John 17

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John 17 allows the reader to overhear the Son speaking to the Father about glory, mission, protection, sanctification, and the future unity of his people.

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John 17 lets the church overhear the Son speaking to the Father at the edge of the cross. That alone gives the chapter unusual weight. But the prayer is not vague spiritual comfort. In John 17:1-5, Jesus speaks first of glory, finished work, and eternal life defined as knowing the Father and the Son. Then the prayer turns outward. In John 17:14-19, Jesus does not ask that his disciples be removed from the world, but that they be kept and sanctified within it by the truth. That means mission and holiness are joined. And by John 17:20-23, the prayer extends to future believers, pressing toward a unity that is rooted in divine truth and shared life, not mere human agreement. John 17 matters because it asks whether the church wants the kind of unity and protection Christ actually prays for, or only versions that cost less than sanctification and truth.

Wie sich das Kapitel entfaltet

The chapter moves from Jesus’ prayer about himself to his prayer for the disciples and then for those who will believe through their word.

Warum dieses Kapitel wichtig ist

It matters because it reveals the depth of Christ’s priestly heart and the divine intention behind the church’s life and witness.

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Do not flatten the chapter into comforting spirituality. Jesus prays for unity and protection in a world defined by opposition and sanctifying truth.

Fragen zu diesem Kapitel

  • How does John 17 reveal Christ’s concern for glory, truth, and mission together?
  • Why does Jesus pray for sanctification in John 17:14-19 rather than removal from the world?
  • What kind of unity is in view in John 17:20-23, and what cheap substitutes does the chapter reject?

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1 These wordes spake Iesus and lyfte vp his eyes to heven and sayde: father the houre is come: glorify thy sonne that thy sonne maye glorify the: 2 as thou hast geve him power over all fleshe that he shuld geve eternall lyfe to as many as thou hast geven him. 3 This is lyfe eternall that they myght knowe the that only very God and whom thou hast sent Iesus Christ. 4 I have glorified the on the erth. I have fynysshed the worke which thou gavest me to do. 5 And now glorify me thou father with thyn awne selfe with the glory which I had with ye yerre the worlde was. 6 I have declared thy name vnto the men which thou gavest me out of the worlde. Thyne they were and thou gavest them me and they have kept thy sayinges. 7 Now they knowe that all thinges whatsoever thou hast geven me are of the. 8 For I have geven vnto them the wordes which thou gavest me and they have receaved them and knowe surely that I came out from the: and doo beleve that thou dyddest send me. 9 I praye for them and praye not for the worlde: but for the which thou hast geve me for they are thyne. 10 And all myne are thyne and thyne are myne and I am glorified in them. 11 And now am I no moare in the worlde but they are in the worlde and I come to the. Wholy father kepe in thyne awne name the which thou hast geven me that they maye be one as we are. 12 Whyll I was with the in the worlde I kepte the in thy name. Those that thou gavest me have I kepte and none of the is lost but that lost chylde that the scripture myght be fulfilled. 13 Now come I to the and these wordes speake I in the worlde that they myght have my ioye full in them. 14 I have geven them thy wordes and the worlde hath hated them because they are not of the worlde even as I am not of the worlde. 15 I desyre not that thou shuldest take the out of the worlde: but that thou kepe them from evyll. 16 They are not of the worlde as I am not of the worlde. 17 Sanctify the with thy truth. Thy sayinge is truth. 18 As thou dyddest send me into the worlde even so have I sent them into the worlde 19 and for their sakes sanctify I my selfe that they also myght be sanctified thorowe the trueth. 20 I praye not for them alone: but for them also which shall beleve on me thorowe their preachynge 21 that they all maye be one as thou father arte in me and I in the that they maye be also one in vs that the worlde maye beleve that thou hast sent me. 22 And that glory that thou gavest me I have geven them that they maye be one as we are wone 23 I in them and thou in me that they maye be made perfecte in one and that the worlde maye knowe that thou hast sent me and hast loved them as thou hast loved me. 24 Father I will that they which thou hast geven me be with me where I am that they maye se my glory which thou hast geven me. For thou lovedest me before the makynge of the worlde. 25 O ryghteous father the very worlde hath not knowen the: but I have knowen the and these have knowen that thou hast sent me. 26 And I have declared vnto them thy name and will declare it that the love wher with thou hast loved me be in them and that I be in them.

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Verse 17:1-5 Standard

Herrlichkeit ist an vollendeten Gehorsam gebunden, nicht an Selbstinszenierung

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Jesus spricht an der Schwelle des Kreuzes von Herrlichkeit. Das allein formt das Wort neu. Göttliche Herrlichkeit ist hier untrennbar mit dem vollendeten Werk des Sohnes und der Offenbarung des ewigen Lebens durch die Erkenntnis des Vaters verbunden.

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Verse 17:14-19 Standard

Bewahrung ist keine Entfernung aus der Welt, sondern Heiligung in ihr

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Jesus bittet nicht um Flucht, sondern um Bewahrung und Heiligung. Wahrheit wird zum Mittel, durch das die Jünger unterscheidbar bleiben, während sie doch in die Welt gesandt werden, zu der sie nicht gehören.

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Verse 17:20-26 Deep

Einheit fließt aus geteilter Wahrheit und gemeinsamem Leben in Gott

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Das Gebet um Einheit ist keine Bitte um den kleinsten gemeinsamen Nenner. Es ist im Vater, im Sohn, in offenbarter Herrlichkeit und in einem geheiligten Volk verwurzelt. Die Einheit, um die Jesus bittet, ist kostspielig und heilig.

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Die Einheit, um die Christus bittet, wird nicht dadurch bewahrt, dass Wahrheit verkleinert wird, sondern dadurch, dass man gemeinsam in Gottes eigene Wahrheit und Leben hineingezogen wird.

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