New English Translation
John 17:26
26I made known your name to them, and I will continue to make it known, so that the love you have loved me with may be in them, and I may be in them.”
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 me to be with me where I am, so that they can see my glory that you gave me because you loved me before the creation of the world. 25Righteous Father, even if the world does not know you, I know you, and these men know that you sent me. I made known your name to them, and I will continue to make it known, so that the love you have loved me with may be in them, and I may be in them.”
Read all of John 17John 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 have revealed your name to the men you gave me out of the world. They belonged to you, and you gave them to me, and they have obeyed your word.
- John 8:50I am not trying to get praise for myself. There is one who demands it, and he also judges.
- John 15:15I no longer call you slaves, because the slave does not understand what his master is doing. But I have called you friends, because I have revealed to you everything I heard from my Father.
- Psalms 22:22I will declare your name to my countrymen! In the middle of the assembly I will praise you!
- Hebrews 2:12saying, “I will proclaim your name to my brothers; in the midst of the assembly I will praise you.”
- John 14:23Jesus replied, “If anyone loves me, he will obey my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and take up residence with him.
- John 15:9“Just as the Father has loved me, I have also loved you; remain in my love.
- Ephesians 1:6to the praise of the glory of his grace that he has freely bestowed on us in his dearly loved Son.
- Ephesians 2:4But God, being rich in mercy, because of his great love with which he loved us,
- Ephesians 5:30for we are members of his body.
- 2 Thessalonians 2:16Now may our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and by grace gave us eternal comfort and good hope,
- John 17:23I in them and you in me – that they may be completely one, so that the world will know that you sent me, and you have loved them just as you have loved me.
- John 6:56The one who eats my flesh and drinks my blood resides in me, and I in him.
- John 14:20You will know at that time that I am in my Father and you are in me and I am in you.
- John 15:4Remain in me, and I will remain in you. Just as the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it remains in the vine, so neither can you unless you remain in me.
- Romans 8:10But if Christ is in you, your body is dead because of sin, but the Spirit is your life because of righteousness.
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
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