John 17:11

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. AND [NOW] I AM NO MORE IN THE WORLD, BUT THESE ARE IN THE WORLD, AND I COME TO THEE. 'Though My struggles are at an end, theirs are not: though I have gotten beyond the scene of strife, I cannot sever Myself in spirit from them, left behind, and only just entering on their great conflict.' HOLY FATHER - an expression He nowhere else uses. "Father" is His wonted appellation, but "holy" is here prefixed, because His appeal was to that perfection of the Father's nature, to "keep" or preserve them from being tainted by the unholy atmosphere of "the world" they were still in. KEEP THROUGH THINE OWN NAME, [ en (G1722)...

11._And I am no longer in the world. _He assigns another reason why he prays so earnestly for the disciples, namely, because they will very soon be deprived of his bodily presence, under which they had reposed till now. So long as he dwelt with them, he cherished them, as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, (Matthew 23:37;) but now that he is about to depart, he asks that the Father will guard them by his protection. And he does so on their account; for he provides a remedy for their trembling, that they may rely on God himself, to whose hands, as it were, he now commits them. It yields no small consolation to us, when we learn that the Son of God becomes so much the more earnest about the salvation of his people, when he leaves them as to his bodily presence; for we ought to conclude from it, that, while we

11-16 Christ does not pray that they might be rich and great in the world, but that they might be kept from sin, strengthened for their duty, and brought safe to heaven. The prosperity of the soul is the best prosperity. He pleaded with his holy Father, that he would keep them by his power and for his glory, that they might be united in affection and labours, even according to the union of the Father and the Son. He did not pray that his disciples should be removed out of the world, that they might escape the rage of men, for they had a great work to do for the glory of God, and the benefit of mankind. But he prayed that the Father would keep them from the evil, from being corrupted by the world, the remains of sin in their hearts, and from the power and craft of Satan. So that they might pass through the world as through an enemy's country, as he had done. They are not left here to pur...

Verse John 17:11. _I AM NO MORE IN THE WORLD_] I am just going to leave the world, and therefore they shall stand in need of peculiar assistance and support. They have need of all the influence of my intercession, that they may be preserved in thy truth. _KEEP THROUGH THINE OWN NAME THOSE WHOM THOU HAST GIVEN ME_] Instead of ους δεδωκας μοι, THOSE _whom thou hast given me_, ABCEHLMS, Mt. BHV, and nearly one _hundred_ others, read ω, which refers to the τω ονοματι σου, _thy name_, immediately preceding. The whole passage should be read thus: _Holy Father, keep them through_ _thy own name WHICH thou hast given me, that they may be one_, c. By the _name_, here, it is evident that the _doctrine_ or _knowledge_ of the true God is intended as if our Lord had said, Keep them in that _doctrine_ WHICH thou hast given me, that

I AM NO MORE IN THE WORLD - I have finished my work among men, and am about to leave the world. See John 17:4. THESE ARE IN THE WORLD - They will be among wicked men and malignant foes. They will be subject to trials and persecutions. They will need the same protection which I could give them if I were with them. KEEP - Preserve, defend, sustain them in trials, and save them from apostasy. THROUGH THINE OWN NAME - Our translators seem to have understood this expression as meaning “keep by thy power,” but this probably is not its meaning. It is literally “keep in thy name.” And if the term name be taken to denote God himself and his perfections (see the note at John

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 humanity of the Son of man, and the fact that, in the consciousness of Jesus as the veritable Christ of God, there was actually blended the union of the Divine and human, and a perfect exercise of the prerogatives of both. The illimitable task which writers of the second century must have set themselves to accomplish, if they had by some unknown process conceived such a stupendous idea without any historical basis to support it, has actually been so effected, that a representation is given which adequately conveys such a synthesis. The author of the Gospel does, however, draw rather upon his memory of that night than upon his phi

AND NOW I AM NO MORE IN THE WORLD,.... In the earth; which is no contradiction to his resurrection from the dead, and stay with his disciples for a while; nor to his return to judge the world at the last day; nor to his reigning on earth with his saints a thousand years; since it will not be the world as it now is, but it will be a new earth, renewed, purified and refined, and clear of the wicked inhabitants of it; and in which will only dwell righteous persons: besides, Christ was to be, and will be no more in the world, in such circumstances, and doing such work as he then was: the meaning is, that whereas he had been in the world, and had done, or as good as done the work he came about, he was now just going out of it; it was but a very little while he had to stay in it; nor should he continue long with his disciples when he rose from the dead; and whereas his bodily presence had been...

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 Jesus, «Father»! This was the night of his deepest sorrow and his heaviest woe, but he begins his prayer with this tender expression, «Father, the hour is come;» the hour of darkness, the hour of his passion and death, had now arrived. John 17:1. _Glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee:_ Did Jesus look upon his suffering as his glory? He does not merely pray, «Sustain thy Son,» but, «Glorify thy Son.» In truth, our Lord's lowest stoop was his highest glory. He was never more resplendent than when he hung upon the cross, that was his true spiritual throne, so he prayed, «Glor

JOHN 17:11 w|- de,dwka,j moi {B} The reading that best accounts for the origin of the others has also the strongest attestation: the difficulty of w|- (which is read by î60vid, 66vid a A B C K L W D Q P Y 054 ¦1 ¦13 28 565 700 _Byz Lect_) prompted some copyists to replace the dative (which is attracted to the case of the antecedent) with the accusative o[ (D* X 2148 _al_) or with the plural ou[j (Db 892vid 1009 vg goth eth geo2 _al_). The...

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 Own. (John 17:17 .) 5. The Glorification. (John 17:22 .) His words were ended to the eleven disciples and next He spoke to the Father, and His disciples listened to all His blessed words. What moments these must have been! His words to the Father told them once more how he loved them, how He cared for them, what He had done and what