New American Standard Bible (NASB), NASB, Thinline Bible, Large Print, Red Letter Edition, 1995 Text, Comfort Print, NASB, MacArthur Study Bible, Large Print: Holy Bible, New American Standard Bible, NASB, Life Application Study Bible, Second Edition, NASB, Single-Column Reference Bible, Wide Margin, 1995 Text, Comfort Print, NASB, Thinline Bible, Red Letter Edition, 1995 Text, Comfort Print, NASB, Super Giant Print Reference Bible, Red Letter Edition, 1995 Text, Comfort Print. . . All rights reserved. Just before He was taken from His disciples, the Lord Jesus prayed the most beautiful and profound prayer that mortal ear has ever witnessed. The High Priestly Prayer 1 Jesus spoke these things; and lifting up His eyes to heaven, He said, “Father, the hour has come; glorify Your Son, that the Son may glorify You, 2 even as You gave Him authority over all flesh, that to all whom You have given Him, He may give eternal life. God's Word is re His daily mercies tend to the same end, and afflictions have the same design. John 3:17 New American Standard Bible (NASB). . The High Priestly Prayer - Jesus spoke these things; and raising His eyes to heaven, He said, “Father, the hour has come; glorify Your Son, so that the Son may glorify You, just as You gave Him authority over all mankind, so that to all whom You have given Him, He may give eternal life. the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple. K.J.V. --JOHN xvii. In it He sums up both the purpose of His life and the petitions of His prayer, and presents the perfect fulfilment of the former as the ground on which He asks the fulfilment of the latter. Amplified® Darby I.S.V. Sanctify them - This word means to render pure, or to cleanse from sins, 1 Thessalonians 5:23; 1 Corinthians 6:11. --JOHN xvii. The word also means "to consecrate, to set apart to a holy office or purpose." And now, O Father, glorify Thou Me with. I saw . New American Standard Bible (NASB) Bible Book List. The Saviour prayed that through those just views of God and of themselves they might be made holy. I have glorified Thee on the earth: I have finished the work which Thou gavest Me to do. And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of hosts; the whole earth is full of his glory.--These things said Esaias, when he saw his glory, and spake of him.--Upon the likeness of the throne was the likeness . XV to XXI, '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. Ministers of the gospel will be really devoted to the service of God just in proportion as they are personally pure. John 17:17 New American Standard Bible (NASB) 17 Sanctify them in the truth; Your word is truth. XV to XXI, The Intercessor'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. All the commands and promises of God; His representations of His own character and that of man; His account of the mission and death of His Son; of the grave, the resurrection, judgment, and eternity, all tend to represent things as they are, and are thus fitted to sanctify the soul. The death of a friend teaches us the instability of all earthly comforts, and the necessity of seeking better joys. . John 17:17. Book Notes Barnes' Book Notes Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown Book Notes Robertson's Book Notes (NT) Commentaries Adam Clarke Barnes' Notes Forerunner Commentary Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown John Wesley's Notes Matthew Henry People's Commentary (NT) … All that God has spoken is true, and the Christian should rejoice and the sinner should tremble. We have here also the testimony of the Saviour that the revelation which God has given is true. 13 But now I come to You; and these things I speak in the world so that they may have My joy made full in themselves. NASB E-Prime Young's Compare all. Font Size. See Psalm 19:7-14. the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple. When Jesus prayed here that God would sanctify them, he probably included both these ideas, that they might be made personally more holy, and might be truly consecrated to God as the ministers of his religion. John 17 New American Standard Bible (NASB) The High Priestly Prayer. 3 “This is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent. The Greek word that is translated as "truth" is also equally well translated into "real" or "reality." . A living, saving faith depends upon the premise by man that God is true in His being and character. . K.J.V. John 17:17: John 15:3; John 17:17 in all English translations. NASB E-Prime Young's Compare all. There is a singular, Expositions of Holy Scripture: St. John Chaps. I have glorified Thee on the earth: I have finished the work which Thou gavest Me to do. 15 I do not ask You to take them out of the world, but to keep them from the evil one. N.A.S.B. To see things as they are is to see God to be infinitely lovely and pure; his commands to be reasonable and just; heaven to be holy and desirable; his service to be easy, and religion pleasant, and sin odious; to see that life is short, that death is near; that the pride, pomp, pleasures, wealth, and honors of this world are of little value, and that it is of infinite importance to be prepared to enter on the eternal state of being. As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud …Anonymous—Daily Light on the Daily Path, Christ's Summary of his Work'I have declared onto them Thy name, and will declare it: that the love wherewith Thou hast loved Me may be in them, and I in them.' Above it stood the seraphims. of a man above upon it. New American Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995, 2020 by The Lockman Foundation.