John 17:14

I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. I HAVE GIVEN THEM THY WORD; AND THE WORLD HATH HATED THEM, [ emiseesen (G3404 ), 'THE WORLD HATED THEM,'] BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT OF THE WORLD, EVEN AS I AM NOT OF THE WORLD. See the notes at John 15:18....

14._I have given them thy word. _He employs a different argument in pleading with the Father on behalf of the disciples. It is, because they need his assistance on account of _the hatred of the world. _He likewise declares the cause of that _hatred _to be, that they have embraced _the word _of God, which the world cannot receive; as if he had said, “It belongs to thee to protect those who, on account of _thy word, _are _hated by the world.” _We must now keep in remembrance what we have lately heard, that the end of this prayer is, _that Christ’s joy may be fulflled in us _As often, therefore, as the rage of the world is kindled against us to such an extent that we think we are very near destruction, let us learn suddenly to ward it off by this shield, that God will never forsake those who labor in defense of the Gospel. _Because they are not of the world. _He says that his disciples are...

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 17:14. _I HAVE GIVEN THEM THY WORD_] Or, _thy doctrine _- του λογον σου. In this sense the word λογος is often used by St. John. _AND THE WORLD HATH HATED THEM_] The Jewish rulers, c., have hated them. - Why? Because they received the doctrine of God, the science of salvation, and taught it to others. They knew Jesus to be the Messiah, and as such they proclaimed him: our Lord speaks prophetically of what was about to take place. How terrible is the perversion of human nature! Men despise that which they should esteem, and endeavour to destroy that without which they must be _destroyed_ themselves!...

I HAVE GIVEN THEM ... - See John 17:8. THE WORLD HATH HATED THEM ... - John 15:18....

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

I HAVE GIVEN THEM THY WORD,.... The Gospel, and a commission and abilities to preach it, and which is a reason of what follows, namely, the world's hatred of them; because this word is not of men, nor agreeably to carnal reason; it magnifies the grace of God, and destroys boasting in men; it is against the carnal interest, worldly views and lusts of men: AND THE WORLD HATH HATED THEM; the inhabitants of the world, worldly men, such as are what they were when they first came into the world; are under the influence of the god of the world, and led by the spirit of it, and are wholly taken up with the things thereof: the unbelieving Jews are chiefly designed, who bore an implacable hatred to Christ and his apostles; and the same fate do the faithful ministers of Christ and his members share, in all ages and places, more or less: the men of the world gnash their teeth at them, secretly plot...

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 flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him._ Here the doctrines of a general and a particular redemption sweetly blend «As thou hast given him power over all flesh,» they are all under Christ's mediatorial government by virtue of his matchless sacrifice; but the object in view is specially the gift of everlasting life to the chosen people: «that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him.» John 17:3. _And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent._ No man has life eternal,

WORLD Greek, "kosmos", means "world-system". (John 18:36); (John 7:7); (_ See Scofield) - (Revelation 13:8). _...

JOHN 17:14 kaqw.j evgw. … ko,smou {A} Homoeoteleuton accounts for the accidental omission of the clause in several textual traditions....