, was a love before the foundation of the world. Not by wisdom, virtue, strength of our own; “for the world by wisdom knew not God,” but from the discovery which Christ makes by His word and Spirit: “I have declared.” See it in the woman of Samaria--in His patience with the disciples. IV. John 2:4, John 7:30, John 8:20, John 13:32). And I made known unto them thy name, and will make it known, that the love wherewith thou lovedst me may be in them, and I in them. —These words are exactly parallel with the commencement of the previous verse. to prefer rounded but cold accuracy of knowledge to the rudimental simplicity of a babe in Christ? Soon may that happy day arise! The pathos and the sorrow are soon to deepen into the immediate agonies of Gethsemane and the crucifixion; the triumphal tone is sustained by a prophetic recognition of the victory in the more distant future. Glorify thy Son, by signs and miracles, lest dying so disgraceful a death, I seem to be no more than another man: that thy Son may glorify thee, that my death may make thee praised and glorified. Here it is the implantation and preservation of that love in His people's hearts that He speaks of; and the way by which this was to be done, He says, was "the making known to them of the Father's name;" that is, the revelation of it to their souls by the Spirit's efficacious sealing of the Gospel message-as He had explained in John 16:8-15. This whole chapter beautifully illustrates Psalm 119 and Psalms 138:2. We may add, with Bengel, that this chapter is, in the words of it, the most simple, but in sense the most profound in all the Bible; or, as Luther said long before, that plan and simple as it sounds, it is so deep, rich, and broad, that no man can fathom it. Besides, their faith being at that time very weak, he promises greater progress for the future, and thus prepares them to expect more abundant grace of the Holy Spirit. What a tender and powerful call is this upon themselves, to keep praying along with and under their great Intercessor, to His Father and their Father, that He would do for them all that He here asks in their behalf! 127 For more discussion of the debate over whether Jesus is the “other” paraclete, see Morris, The Gospel According to John, 648, note 42. Such an anticipation is sometimes more painful than the reality itself. And this is life eternal… That is, the beginning and pledge of it, the way unto it, and means of it, and what will certainly issue in it: that they might know thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent. “The love wherewith Thou hast loved Me.”. Glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee.—What is meant by glorifying the Son is further explained in John 17:5. Kindred word to ginosko (App-132. ) Hear Him telling His Father here, with sublime simplicity and familiarity, that "the hour was come." After having preached to the disciples about bearing the cross, the Lord exhibited to them those consolations, by relying on which they would be enabled to persevere. If the view thus adopted is the correct one, it follows that the prayer of this chapter, as well as the discourses which preceded it, was uttered as they were preparing to leave the chamber after supper. Then shall we "have fellowship with each other" - He and we - "and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son shall cleanse us from all sin." 2. John 17:1. Sin was impossible to God. He lives within you. Note on John 14:31. Connected as it is with the preceding words, this expression must mean: "And in loving them thus, it will still be myself in them whom thou wilt love, and thus thy love will not attach itself to anything that is defiled." The glory of a perfect righteousness; the glory of a full acceptance; the glory of a free and ready access; the glory of an indwelling Spirit of life, and love, and liberty, and universal holiness; the glory of an assured and rightful and abundant entrance into the everlasting kingdom-and all this as a presently possessed, and to-be-presently realized glory? As this could not mean that He was to continue His own Personal ministry on earth, it can refer only to the ministry of His apostles after His ascension "with the Holy Spirit sent down from heaven," and of all who should succeed them, as ambassadors of Christ and ministers of reconciliation, to the end of time. ', Glorify thy Son - `Put honour upon Thy Son, by openly countenancing Him, when all others desert Him; by sustaining Him, when the waters come in unto His soul and He sinks in deep mire where there is no standing; by carrying Him through the horrors of that hour, when it shall please the Lord to bruise Him, and make His soul an offering for sin. , in position of emphasis. Learn hence, that it is not enough for the people of God that they are beloved of him, and that his love is towards them; but they must endeavour to have it in them; that is, experience it in the effects of it, and in the sense and feeling of it in their own souls. Having followed our Lord's thoughts through this sublime prayer, we may exclaim with Peter who, upon another occasion, said, "Lord ... we have believed and know that thou art the Holy One of God.". John 13:31-32. What Jesus prays for is, that the Father would now withdraw the veil which had hitherto obscured to some, and concealed from others, the ‘glory’ belonging to the Son’s unity of relation to the Father, in order that that ‘glory’ of the Father Himself, which is the end of all existence, and which can be seen only in the Son, may thus shine forth in the sight of His creatures without any shadow to dim its brightness. 3. What a commentary on those apostolic words, "The natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God; for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned." This glorification embraced His death, resurrection, and session at God’s right hand, as accredited Mediator, cf.John 7:39, John 12:16; John 12:23. Ver. But hardly has the sound of the last word died away, when He passes with the disciples over the Brook Kedron to Gethsemane-and the bitter conflict draws on. Ignoti nulla cupido. Oh! The inevitability of an impending event did not lead Jesus simply to accept it fatalistically. They come into the everlasting beams of the eternal Sun. Он пользовался не только словами, но и тайным откровением Духа. Comp. “The hour is come,” i.e., the hour appointed for the glorification of the Son; cf.John 2:4; John 12:23. Weiss and Reuss hold, as we do, that this is the composition of an immediate witness. ., pp554-5. He was ready to face His fate. This no doubt involves alike the death and the exaltation of Jesus, but it is the inner character of the hour, rather than its outward accompaniments, that is mainly referred to in the words ‘The hour is come.’. This alone can adequately explain the apostolic preference for "Jesus Christ," as used so many times in the New Testament. 2 Corinthians 13:5. It is Christ’s prerogative to convey the saving knowledge of God to the mind; it is our privilege to seek that knowledge from Him. See on John 17:1; (note). Its object, indeed, will be Jesus living in them, His holy image reproduced in their person. on StudyLight.org σάς; and cf. The word is more fully uttered in ch. John 18:1.—Homiletic Quarterly, vol. For then, the conflicts of this world ended, they shall be partakers of the fulness of that love of the Father which shall encompass them as it encompassed the Son before the foundation of the world,—pure, undimmed, undisturbed by the presence of either sin or sorrow,—the Father in the Son and the Son in them, all in perfect holiness and blessedness consummated into One. The feeling which is the soul of this prayer, the ardent zeal for the glory of God, is that which inspired Jesus throughout His whole life. vii., p. 343. “I in them” are the last words of the Intercessory Prayer. 2 In My Father’s house are many [] mansions; if it were not so, [] I would have told you. Amen. John 18—J. Constant in its duration. [24] Stanley F. Anderson, Our Dependable Bible (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Book House, 1960), p. 157. St. Luke had closed his narrative of the temptation in the desert with the words: "The devil withdrew from him, ἄχρι καιροῦ, until another favorable moment." 'John,' says Alford, 'very seldom depicts the gestures or looks of our Lord, as here. 26. As you can place no limit to God’s love to the Mediator, so you can place no limit to His love to the people He has redeemed. ‘Glorify your Son, in order that your Son may glorify you.’ These are like the last words that a royal warrior son might make to a kingly father before going out to battle. How does this rebuke the rationalistic teaching of our day, which systematically depreciates the importance of Biblical truth to men's salvation! This passing crisis has a double cause: the one natural, the singular impressibility of the soul of Jesus, of which we have seen so many proofs in our Gospel, particularly in ch. The first steps in the spiritual lessons had been taken, but in His Presence in the Paraclete He will guide them into all truth, and make known to hearts quickened to receive it, the love of God which passeth knowledge. And then the thought passes on to that fulness which has been present all through this last discourse and prayer, “and I in them.” (Comp. John 18:1-8.—Preacher's Monthly, vol. But the idea, "that Thy Son also may glorify Thee," could not remain in this generality. This is a promise to be pleaded in prayer. Yes! In Matthew, Mark, and Luke, when Jesus prays before his … Continue reading "Commentary on John 17:20-26" But this implies the dark path of death, which has to be trodden before that glory will be attained. The Father was to glorify the Son, that the Son might glorify the Father: the glory of the Father, and the blessedness of believers given with it, was the final goal. In the former the reader sees a strict morality which he fears he shall never be able to perform: in this, he sees all things are possible to him who believes; for that very God who made him shall dwell in his heart, and enable him to do all that He pleases to employ him in. General Search for 'John 17:9-26' within 'New American Standard Version' on StudyLight.org “Thou hast loved Me from the foundation of the world” (Proverbs 8:22; Pro_8:31). What greater glory could there be than the glory revealed when a holy but merciful God surrenders His own Son to die in awful suffering, a suffering in which He Himself will take part, for undeserving and sinful men, in order to finally redeem them and bring them with Him into His glory?. —Love from God resting upon them, and to God dwelling in them. Thus close the valedictory utterances of Jesus to his disciples, extending through the last four chapters of this Gospel. And built a city.] Knowledge. Psalm 121:1; Psalm 123:1; Ezekiel 33:25; Daniel 4:34; John 11:41). would naturally, but not necessarily, imply that he was under the open sky. Отец не может смотреть на Сына, не взирая при этом и на все Его тело. Beyond this embankment the water of life may not be sought, and will not be found; and the spurious liberality which would break down this embankment is to be eschewed by all to whom the teaching of the Lord Jesus is sacred and dear. That this hour is meant is shown by the petition which follows: , “glorify Thy Son”. ... John 17 17:1-12 The World’s MVP 17:11-19 What in the World am I Doing? —As the life-spring of their immortal existence, the well-spring of their eternal love, the day-spring of their eternal glory. John 11:26. III. And will declare it - After my resurrection, and by the influence of the Holy Spirit, Luke 24:45; Acts 1:3. How consolatory a truth this to the faithful ministers of Jesus, and under what a responsibility does it lay all who from their lips hear the message of eternal life in Christ Jesus! [23] John Mackay, God's Order (New York: Macmillan Company, 1953), p. 67. For after that, He did not talk much with His disciples, but He left the Cross to stand out and speak alone. This transfusion of love can only be accomplished through a manifestation of the Divine character. Итак, Он хочет сказать, что действенно научил апостолов. His soul resembled a magnetic needle, whose mobility is only equalled by the perseverance with which, in every oscillation, it tends to recover its normal direction. The pathos and the sorrow are soon to deepen into the immediate agonies of Gethsemane and the crucifixion; the triumphal tone is sustained by a prophetic recognition of the victory in the more distant future. on StudyLight.org chap. O to have been within hearing of such a prayer as that must have been, which wound up the whole of His past ministry and formed the point of transition to the dark scenes which immediately followed! 26 And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it: that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them. Thus the third section of the prayer closes, its main burden having been that the whole Church of God, believers of every age and country, may be so brought to and kept in the unity of the Father and the Son that the glory of the Son in the Father may be theirs. Glorify thy Son that the Son may glorify thee. It is also the object of Christ’s prayer, that his death may produce, through the power of the Heavenly Spirit, such fruit as had been decreed by the eternal purpose of God; for he says thatthe hour is come, not an hour which is determined by the fancy of men, but an hour which God had appointed. The eyes may obviously be lifted up to heaven within a chamber; and so we find. 26. John 17:26 - and I have made Your name known to them, and will make it known, so that the love with which You loved Me may be in them, and I in them.' (1) These words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven.—Comp. For eternal life, love, and glory, embodied in Christ dwelling in them, are the full consummation of all that the sufferings and. This ministry-Jesus here tells His Father-would be but Himself continuing to make known His Father's name to men, or the prolongation of His own ministry. to reject an implicit, if it be not an explicit faith? And, indeed, as was said a little before, so far as relates to us, apart from Christ, we are hated by God, and he only begins to love us, when we are united to the body of his beloved Son. But in the end it was through the cross and resurrection that Jesus would be glorified and vindicated and would bring great glory on the Father, for there on the cross, and through His resurrection, would be carried out the plan which had been laid in eternity for the redemption of His people (Ephesians 1:4-8; 2 Timothy 1:9).