John 17:26

John 17:26 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)I have made you known to them, and will continue to make you known in order that the love you have for me may be in them and that I myself may be in them.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)I made known to them your name, and I will continue to make it known, that the love with which you have loved me may be in them, and I in them."
• New King James Version (NKJV)And I have declared to them Your name, and will declare it, that the love with which You loved Me may be in them, and I in them.”

Context of John 17:26

24“Father, I want those you have given to me to be with me, to be where I am. I want them to see my glory, which you gave me because you loved me before the world was made. 25Father, you have done what is right and the world didn’t know you. Yet, I knew you, and these ⌞disciples⌟ have known that you sent me. I have made your name known to them, and I will make it known so that the love you have for me will be in them and I will be in them.”

John 17:26 word by word

καὶ ἐγνώρισα αὐτοῖς τὸ ὄνομά σου καὶ γνωρίσω, ἵνα ἡ ἀγάπη ἣν ἠγάπησάς με ἐν αὐτοῖς ᾖ κἀγὼ ἐν αὐτοῖς.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• I have declaredγνωρίζωgnōrizō · to make knownG1107
• unto themαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• thyσύsu · youG4771
• nameὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• nameὄνομαonoma · nameG3686
• thatἵναhina · in order that/toG2443
• the loveἀγάπηagapē · loveG26
• wherewithὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• thou hast lovedἀγαπάωagapaō · to loveG25
• meἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• may beεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• and Iκἀγώkagō kamoi kame · and IG2504

Cross-references for John 17:26

• John 17:6“I made your name known to the people you gave me. They are from this world. They belonged to you, and you gave them to me. They did what you told them.
• John 8:50I don’t want my own glory. But there is someone who wants it, and he is the judge.
• John 15:15I don’t call you servants anymore, because a servant doesn’t know what his master is doing. But I’ve called you friends because I’ve made known to you everything that I’ve heard from my Father.
• Psalms 22:22I will tell my people about your name. I will praise you within the congregation.
• Hebrews 2:12He says, “I will tell my people about your name. I will praise you within the congregation.”
• John 14:23Jesus answered him, “Those who love me will do what I say. My Father will love them, and we will go to them and make our home with them.
• John 15:9“I have loved you the same way the Father has loved me. So live in my love.
• Ephesians 1:6so that the kindness he had given us in his dear Son would be praised and given glory.
• Ephesians 2:4But God is rich in mercy because of his great love for us.
• Ephesians 5:30We are parts of his body.
• 2 Thessalonians 2:16God our Father loved us and by his kindness gave us everlasting encouragement and good hope. Together with our Lord Jesus Christ,
• John 17:23I am in them, and you are in me. So they are completely united. In this way the world knows that you have sent me and that you have loved them in the same way you have loved me.
• John 6:56Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood live in me, and I live in them.
• John 14:20On that day you will know that I am in my Father and that you are in me and that I am in you.
• John 15:4Live in me, and I will live in you. A branch cannot produce any fruit by itself. It has to stay attached to the vine. In the same way, you cannot produce fruit unless you live in me.
• Romans 8:10However, if Christ lives in you, your bodies are dead because of sin, but your spirits are alive because you have God’s approval.

Commentaries on John 17:26

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 26I have declared unto them thy name, etc. - I have taught them the true doctrine. And will declare it - This he did: 1st. By the conversations he had with his disciples after his resurrection, during the space of forty days. 2dly. By the Holy Spirit which was poured out upon them on the day of pentecost. And all these declarations Jesus Christ made, that the love of God, and Christ Jesus himself, might dwell in them; and thus they were to become a…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 26Thy name - See the notes at John 17:6. And will declare it - After my resurrection, and by the influence of the Holy Spirit, Luke 24:45; Acts 1:3. I in them - By my doctrines and the influences of my Spirit. That my religion may show its power, and produce its proper fruits in their minds, Galatians 4:19. The discourse in John 14; 15; 16 is the most tender and sublime that was ever pronounced in our world. No composition can be found anywhere so fitted to…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 24-26Verses 24-26 Christ, as one with the Father, claimed on behalf of all that had been given to him, and should in due time believe on him, that they should be brought to heaven; and that there the whole company of the redeemed might behold his glory as their beloved Friend and Brother, and therein find happiness. He had declared and would further declare the name or character of God, by his doctrine and his Spirit, that, being one with him, the love of the…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 26All who accept the Son and embrace the Father will experience the kind of love known only between the Father and the Son. I in them: Jesus loves his followers and wants to fill them with glory and joy that compares to nothing in the world.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 24-2624-26. Father, I will--The majesty of this style of speaking is quite transparent. No petty criticism will be allowed to fritter it away in any but superficial or perverted readers. be with me where I am--(See on Joh 14:3). that they may behold my glory which thou hast given me--(See on Joh 17:5). Christ regards it as glory enough for us to be admitted to see and gaze for ever upon His glory! This is "the beatific vision"; but it shall be no mere vision…Read the comment

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Commentaries on John 17

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings