kept your word. Now they realize that everything you gave me comes fr...
HAVE MANIFESTED. manifested. NAME. Compare verses: it, 12, 26. Exodus 34:5.Psalms 9:10; Psalms 20:1 (see note there). UNTO. to. MEN. App-123. GAVEST. Compare...
_I have manifested_ Better, I MANIFESTED: see on John 17:4 and John 1:31. _which thou gavest_ Better, _whom Thou_hast given: in the next clause -gavest" is right. Sometimes the Father is said to -give...
The Prayer for His Disciples 6 8. The basis of the intercession; they have received the revelation given to them. The intercession itself begins John 17:9....
THE PRAYER FOR HIS DISCIPLES...
6–8. The basis of the intercession;—they have received the revelation given to them. The intercession itself begins John 17:9....
ἘΦΑΝΈΡΩΣΑ. see on John 1:31. The manifestation was not made indiscriminately, but to persons fitted to receive it. Sometimes the Father is said to ‘give’ or ‘draw’ men to Christ (John 5:24; John 6:37;...
VER 6. I HAVE MANIFESTED YOUR NAME UNTO THE MEN WHICH YOU GAVE ME OUT OF THE WORLD: YOURS THEY WERE, AND YOU GAVE THEM ME; AND THEY HAVE KEPT YOUR WORD. 7. NOW THEY HAVE KNOWN THAT ALL THINGS WHATSOEV...
ΈΨΑΝΈΡΩΣΑ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΦΑΝΕΡΌΩ (G5319) прояснять. _Aor._ подводит итоги Его служения и проводит параллель к ст. 4 (Barrett), ΈΔΩΚΑΣ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΔΊΔΩΜΙ (G1325) давать, ΤΕΤΉΡΗΚΑΝ _perf....
I HAVE MANIFESTED THY NAME— In the Hebrew language the _name_ of any thing signifies the _thing itself,_ Acts 3:16. Our Lord's meaning is, "I have explained thy nature and perfections; I have declared...
PRAYER FOR THE DISCIPLES _Text: John 17:6-19_ 6 I manifested thy name unto the men whom thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them to me; and they have kept thy word. 7...
EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN John 17:6-12 The following is an Analysis of the second section of John 17: — John 17 is the sequel to chapter 13. In each the actions of our great High Priest are i...
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. I HAVE MANIFESTED, [ Efaneroosa (G5319 ), 'I M...
4 The charge against all mankind is that all sin and are wanting of the glory of God (Rom_3:23). God guarantees to give glory and honor and incorruption to all who endure in good acts. Our Lord is the...
17:6 manifested (l-3) _ Phanero_ , as chs. 2.11; 9.3; 21.1,14....
CHRIST'S HIGH-PRIESTLY PRAYER 1-26. Christ's Great Intercession for Himself, for the Apostles, and for the World. This prayer is often, and suitably called Christ's 'High-priestly prayer,' because in...
THY NAME] i.e. Thy nature. THE MEN] i.e. the Apostles. KEPT THY WORD] an expression especially characteristic of St. John's Gospel, 1st Ep., and Rev. (John 8:51; John 14:23; 1 John 2:5, etc.)....
JOHN TELLS THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT JESUS GOSPEL OF JOHN _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 17 JESUS PRAYS ON HIS OWN BEHALF 17:1-5 V1 After Jesus said all these things, he looked up towards heaven. He prayed: ‘...
I HAVE MANIFESTED (better, _I manifested_) THY NAME UNTO THE MEN WHICH THOU GAVEST ME (better, _Thou hast given Me_) OUT OF THE WORLD. — This manifestation of the name of God is the making Him known a...
XVI. _ CHRIST'S INTERCESSORY PRAYER._ "These things spake Jesus; and lifting up His eyes to heaven, He said, Father, the hour is come; glorify Thy Son, that the Son may glorify Thee: even as Thou gave...
Ἑφανέρωσὰ σου … κόσμου. John 17:4 is resumed and explained. “I have glorified Thee and finished my work by _manifesting_,” etc. To manifest the name here means to make God known as the holy and loving...
_Prayer for the disciples_....
JESUS PRAYS FOR HIS OWN John 17:1-10 In Christ's own oratory we hear Him pray. But how wonderful! There is a tone of expectant faith in this marvelous prayer of assured trust, as if He knew that He w...
This chapter records for us words of our Lord addressed to His Father. In the first movement He was dealing strictly and only with relationships between Himself and the Father, referring to a past glo...
(3) I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world: (c) thine they were, and thou (d) gavest them me; and they have kept thy word. (3) First of all he prays for his disc...
To the men whom thou gavest me out of the world. By whom we may understand his apostles and disciples. They were thine, and also mine, as I am God. See ver. 10. --- and to me thou gavest them, inasmuc...
CHAPTER 24. VALEDICTORY PRAYER John 17. O the infinite moment, interest, value, and consolation of this prayer! Because it is the last, regular, formal petition our Savior offered for His disciples i...
“ _I have manifested thy name to the men whom thou hast given me out of the world; thine they were, and thou hast given them to me; and they have kept thy word._ 7. _Now they have known that all that...
Jesus asks for the support of His apostles in faith and their full consecration to the divine work. It seems to me that it is altogether wrong for _Weiss_, with Lucke, _de Wette_, etc., to connect the...
THIRD SECTION: 17:1-26. THE PRAYER. The shout of victory with which Jesus closed His conversations with the disciples was an anticipation of faith. To transform the victory which was announced into a...
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. (7) Now they have known that all things whatsoever...
In John 15:1-27 our Lord substitutes Himself for Israel, as the plant of God, responsible to bear fruit for Him on earth (not merely for man, as such, openly sinful and lost). He takes the place of th...
6._I have manifested thy name. _Here Christ begins to pray to the Father for his disciples, and, with the same warmth of love with which he was immediately to suffer death for them, he now pleads for...
chapter 17 is divided thus: John 17:1-5 relate to Christ Himself, to His taking His position in glory, to His work, and to that glory as belonging to His Person, and the result of His work. John 17:1-...
I HAVE MANIFESTED THY NAME,.... Not the "Nomen Tetragrammaton", the name of four letters, the name "Jehovah", and which the Jews call "Shemhamphorash", and say is ineffable, and to be pronounced by Ad...
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. Ver. 6. _I have manifested thy name_] The Jews se...
_I have manifested thy name_ All thy attributes; and in particular thy paternal relation to believers; _to the men which thou gavest me out of the world_ The apostles; and so John 17:12. _Thine they w...
I HAVE MANIFESTED THY NAME; thy whole character and attributes; for these are all comprehended in God's name. THE MEN; his disciples, especially the apostles....
HIS MINISTRY OF INTERCESSION (v.1) In Chapter s 13 to 16 the Lord has completed what He had to tell His disciples, ending with the empowering ministry of chapter 16. He has made every provision for t...
1-5 Our Lord prayed as a man, and as the Mediator of his people; yet he spoke with majesty and authority, as one with and equal to the Father. Eternal life could not be given to believers, unless Chr...
Here he openeth this former phrase, I HAVE GLORIFIED THEE ON THE EARTH: it was done by manifesting the Lord's name, proclaiming his goodness and mercy, publishing his will, making famous all whereby G...
Tertullian Against Praxeas and even to the Father He declares, "I have manifested Thy name unto these men; "[214] Tertullian On Prayer and more openly, "I have manifested Thy name to men."[17] Pse...
John 17:6 manifested G5319 (G5656) Your G4675 name G3686 men G444 whom G3739 given G1325 (G5758) Me...
“I openly revealed your name to the men whom you gave me out of the world. They were yours, and you gave them to me, and they have kept your word.” He points out that He has revealed to the Apostles w...
JESUS PRAYS IN THE UPPER ROOM (JOHN 17). Depending on how we interpret John 14:31 this prayer appears either to have been made in the Upper Room, or at some spot on the way to the Garden of Gethsemane...
JESUS' DEDICATION OF HIS APOSTLES (JOHN 17:6). Having prayed for the fulfilment of His own destiny Jesus now turns His attention to the needs of His Apostles. They are men of proved faithfulness, but...
John 17:6. I MANIFESTED THY NAME UNTO THE MEN WHICH THOU GAVEST ME OUT OF THE WORLD. Jesus now passes to the thought of those disciples who had been led to rest on Him in faith. His work was over: the...
I MANIFESTED (εφανερωσα). First aorist active indicative of φανεροω (from φανερος, manifest). Another word for claiming successful accomplishment of his task as in verse John 17:4 with εδοξασα and...
WORLD Greek, "kosmos", means "mankind". (_ See Scofield) - (Matthew 4:8). _...
Can there be found, in all the records of mankind, in all the documents that have ever been preserved, anything that can match this record of our Saviour's great intercessory prayer? He seems to pray...
This chapter contains the marvellous prayer of our Great High Priest. May the Holy Spirit apply its teaching to our hearts as we read it! John 17:1. _These words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes t...
John 17:1. _These words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come;_ That tremendous hour which was the very hinge of history, that hour in which he must suffer...
John 17:1. _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:_ Jesus is going forth to die, and he kn...
This matchless chapter contains that great intercessory prayer of Christ for his people which may most properly be called «the Lord's prayer.» John 17:1. _These words spake Jesus, and lifted up his e...
John 17:1. _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:_ Christ's great intercessory prayer beg...
John 17:1. _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: as thou hast given him power over all fl...
John 17:1. _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: As thou hast given him power over all fl...
John 17:1. _These words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, thee hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee:_ The hour has come. The most important...
John 17:1. _These words spake Jesus, and, lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come;_ The hour to which he had so long looked forward, the hour which he had anticipated with ar...
John 17:1. _These words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come;_ This is in a very special sense our Lord's prayer. What a word that is from the lips of Jes...
CONTENTS: Jesus' prayer of intercession. CHARACTERS: God, Jesus, disciples, Judas. CONCLUSION: If God be our Father, we have an intercessor to appear for us continually to guarantee our safe delivery...
John 17:1. _Father, the hour is come, glorify thy Son._ By Father the divinity is understood, the Father being the fountain of deity. The hour of my passion being come, glorify thy Son by speedily rai...
I HAVE MADE YOU KNOWN. Now he prays for his disciples. The apostles are the ones he especially singles out....
_I have manifested Thy Name unto the men which Thou gavest Me._ CHRIST’S WORK UPON EARTH I. ITS NATURE. The manifestation of the name of God. (John 17:6). In Himself invisible and incomprehensible (J...
JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 17:6 Jesus’ revelation of God’s NAME includes making known the Father’s works and words (see John 1:18;...
1-25 CHAPTER 17 VER. 1. _hese 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_. These are the last words of...
_I have manifested Thy Name to the men which Thou gavest Me out of the world._ "This was the duty committed to Him by the Father." So S. Chrysostom. "Thy name, not as God, but as the Father," says S....
_EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES_ John 17:1. THESE THINGS SPAKE, ETC. (ταῦτα ἐλάλησεν).—The reference is to the discourse just ended. LIFTED UP.—From the troubles of earth and time the mind and soul ar...
EXPOSITION JOHN 17:1 4. The _high-priestly intercession_._ Audible communion of the Son with the Father_._ _The prayer which now follows reveals, in the loftiest and sublimest form, the Divine human...
These words spake Jesus, and he lifted up his eyes to heaven (John 17:1), Now He is finished with His disciples and He turns now to the Father. He said, "I am not alone; the Father is with Me." And co...
1 John 10:27; 1 John 15:19; 1 John 18:9; 1 John 5:20; 1 John 6:37;...
THE PRAYER CHAPTER John 17:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The seventeenth chapter of John contains the prayer which Christ spoke just as He entered the Garden of Gethsemane, and went from there to the Cross....
LOOKING BACKWARD John 17:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The seventeenth chapter of John contains the prayer which Jesus Christ uttered in the upper room after He had taken of the Passover and had broken the...
THE CHRISTIAN AND THE WORLD John 17:6 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We face a sad spectacle in the history of the church at this time. The world has become so entrenched in the life and activities of the chur...
I have manifested thy name — All thy attributes; and in particular thy paternal relation to believers; to the men whom thou hast given me — The apostles, and so John 17:12. They were thine — By creati...
By the name of God, we are here to understand his nature, his property, and attributes, his designs and counsels for the salvation of mankind. Christ, as the prophet of his church, made all these know...