요한복음 Chapter 17

Translation: ESV

1

When Jesus had spoken these words, he lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, 'Father, the hour has come; glorify your Son that the Son may glorify you,'

Key Message

Jesus' cross is an event of glory; the glory of the Son and the glory of the Father are revealed together at the cross.

▸The High Priestly Prayer of chapter 17 begins.

The High Priestly Prayer of chapter 17 begins. 'He lifted up his eyes to heaven' is the posture of prayer. 'The hour has come' means the time of the cross has arrived. 'Glorify your Son' is paradoxically accomplished through the cross. The cross is not a moment of shame but a means of glory. The glory of the Son and the glory of the Father are mutually interconnected.

Related Verses

And Jesus answered them, 'The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified.'
3

And this is eternal life, that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.

Key Message

Eternal life is not a distant future immortality but an intimate relationship with the true God and Jesus Christ that begins now.

▸The definition of eternal life is presented.

17

Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth.

Key Message

The sanctification of believers is accomplished through continual encounter with the truth that is God's word.

▸In the prayer for the disciples, 'Sanctify them (ἁγίασον, hagiason)' is a prayer for sanctification.

20

I do not ask for these only, but also for those who will believe in me through their word,

Key Message

Jesus' High Priestly Prayer extends beyond the first disciples to include all believers who will come to faith through the gospel, and we are within that prayer.

▸Jesus' prayer extends beyond the disciples to all future believers.

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that they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me.

Key Message

The unity of believers is modeled on the union of the Father and the Son, and this unity is the evidence of the gospel directed toward the world.

▸The heart of the prayer: 'that they may all be one.