Wesley's Explanatory Notes
John 17:26
I have declared to them thy name — Thy new, best name of love; that the love wherewith thou hast loved me — That thou and thy love, and I and my love, may be in them — That they may love me with that love.
I have declared to them thy name — Thy new, best name of love; that the love wherewith thou hast loved me — That thou and thy love, and I and my love, may be in them — That they may love me with that love.
Verse John 17:26. _I HAVE DECLARED UNTO THEM THY NAME_, c.] I have taught them the true doctrine. _AND WILL DECLARE IT_] This he did: 1st. By the conversations he had with his disciples _after_ his...
THY NAME - See the notes at John 17:6. AND WILL DECLARE IT - After my resurrection, and by the influence of the Holy Spirit, Luke 24:45; Acts 1:3....
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...
HAVE DECLARED UNTO THEM THY NAME. The character and love of God and the blessings of his service. PRACTICAL OBSERVATIONS. 1. Our Lord prayed for himself, not for temporal benefits, but for eternal...
"And I have given them the glory which you gave me, that they may be one as we are one. I am in them, and you are in me, so that their unity with us and with each other may stand consummated and compl...
THE GLORY OF THE CROSS (John 17:1-5)...
HAVE DECLARED. declared: i.e. made known. Greek. _gnorizo._ See John 15:15, the only other occurance in John. Kindred word to _ginosko_ (App-132.) and _gnosis,_ knowledge. LOVE. Greek. _agape._ App-1...
_have declared … will declare_ Better, MADE KNOWN … _will_ MAKE KNOWN. The verb is cognate with that rendered -know" in John 17:25, and here as there the aorist is used, not the perfect. Christ knows...
25, 26. SUMMARY...
THE PRAYER FOR THE WHOLE CHURCH Christ having prayed first for the _Author_ of salvation, and then for the _instruments_ of the work, now prays for the _objects_ of it. The limitation stated in John...
ἘΓΝΏΡΙΣΑ. Shew in translation that the verb is cognate with ἔγνων in John 17:25; MADE KNOWN. In both cases the aorist should be kept in English. Christ knows the Father and makes known His name, i.e....
VER 24. FATHER, I WILL THAT THEY ALSO, WHOM YOU HAVE GIVEN ME, BE WITH ME WHERE I AM; THAT THEY MAY BEHOLD MY GLORY, WHICH YOU HAVE GIVEN ME: FOR YOU LOVED ME BEFORE THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD. 25. O...
ΈΓΝΏΡΙΣΑ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΓΝΩΡΊΖΩ (G1107) делать известным, Ή _praes. conj. от_ ΕΊΜΊ (G1510) быть. _Conj._ с ΪΝ (G2443) выражает цель или, что более вероятно, результат....
O RIGHTEOUS FATHER, &C.— "O Father, who art the Author of all righteous designs, and the lover of righteous men; nay, and from whose very righteousness flows the admission of believers to thee; though...
PRAYER FOR ALL BELIEVERS _Text: John 17:20-26_ 20 Neither for these only do I pray, but for them also that believe on me through their word; 21 that they may all be one; even as thou, Father, art...
EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN John 17:20-26 The following is an Analysis of the dosing section of John 17:— We have now arrived at the dosing section of this wonderful Prayer, a section which sup...
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. AND I HAVE DECLARED, [ egnoorisa (G1107)] - 'I declared' or '...
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...
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....
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: ‘...
AND I HAVE DECLARED UNTO THEM THY NAME, AND WILL DECLARE IT. — The Greek word here rendered “declared” is of the same root as the verb rendered “known” in the previous verse. It is better to preserve...
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...
_Prayer for future believers_....
THE MASTER'S COMMISSION John 17:18-26 In John 10:36 we are told that the Father consecrated our Redeemer to the great work by which He had brought nigh them that were far off, Ephesians 2:13. What a...
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...
(7) 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. (7) He communicates the knowledge of the Father with his o...
I will make thy name known to them, by giving them, by means of the Holy Ghost, a perfect knowledge. For if they know Thee, they will likewise know that I am not different from Thee, but thy own well...
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...
VER. 26. No doubt the light which has dawned in the hearts of the disciples through the revelation of God in Christ as yet only begins to appear. But Jesus pledges Himself to communicate to them for t...
VV. 25, 26 have as their aim to justify this last will of Jesus, not only from the standpoint of grace, but even from that of _righteousness_, precisely that one of the divine perfections which might...
Jesus prays for the union of believers with Himself and among themselves. ADDITIONAL NOTES BY THE AMERICAN EDITOR. Vv. 20-26. 1. John 17:20-24. The prayer now turns to the great company of believers...
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...
Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word; (21) That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in u...
REFLECTIONS My soul! do thou, with uplifted eyes, and thankful heart, behold thy God and Savior, in this most blessed representation the Holy Ghost hath made of him, in this Chapter, here entering upo...
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...
26._And I have declared to them thy name, and will declare it. _Christ discharged the office of Teacher, but, in order to make known the Father, he employed the secret revelation of the Spirit, and no...
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-...
AND I HAVE DECLARED UNTO THEM THY NAME,.... Himself, his nature, his perfections, especially of grace and mercy, his mind and will, his Gospel; John 17:6. A very fit person Christ was to make this dec...
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. Ver. 26. _That the love, &c._] _Claritas in intellecta parit...
_O righteous Father_ Faithful and just, as well as merciful. When he prayed that believers might be sanctified, he called him _holy Father:_ but now, praying that they might be glorified, he terms him...
DECLARED UNTO THEM THY NAME; made thee known to them. WILL DECLARE IT; will more fully make thee known to them, to the increase of their love, union, and blessedness....
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. It is the righteous Father whom Christ is addressing, and therefor...
The conclusion of the prayer:...
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...
24-26 Christ, as one with the Father, claimed on behalf of all that had been given to him, and should in due time believe on him, that they should be brought to heaven; and that there the whole compa...
OLBGrk; By the _name_ of God, is to be understood God himself, and whatsoever God hath made himself known by his word and gospel, his attributes and perfections. And after my resurrection, I will yet...
John 17:26 And G2532 declared G1107 (G5656) them G846 Your G4675 name G3686 and G2532 declare G1107 ...
JESUS DEDICATES ALL WHO WILL RESPOND TO HIM THROUGH HIS APOSTLES (JOHN 17:20). Jesus was now looking far ahead, beyond His own group of disciples, as He began to pray for all who would become believer...
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...
John 17:26. AND I MADE KNOWN UNTO THEM THY NAME, AND WILL MAKE IT KNOWN, THAT THE LOVE WHEREWITH THOU LOVEDST ME MAY BE IN THEM, AND I IN THEM. The thought of John 17:25 is now more fully expressed, a...
AND WILL MAKE IT KNOWN (κα γνωρισω). Future active of γνωριζω, the perpetual mission of Christ through the Spirit (John 16:12; John 16:25; Matthew 28:20) as he himself has done heretofore ...
John 17:26 The Eloquence of the Cross Christ was standing, when He spoke these words, on the very margin of His death, with little or nothing beyond except His crucifixion; and then He says, evidentl...
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...
We will read this evening a portion of two prayers offered by our Divine Lord and Master on that night in which he was betrayed. The first is that memorable intercessory prayer of his recorded in the...
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...
AND I WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO. By his death and by sending the Spirit of truth. The purpose of this, is so that the love the Father has for the Son will be _in_ the disciples from that time on, to the...
_O righteous Father, the world hath not known Thee_ THE “AMEN” TO THE SUBLIMEST OF ALL PRAYERS I. GOD AND THE WORLD. 1. God. (1) His relationship--“Father.” No relationship is more intelligible, a...
_And I have declared unto them Thy name_ THE DIVINE NAME The name of God is His moral character. This is the stability and glory of the universe. These words present it I. AS THE HIGHEST OBJECT FO...
JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 17:26 YOUR NAME. See note on 5:43. I IN THEM. Compare John 14:20;...
_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 Corinthians 1:30; 1 Corinthians 12:12; 1 John 3:24; 1 John 4:13;...
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...
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...
That is, "I have made known unto them thy nature, attributes, counsels, will and commands, and. will continue the manifestation of the same unto the end. Learn thence, that the saving knowledge of Go...