New American Standard Bible 2020
John 17:2
2just as 1You gave Him authority over all 2mankind, so that 34to all whom You have given Him, 5He may give eternal life.
John 17:2 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him.
- New International Version (NIV)For you granted him authority over all people that he might give eternal life to all those you have given him.
- English Standard Version (ESV)since you have given him authority over all flesh, to give eternal life to all whom you have given him.
- New King James Version (NKJV)as You have given Him authority over all flesh, that He should give eternal life to as many as You have given Him.
Context of John 17:2
1Jesus spoke these things; and raising His eyes to heaven, He said, “Father, the hour has come; glorify Your Son, so that the Son may glorify You, just as You gave Him authority over all mankind, so that to all whom You have given Him, He may give eternal life. 3And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent. 4I glorified You on the earth by accomplishing the work which You have given Me to do.
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καθὼς ἔδωκας αὐτῷ ἐξουσίαν πάσης σαρκός, ἵνα πᾶν ὃ δέδωκας αὐτῷ, δώσῃ αὐτοῖς ζωὴν αἰώνιον.Read the interlinear
Cross-references for John 17:2
- John 3:35The Father loves the Son and has entrusted all things to His hand.
- John 5:21For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so the Son also gives life to whom He wishes.
- Psalms 2:6“But as for Me, I have installed My King Upon Zion, My holy mountain.”
- Psalms 110:1The Lord says to my Lord: “Sit at My right hand Until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet.”
- Daniel 7:14And to Him was given dominion, Honor, and a kingdom, So that all the peoples, nations, and populations of all languages Might serve Him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion Which will not pass away; And His kingdom is one Which will not be destroyed.
- Matthew 11:27All things have been handed over to Me by My Father; and no one knows the Son except the Father; nor does anyone know the Father except the Son, and anyone to whom the Son determines to reveal Him.
- Matthew 28:18And Jesus came up and spoke to them, saying, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me.
- 1 Corinthians 15:25For He must reign until He has put all His enemies under His feet.
- Ephesians 1:20which He brought about in Christ, when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places,
- Philippians 2:10so that at the name of Jesus every knee will bow, of those who are in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
- Hebrews 1:2in these last days has spoken to us in His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, through whom He also made the world.
- Hebrews 2:8You have put everything in subjection under his feet.” For in subjecting all things to him, He left nothing that is not subject to him. But now we do not yet see all things subjected to him.
- 1 Peter 3:22who is at the right hand of God, having gone into heaven, after angels and authorities and powers had been subjected to Him.
- John 17:24Father, I desire that they also, whom You have given Me, be with Me where I am, so that they may see My glory which You have given Me, for You loved Me before the foundation of the world.
- John 4:14but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him shall never be thirsty; but the water that I will give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up to eternal life.”
- John 6:27Do not work for the food that perishes, but for the food that lasts for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you, for on Him the Father, God, has set His seal.”
Commentaries on John 17:2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2As thou hast given him power - As the Messiah, Jesus Christ received from the Father universal dominion. All flesh, i.e. all the human race, was given unto him, that by one sacrifice of himself, he might reconcile them all to God; having by his grace tasted death for every man, Hebrews 2:9. And this was according to the promise of the universal inheritance made to Christ, Psalm 2:8, which was to be made up of the heathen, and the uttermost parts of the…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2As thou hast given him power - It was on the ground of this power given to Christ that the apostles were commanded to go and teach all nations. See the notes at Matthew 28:18-19. All flesh - All men, Matthew 24:22; Luke 3:6. That he should give eternal life - See the notes at John 5:24. To as many as thou hast given him - See the notes at John 10:16; John 6:37. To all on whom the Father has purposed to bestow the blessings of redemption through his Son…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2All authority has been placed in Jesus’ hands (3:35); he can give eternal life as only God can (3:15; 5:21, 25–26).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-26(See on Joh 14:1). Had this prayer not been recorded, what reverential reader would not have exclaimed, Oh, 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! But here it is, and with such signature of the Lips that uttered it that we seem rather to hear it from Himself than read it from the pen of His faithful…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
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