John 17:2

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 gavest Him' POWER OVER ALL FLESH. Compare John 3:35, "The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into His hand;" Matthew 11:27, "All things are delivered unto Me of My Father;" Matthew 28:18, "All power is given unto Me in heaven and in earth." That he should give eternal life to as many as...

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 freely bestow; for nothing is more contrary to reason, than to bring forward in the _presence _of God whatever we choose. _Power over all flesh _means the authority which was given to Christ, when the Father appointed him to be King and Head; but we must observe the end, which is, _to give eternal life _to all his people. Christ receives authority, not so much for himself as for the sake of our salvation; and, therefore, we ought to submit to Christ, not only that we may obey God, but because nothing is more lovely than that subjection, since it brings to us eternal life. _To all whom thou hast given me. _Christ does not say that he has been made Governor over the whole world, in order to besto...

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 Christ, their Surety, both glorified the Father, and was glorified of him. This is the sinner's way to eternal life, and when this knowledge shall be made perfect, holiness and happiness will be fully enjoyed. The holiness and happiness of the redeemed, are especially that glory of Christ, and of his Father, which was the joy set before him, for which he endured the cross and despised the shame; this glory was the end of the sorrow of his soul, and in obtaining it he was fully satisfied. Thus we are taught that our glorifying God is needed as an evidence of our interest in Christ, through whom eternal life is God's free gift. #6-10. Christ prays for those that are his. Thou gavest them me, as s...

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 sacrifice of himself, he might reconcile them all to God; having by his grace tasted death for every man, Hebrews 2:9. And this was according to the promise of the _universal inheritance_ made to Christ, Psalms 2:8, which was to be made up of the _heathen_, and the _uttermost parts of the land_, all the Jewish people. So that he got _all_ from God, that he might give his life a ransom for the whole. See 2 Corint...

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, Matthew 24:22; Luke 3:6. THAT HE SHOULD GIVE ETERNAL LIFE - See the notes at John 5:24. TO AS MANY AS THOU HAST GIVEN HIM - See the notes at John 10:16;...

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

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 every character, elect or non-elect: not but that he has also a power over angels; nor is his power over men limited to their "flesh" or bodies, but reaches to their spirits or souls also: which power is a governing, disposing, and judicial one; he rules them with a sceptre of righteousness, he disposes of them in providence as he pleases, and will judge them at the last day: and this is a power that is "given" him by his Father, and is not that original power over all things he has as God, and the Creator of them, which is natural, essential, and underived; but is a derived and delegated power, which he has as Mediator, as subservient to the ends and designs of his office: and as God glorified...

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

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 20:17), the Father's words (John 17:8); (John 17:14)); His own joy (John 17:13); His own glory (John 17:22)....

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