Geneva Study Bible Commentary
John 17:2
As thou hast given him power over (a) all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him.
(a) Over all men.
As thou hast given him power over (a) all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him.
(a) Over all men.
Verse John 17:2. _AS THOU HAST GIVEN HIM POWER_] As the Messiah, Jesus Christ received from the Father _universal dominion_. _All flesh_, i.e. all the _human race_, was given unto him, that by one sa...
AS THOU HAST GIVEN HIM POWER - It was on the ground of this power given to Christ that the apostles were commanded to go and teach all nations. See the notes at Matthew 28:18. ALL FLESH - All men, Mat...
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...
Jesus prays with full consciousness that the crisis of His earthly career is come. Will His death prove the annihilation of His person and work, or its glorification, the transition to a higher form 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...
AS THOU HAST GIVEN HIM POWER OVER ALL FLESH. This shows how the Son is to be glorified. It is by "giving him all power in heaven and earth," and "committing all things" to him, raising him from the d...
When Jesus had spoken these words, he lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said: "Father, the hour has come. Glorify the Son that the Son may glorify you. Glorify him, just as you gave him authority over...
THE GLORY OF THE CROSS (John 17:1-5)...
AS. Even as. POWER. authority. App-172. OVER ALL FLESH. Literally of: i.e. in relation to (App-17.) all flesh. Compare Isaiah 40:5.Luke 3:6; Acts 2:17. ETERNAL. App-151. LIFE. App-170. to as
The Prayer for Himself The Son was sent to give to men eternal life, which consists in the knowledge of God. This work the Son has completed to the glory of the Father, and therefore prays to be glor...
_As thou hast given him power_ Better, EVEN AS _Thou_ GAVEST _Him_ AUTHORITY. The authority was given once for all, and is the reason for the petition in John 17:1. Comp. John 5:27. _all flesh_ A Hebr...
THE PRAYER FOR HIMSELF The Son was sent to give to men eternal life, which consists in the knowledge of God. This work the Son has completed to the glory of the Father, and therefore prays to be glor...
ΚΑΘῺΣ ἜΔΩΚΑΣ. EVEN _as thou_ GAVEST (John 3:35) _Him_ AUTHORITY (John 1:12) _over all flesh_. The authority was given once for all (John 5:27), and is the reason for the petition in...
Ver 1. These words spoke Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come; glorify your Son, that your Son also may glorify you: 2. As you have given him power over all fles...
ΈΔΩΚΑΣ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΔΊΔΩΜΙ (G1325) давать, ΔΈΔΩΚΑΣ _perf. ind. act._ perf. указывает на непреходящую природу дара (Morris). ΔΏΣΗ _aor. conj. act._...
DISCOURSE: 1708 CHRIST’S POWER TO GIVE ETERNAL LIFE John 17:2. _Thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him_. WE have in these words a...
THESE WORDS SPAKE JESUS,— Our Lord, having thus finished his ministry, and given his disciples all the instructions that he judged necessary, closed the whole with a solemn prayer to God; wherein, _fi...
PRAYER FOR HIMSELF _Text: John 17:1-5_ 1 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: 2 even a...
EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN John 17:1-5 The following is an Analysis of the first section of John 17: 1. The Son praying, verse 1. In John 17 the veil is drawn aside, and we are admitted with...
As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him. AS THOU HAST GIVEN HIM, [ kathoos (G2531) edookas (G1325)] - 'According as thou gav...
12 The words of our Lord preserved for us in the four accounts of His life come very far from giving us all that He had to say. They were sadly limited by the incapacity of His hearers. Even His close...
17:2 authority (h-6) _ Exousia_ . see Note a, ch. 10.18....
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...
POWER] RV 'authority.' At the Incarnation the Father gave the Son authority to die for the sins of the whole world, and to proclaim the Father's gracious offer of salvation to all mankind. AS MANY AS...
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: ‘...
AS THOU HAST GIVEN HIM POWER OVER ALL FLESH. — Better, _According as thou gavest Him_... This is the ground on which the prayer in John 17:1 is based. (Comp. John 10:36; John 13:3.) The glory for whic...
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...
This is the object of Christ's manifestation and reign. This glorification of the Son, which is now imminent, is in accordance with the purpose of the Father in giving the Son power over men: καθὼς ἔδ...
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...
Power over all flesh, that he may give life everlasting to all [1] whom thou hast given him. He speaks of himself, as made man, and the Redeemer of mankind. If we ask, who are they, who in this sense...
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...
VV. 2 is an explanatory annex to John 17:1. Jesus reminds the Father of that which gives Him the right to say to Him: _Glorify me!_ In praying thus, He acts only in conformity with the decree of God H...
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...
1. The prayer of Jesus has three parts: the first, a prayer for Himself, John 17:1-5; the second, a prayer for His disciples, John 17:9-19; and the third, a prayer for all subsequent believers, John 1...
“ _These things spoke Jesus; then he lifted up his eyes to heaven and said: Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee;_ 2, _as thou hast given him power over all fl...
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: (2) As thou hast given him power over all flesh, tha...
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...
_THE AUTHORITY OF CHRIST_ ‘Thou gavest Him authority over all flesh.’ John 17:2 (R.V.) ‘All flesh.’ It is an expression often found in Scripture. It is a phrase which denotes man in his weakness and...
2._As thou hast given him. _He again confirms the statement, that he asks nothing but what is agreeable to the will of the Father; as it is a constant rule o prayer not to ask more than God would free...
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-...
AS THOU HAST GIVEN HIM POWER OVER ALL FLESH,.... All men, in distinction from angels; and these as fallen, as weak, frail, sinful, and mortal creatures; men of every nation, Jew or Gentile, and of eve...
As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him. Ver. 2. _That he should give eternal life_] And what more free than gift? Note this ag...
_These words spake Jesus_ Namely, the words recorded in the three preceding Chapter s; _and lifted up his eyes to heaven_ Put himself in the posture of prayer. The following has been called Our Lord's...
POWER OVER ALL; for the salvation of his people. Matthew 28:18; John 5:21; John 6:37; John 6:40;...
AS THOU HAST GIVEN HIM POWER OVER ALL FLESH THAT HE SHOULD GIVE ETERNAL LIFE TO AS MANY AS THOU HAST GIVEN HIM....
CHRIST'S GREAT SACERDOTAL PRAYER. Christ prays for His own glorification:...
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...
I see no reason for any to contend here, that by ALL FLESH the elect only, who shall be eternally saved, are to be understood; Christ's power undoubtedly extendeth further than to the elect, though to...
Pseudo-Gregory Thaumaturgus Second Homily Thence come to us the brilliant splendours of the treasures of divine knowledge. "For this is life eternal, that we may know the true God, and Jesus Christ w...
John 17:2 as G2531 given G1325 (G5656) Him G846 authority G1849 all G3956 flesh G4561 that G2443 give...
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 HIMSELF (JOHN 17:1). In opening His final discourse in John 13:31 Jesus had said, ‘Now is the Son of Man glorified, and God is glorified in Him. And God will glorify Him in Himsel...
“Even as you gave him authority over all flesh that to all whom you have given him he may give eternal life.” ‘Even as You gave Him authority over all flesh.' The idea is that this One Who goes to His...
John 17:2. EVEN AS THOU GAYEST HIM AUTHORITY OVER ALL FLESH, IN ORDER THAT ALL THAT WHICH THOU HAST GIVEN HIM, HE MAY GIVE UNTO THEM LIFE ETERNAL. This verse is clearly connected with John 17:1. It un...
AUTHORITY OVER ALL FLESH (εξουσιαν πασης σαρκος). Σαρκος is objective genitive. Stupendous claim impossible for a mere man to make. Made already in Matthew 11:27; Luke 10:22 (Q, the Logia of Jesus,...
GIVE ETERNAL LIFE CHRIST'S GIFTS TO THOSE WHOM THE FATHER GAVE HIM: Eternal life (John 17:2); the Father's name (John 17:6); (John 17:26); ...
John 17:2 I. Perhaps the first thought which arrests the mind in this wide-circling verse is the connection of power and mercy power all subordinate to mercy. Three gifts, you will observe three gifts...
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; 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;_ 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...
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;_ That tremendous hour which was the very hinge of history, that hour in which he must suffer...
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...
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...
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, thee hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee:_ The hour has come. The most important...
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...
SO THAT HE MIGHT GIVE ETERNAL LIFE. _McGarvey_ says: "All humanity was given into his hands that he might give life to that part of it which yielded itself to him in true discipleship....
_These words spake Jesus_ CHRIST’S PRAYER FOR HIMSELF I. THE CIRCUMSTANCE. 1. The place--probably the west bank of the Kidron; but to a devout soul any spot serves as an oratory (John 4:21; 1 Timot...
JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 17:2 THAT THEY KNOW YOU implies an intimate relationship with God as a person. THE ONLY TRUE GOD. See Deuteronomy 6:4
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...
_As thou hast given Him power over all flesh._ Because Thou, 0 Father, hast given Me power over all men, give Me also the glory which is necessary for its exercise and proportionate to it, that, as My...
_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 15:25; 1 John 1:2; 1 John 2:25; 1 John 5:20; 1 Peter 3:2
Power [ε ξ ο υ σ ι α ν]. Rev., rightly, authority. See on 1 12. All flesh. A Hebrew phrase, denoting the whole of humanity in its imperfection. See Genesis 6:12; Psalms 65:2; Isaiah 40:5, etc. That He...
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...
As thou hast given him power over all flesh — This answers to glorify thy Son. That he may give eternal life, &c. — This answers to that thy Son may glorify thee. To all whom thou hast given him — To...
Observe here, 1. The dignity which Christ was invested with, POWER OVER ALL FLESH: that is, authority to judge and sentence all mankind. Observe, 2. How Christ came to be invested with this power; it...