John Chapter 17, Verse 6
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6: εφανερωσα σου το ονομα τοις ανθρωποις ους δεδωκας μοι εκ του κοσμου σοι ησαν και εμοι αυτους δεδωκας και τον λογον σου τετηρηκασιν
6: I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me
out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them me;
and they have kept thy word.
6: I have manifested thy name to the men whom thou hast given me out
of the world. Thine they were: and to me thou gavest them. And they have
kept thy word.
Have manifested thy name. The word name here includes the attributes or character of God. Jesus had made known his character, his law, his will, his plan of mercy -- or, in other words, he had revealed GOD to them. The word name is often used to designate the person, Jn 15:21 Mt 10:22 Rom 2:24 1 Tim 6:1.
Which thou gavest me. God gave them to him in his purpose. He gave them by his providence. He so ordered affairs that they heard him preach and saw his miracles; and he gave them by disposing them to follow him when he called them.
Thine they were. All men are God's by creation and by preservation, and he has a right to do with them as seemeth good in his sight. These men he chose to designate to be the apostles of Jesus; and he committed them to him to be taught, and then commissioned them to carry his gospel, though amid persecutions, to the ends of the world. God has a right to the services of all; and he has a right to appoint us to any labour, however humble, or hazardous, or wearisome, where we may promote his glory and honour his name.
- "manifested" Ps 2222 Jn 17:26
- "the men which thou gavest" Rom 8:30 Jn 17:2, Jn 17:9,11
- "they have kept thy word" Heb 3:6
