Prayer for the Disciples' Protection and Sanctification
John 17:6-19
John.17.6 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
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- σου: PRON,gen,sg,2
- το: ART,acc,sg,n
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- και: CONJ
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- λογον: NOUN,acc,sg,m
- σου: PRON,gen,sg,2
- τετηρηκαν: VERB,perf,mid/pass,ind,3,pl
Parallels
- John 17:8 (verbal): Close verbal and conceptual parallel: Jesus speaks of giving the Father's words to those given him and they having received/kept them ('the word'/'your word').
- John 17:9 (thematic): Same prayer-motif of Jesus interceding specifically for 'those you have given me' — reinforces the language of divine gifting and particularity.
- John 17:14 (thematic): Echoes the contrast 'out of the world' — Jesus identifies his disciples as not of the world, connecting their origin/possession with the Father and their fidelity to his word.
- John 6:37 (thematic): Develops the giving motif: 'All that the Father gives me will come to me' — links the Father's granting of persons to Jesus with their coming/holding by him.
- John 10:29 (thematic): Shared theme of divine possession and security: those belonging to the Father (and given to the Son) are in God's keeping and cannot be snatched away.
Alternative generated candidates
- I have revealed your name to the people you gave me out of the world; they were yours, and you gave them to me, and they have kept your word.
- I have revealed your name to the men whom you gave me out of the world; they were yours, and you gave them to me, and they have kept your word.
John.17.7 - Details
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Morphology
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- οτι: CONJ
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- δεδωκας: VERB,perf,act,ind,2,sg
- μοι: PRON,dat,sg,1
- παρα: PREP
- σου: PRON,gen,sg,2
- εισιν·: VERB,pres,act,ind,3,pl
Parallels
- John 6:37 (verbal): Uses the same gift-language: 'All that the Father gives me will come to me,' paralleling 'all you gave me' as the basis for the disciples' knowledge.
- John 17:8 (structural): Immediate context of the prayer: Jesus links the words the Father gave him and the disciples' belief to the recognition that what Jesus has comes from the Father.
- John 6:39 (verbal): Speaks of 'all that he has given me' and the divine will that none be lost—echoing the corpus of people/things given to the Son by the Father.
- John 3:27 (thematic): Affirms the general Johannine principle that a person can receive only what is given from heaven, paralleling the notion that Jesus' possession/authority originates in the Father.
- John 17:2 (thematic): Declares that the Father gave Jesus authority to give eternal life to those 'you have given him,' connecting the Father's giving with Jesus' mission and possessions.
Alternative generated candidates
- Now they know that everything you have given me comes from you.
- Now they know that all things you have given me are from you.
John.17.8 - Details
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Morphology
- οτι: CONJ
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- α: PRON,nom,sg,n
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- δεδωκα: VERB,perf,act,ind,1,sg
- αυτοις: PRO,dat,pl,3
- και: CONJ
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- ελαβον: VERB,aor,act,ind,3,pl
- και: CONJ
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- αληθως: ADV
- οτι: CONJ
- παρα: PREP
- σου: PRON,gen,sg,2
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- και: CONJ
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- οτι: CONJ
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Parallels
- John 17:6 (thematic): Jesus speaks of revealing the Father to those the Father gave him—connected to giving them the Father's words and making known his origin.
- John 17:7 (verbal): Closely parallel wording: they know that ‘everything you gave me is from you,’ reinforcing the origin of Jesus’ words and authority.
- John 17:14 (verbal): Jesus again states that he has given them the Father's word (τὸν λόγον), echoing the claim in 17:8 that he gave them the words and they received them.
- John 17:20 (thematic): Jesus prays for future believers who will come to faith ‘through their word,’ linking the disciples’ reception of Jesus’ words with the spread of belief.
- John 3:34 (thematic): Affirms the idea that the one sent by God utters God’s words; parallels 17:8’s emphasis that Jesus’ teaching derives from the Father and leads to belief.
Alternative generated candidates
- For the words you gave me I have given to them; they received them and knew with certainty that I came from you, and they believed that you sent me.
- For I gave them the words you gave me, and they received them and understood that I came from you, and they believed that you sent me.
John.17.9 - Details
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Morphology
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- περι: PREP
- αυτων: PRON,gen,pl,m
- ερωτω·ου: VERB,pres,act,ind,1,sg
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- κοσμου: NOUN,gen,sg,m
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- αλλα: CONJ
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Parallels
- John 6:37 (verbal): Uses the same language of persons 'given' by the Father to the Son: 'All that the Father gives me will come to me,' echoing Jesus' concern for those the Father has given him.
- John 6:39 (verbal): Affirms the Father's gift and the Son's safeguarding of them: 'I will lose none of all that he has given me,' thematically close to praying for those 'you have given me.'
- John 17:20 (structural): A parallel petition in the same high-priestly prayer—Jesus extends his intercession to future believers 'who will believe in me through their word,' connecting the scope of his prayer (not for the world but for his own).
- John 10:29 (thematic): Speaks of the Father's relationship to Jesus' sheep and their security: 'no one is able to snatch them out of the Father's hand,' resonating with the notion that the disciples 'are yours.'
- Ephesians 1:4-5 (thematic): Develops the theological backdrop of divine choosing/giving: believers are chosen and adopted by God, paralleling John's emphasis that certain people belong to the Father and are given to the Son.
Alternative generated candidates
- I am praying for them. I am not praying for the world but for those you have given me, because they are yours.
- I pray for them; I do not pray for the world but for those whom you have given me, for they are yours.
John.17.10 - Details
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Morphology
- και: CONJ
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- και: CONJ
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- εν: PREP
- αυτοις: PRO,dat,pl,3
Parallels
- John 17:22 (verbal): Uses the same glory-language—'the glory you gave me I have given them'—linking the Son's shared glory with the believers to v.10's claim of mutual possession and glorification.
- John 17:23 (thematic): Develops the theme of mutual indwelling and unity ('that they may be one, even as we are one') tying the shared possession of Father and Son to the manifestation of Jesus' glory in the disciples.
- John 10:29-30 (thematic): Speaks of divine gift and mutual belonging ('my Father... has given them to me' and 'I and the Father are one'), paralleling v.10's idea that what belongs to the Father belongs to the Son and vice versa.
- John 17:1,5 (structural): Framing verses of the high-priestly prayer where Jesus asks the Father to 'glorify your Son' and to 'glorify me'—providing the immediate prayer context for v.10's 'I am glorified in them.'
Alternative generated candidates
- All that is mine is yours, and all that is yours is mine, and I have been glorified in them.
- All mine are yours, and yours are mine; and I am glorified in them.
John.17.11 - Details
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Morphology
- και: CONJ
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- εν: PREP
- τω: ART,dat,sg,m
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- εν: PREP
- καθως: CONJ
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Parallels
- John 17:21 (verbal): Continuation of the same petition in Jesus' high-priestly prayer: explicit repetition of the plea that believers 'may be one' just as the Father and Son are one.
- John 17:22 (verbal): Close verbal parallel within the same prayer: Jesus says he has given them glory so that 'they may be one even as we are one,' echoing the unity language of 17:11.
- John 10:30 (allusion): Jesus' statement 'I and the Father are one' supplies the model for the likeness of unity ('as we are') that Jesus petitions the Father to grant the disciples.
- John 13:34-35 (thematic): Jesus' command to love one another as the identifying mark of his followers undergirds theologically the unity he prays for in 17:11.
- Ephesians 4:3-6 (thematic): Paul's exhortation to maintain the unity of the Spirit and the oneness of the body echoes the New Testament concern for visible unity among believers that Jesus petitions for here.
Alternative generated candidates
- And now I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, keep them in your name — the name you have given me — that they may be one, even as we are one.
- And I am no longer in the world; they are in the world, and I come to you. Holy Father, keep them in your name which you have given me, that they may be one even as we are.
John.17.12 - Details
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Morphology
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Parallels
- John 6:39 (verbal): Jesus declares he will lose none of those given him—paralleling ‘I guarded them, and none of them perished.’
- John 10:28-29 (thematic): Promise of preservation and security (‘no one will snatch them out of my hand’) echoes the theme of Jesus keeping his followers.
- Psalm 41:9 (quotation): Speaks of a close friend's betrayal (‘even my own familiar friend...’); John 13:18 explicitly cites this psalm and it is a likely scriptural reference for Judas’ betrayal mentioned in 17:12.
- Zechariah 13:7 (allusion): Prophecy of the shepherd being struck and the sheep scattered—used elsewhere to explain the disciples’ scattering and linked to fulfillment motifs in John.
- 2 Thessalonians 2:3 (verbal): Uses the same phrase ‘son of perdition’ (υἱὸς τῆς ἀπωλείας) for a doomed figure; a verbal parallel to the designation applied to Judas in John 17:12.
Alternative generated candidates
- While I was with them I guarded them in your name, those you gave me; I kept them, and none of them was lost except the one destined for destruction, so that the Scripture might be fulfilled.
- While I was with them I guarded them in your name which you gave me; I kept them, and none of them was lost except the son of perdition, that the Scripture might be fulfilled.
John.17.13 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
- νυν: ADV
- δε: CONJ
- προς: PREP
- σε: PRON,acc,sg,2
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Parallels
- John 15:11 (verbal): Nearly identical purpose statement: Jesus speaks so that his joy may be in them and their joy may be full (εἰς τὸ ἔχειν τὴν χαρὰν μου ἐν ὑμῖν καὶ ἡ χαρὰ ὑμῶν πλήρης).
- John 16:24 (verbal): Uses the same goal language — ask that your joy may be full — linking Jesus’ teaching/prayer with the aim of believers’ full joy.
- John 16:22 (thematic): Promises future rejoicing when Jesus is seen again and that no one will take away their joy; connects the disciples’ joy to Jesus’ presence/return.
- Psalm 16:11 (allusion): ‘In your presence is fullness of joy’ — the OT theme of finding full joy in God’s presence echoes Jesus’ coming to the Father and imparting his joy to the disciples.
- Hebrews 12:2 (thematic): Speaks of Jesus enduring the cross ‘for the joy set before him’ — highlights Jesus’ own joy as motive and reality related to his mission and the joy he gives others.
Alternative generated candidates
- But now I am coming to you; I say these things in the world so that they may have my joy complete in themselves.
- But now I come to you; I have said these things in the world so that they may have my joy made full in themselves.
John.17.14 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
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- σου: PRON,gen,sg,2
- και: CONJ
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Parallels
- John 15:19 (verbal): Uses the same language about being 'not of the world' and explains that belonging to God brings the world's rejection—direct Johannine verbal parallel.
- John 17:8 (verbal): Immediate parallel within the Farewell Prayer: Jesus twice emphasizes that he has given the Father's word to the disciples ('I gave them the words you gave me' / 'I have given them your word').
- 1 John 3:13 (thematic): Echoes the Johannine community theme: believers should not be surprised if the world hates them, reflecting the same contrast between the community and the world.
- Matthew 5:11-12 (thematic): Broader New Testament parallel: the blessedness of those persecuted or hated for righteousness' sake links Jesus' teaching about suffering for association with him and God's cause.
Alternative generated candidates
- I have given them your word. The world has hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
- I have given them your word; and the world hated them because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
John.17.15 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
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- ινα: CONJ
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- εκ: PREP
- του: ART,gen,sg,n
- πονηρου: ADJ,gen,sg,m
Parallels
- John 17:11 (verbal): Same high-priestly prayer; Jesus petitions the Father to 'keep' (τήρησον/τήρησης) his disciples—an immediate verbal parallel in the prayer's petitions for protection.
- John 17:12 (verbal): Jesus notes that he 'kept' (ὑπέτεινον/ἔτηρον) those given to him so that none was lost, linking his prior guarding of the disciples with the present request that the Father protect them.
- Matthew 6:13 (thematic): The Lord's Prayer asks 'deliver us from evil' (or 'the evil one'), paralleling Jesus' petition not to remove disciples from the world but to protect them from evil's power.
- 2 Thessalonians 3:3 (verbal): Explicitly states that 'the Lord is faithful... and will guard you from the evil one,' closely echoing John 17:15's concern for divine protection against the evil one.
- 1 John 5:18 (thematic): Affirms that 'the one born of God keeps him, and the evil one does not touch him,' reflecting the Johannine theme of believers being preserved from the evil one found in John 17:15.
Alternative generated candidates
- I do not ask that you take them out of the world, but that you keep them from the evil one.
- I do not pray that you take them out of the world, but that you keep them from the evil one.
John.17.16 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
- εκ: PREP
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- κοσμου: NOUN,gen,sg,m
- ουκ: PART,neg
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- καθως: CONJ
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- του: ART,gen,sg,n
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Parallels
- John 17:14 (verbal): Immediate parallel in the same prayer: Jesus says he has given the disciples God's word and that they are not of the world, using nearly identical language linking the disciples' status to Jesus' own non-belonging.
- John 15:19 (verbal): Jesus contrasts the disciples with the world—'If you were of the world...'—making the same point as 17:16 about not belonging to the world and the resulting opposition.
- 1 John 2:15-16 (thematic): Warns against loving the world and its desires; thematically echoes John 17:16's separation of the believer from worldly values and identity.
- James 4:4 (thematic): Declares friendship with the world as enmity with God, reinforcing the Johannine theme that Christians are distinct from the world to which Jesus does not belong.
- Philippians 3:20 (thematic): Speaks of believers' citizenship being in heaven, a parallel idea to John 17:16's assertion that Jesus' followers are not 'of the world' but belong to a different (divine) realm.
Alternative generated candidates
- They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
- They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
John.17.17 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
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- αυτους: PRON,acc,pl,m
- εν: PREP
- τη: ART,dat,sg,f
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Parallels
- Psalm 119:160 (verbal): Declares the sum of God's word is truth, directly echoing 'Your word is truth' in John 17:17.
- John 8:31-32 (thematic): Links knowledge of the truth to freedom and discipleship; complements Jesus' petition that believers be sanctified in the truth.
- John 14:6 (allusion): Jesus' claim 'I am the way, the truth, and the life' undergirds the prayer's identification of truth with the person and revelation of Christ.
- John 1:14 (verbal): Speaks of the Word (Logos) becoming flesh and being 'full of grace and truth,' connecting the Johannine concept of the Word with truth in 17:17.
- Ephesians 5:26 (verbal): Uses the language of sanctification connected to the word ('that he might sanctify her... with the washing of water by the word'), paralleling 'Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth.'
Alternative generated candidates
- Sanctify them in the truth — your word is truth.
- Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth.
John.17.18 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
- καθως: CONJ
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- εις: PREP
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- εις: PREP
- τον: ART,acc,sg,m
- κοσμον·: NOUN,acc,sg,m
Parallels
- John 20:21 (quotation): Jesus to the disciples: “As the Father has sent me, even so I send you,” a near-verbal echo of the sending motif in John 17:18.
- John 3:17 (thematic): Describes the Father sending the Son into the world to save (not condemn), providing purpose/background for why Jesus sends his followers into the world.
- Matthew 28:18-20 (structural): The Great Commission: Jesus' authoritative sending of the disciples to make disciples of all nations parallels the mission-oriented sending in John 17:18.
- Luke 10:1-3 (thematic): The commissioning and sending of the seventy-two (or seventy) with mission instructions echoes the pattern of Jesus sending his followers into the world.
- Acts 13:2-3 (thematic): The church’s commissioning and sending of Barnabas and Paul reflects the early Christian outworking/continuation of Jesus’ sending of his messengers into the world.
Alternative generated candidates
- As you sent me into the world, so I have sent them into the world.
- As you sent me into the world, so I have sent them into the world.
John.17.19 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
- και: CONJ
- υπερ: PREP
- αυτων: PRON,gen,pl,m
- εγω: PRON,nom,sg,1
- αγιαζω: VERB,pres,act,ind,1,sg
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- εν: PREP
- αληθεια: NOUN,nom,sg,f
Parallels
- John 17:17 (structural): Immediate context: Jesus prays 'Sanctify them in the truth'—17:19 reiterates sanctification and links it to truth and his own action.
- John 10:36 (verbal): Uses related verb of consecration/sanctifying (ἡγίασεν) applied to the sent one—parallels the language of Jesus' sanctified/being sanctified.
- Hebrews 13:12 (thematic): Explicitly states Jesus suffered to 'sanctify the people' through his blood, connecting Jesus' action with the sanctification of others.
- Hebrews 10:10 (thematic): Sanctification effected 'through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ'—ties the means of believers' sanctification to Jesus' self-offering.
- Hebrews 2:11 (thematic): Affirms that the one who makes holy and those made holy belong to the same family, highlighting the relation between Christ as sanctifier and believers as sanctified.
Alternative generated candidates
- For their sake I consecrate myself, that they too may be sanctified in the truth.
- For their sake I consecrate myself, that they also may be sanctified in the truth.
I have revealed your name to those you gave me out of the world. They were yours, and you gave them to me, and they have kept your word. Now they know that everything you have given me is from you.
For I gave them the words you gave me, and they received them and understood that I came from you; and they believed that you sent me.
I am praying for them. I am not praying for the world but for those you have given me, because they are yours.
All mine are yours, and yours are mine, and I have been glorified in them. And now I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, protect them in your name—the ones you have given me—so that they may be one, as we are one.
While I was with them in the world I guarded them in your name. The ones you gave me I kept, and not one of them was lost except the one doomed to destruction, that the Scripture might be fulfilled. Now I am coming to you; I say these things in the world so that they may have the fullness of my joy in themselves.
I have given them your word; and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.
I am not asking that you take them out of the world, but that you keep them from the evil one.
They do not belong to the world, just as I do not belong to the world.
Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth.
As you sent me into the world, so I have sent them into the world.
For their sake I consecrate myself, that they also may be sanctified in the truth.