# John 17 đź“–: Jesus Prays for His People
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> [!info] Table of Contents
> [[#đź“ś Scripture Text (NET)]]
> [[#đź“– Verse-by-Verse Commentary]]
> [[#🤔 Interesting Facts]]
> [[#🧠Chapter Summary]]
> [[#✝️ Christ in This Chapter]]
> [[#🔎 Key Observations / 🛟 Life Application]]
> [[#đź’¬ Discussion Questions]]
> [[#✍️ Key Verses to Remember]]
> [[#đź”— Related Passages]]
> [[#🙏 Devotional Reflection]]
> [[#đź“‚ Internal Notes]]
## đź“ś Scripture Text (NET)
(The NET Bible: New English Translation. Biblical Studies Press, 2005)
#### Jesus Prays for the Father to Glorify Him
**Principle**: Jesus, the faithful, understanding High Priest.
[[#Verse 01.]] When Jesus had finished saying these things, he looked upward to heaven and said, “Father, the time has come. Glorify your Son, so that your Son may glorify you—Â
[[#Verse 02.]] just as you have given him authority over all humanity, so that he may give eternal life to everyone you have given him.Â
[[#Verse 03.]] Now this is eternal life—that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you sent.Â
[[#Verse 04.]] I glorified you on earth by completing the work you gave me to do.
[[#Verse 05.]] And now, Father, glorify me at your side with the glory I had with you before the world was created.
#### Jesus Prays for the Disciples
**Principle**: Jesus prays for us.
[[#Verse 06.]] “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.Â
[[#Verse 07.]] Now they understand that everything you have given me comes from you,Â
[[#Verse 08.]] because I have given them the words you have given me. They accepted them and really understand that I came from you, and they believed that you sent me.
[[#Verse 09.]] I am praying on behalf of them. I am not praying on behalf of the world, but on behalf of those you have given me, because they belong to you.Â
[[#Verse 10.]] Everything I have belongs to you, and everything you have belongs to me, and I have been glorified by them.Â
[[#Verse 11.]] I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, keep them safe in your name that you have given me, so that they may be one just as we are one.Â
[[#Verse 12.]] When I was with them I kept them safe and watched over them in your name that you have given me. Not one of them was lost except the one destined for destruction, so that the scripture could be fulfilled.Â
[[#Verse 13.]] But now I am coming to you, and I am saying these things in the world, so they may experience my joy completed in themselves.Â
[[#Verse 14.]] I have given them your word, and the world has hated them, because they do not belong to the world, just as I do not belong to the world.Â
[[#Verse 15.]]Â I am not asking you to take them out of the world, but that you keep them safe from the evil one.Â
[[#Verse 16.]] They do not belong to the world just as I do not belong to the world.
[[#Verse 17.]] Set them apart in the truth; your word is truth.Â
[[#Verse 18.]]Â Just as you sent me into the world, so I sent them into the world.
[[#Verse 19.]] And I set myself apart on their behalf, so that they too may be truly set apart.
#### Jesus Prays for Believers Everywhere
**Principle**: Jesus intercedes for all.
[[#Verse 20.]] “I am not praying only on their behalf, but also on behalf of those who believe in me through their testimony,Â
[[#Verse 21.]] that they will all be one, just as you, Father, are in me and I am in you. I pray that they will be in us, so that the world will believe that you sent me.Â
[[#Verse 22.]] The glory you gave to me I have given to them, that they may be one just as we are one—Â
[[#Verse 23.]] I 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.
[[#Verse 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 .Â
[[#Verse 25.]] Righteous Father, even if the world does not know you, I know you, and these men know that you sent me.Â
[[#Verse 26.]] 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.”
## đź“– Verse-by-Verse Commentary
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## 🤔 Interesting Facts
1. John 17 is often called Jesus' High Priestly Prayer, a name that goes back to the Lutheran theologian David Chytraeus in the 1500s.
2. It is the longest recorded prayer of Jesus in the Gospels.
3. The prayer moves in three parts: Jesus prays for Himself (17:1-5), for His disciples (17:6-19), and for all future believers (17:20-26).
4. Jesus looked up to heaven to pray (17:1), a common posture of prayer in that culture.
5. "The hour has come" (17:1) is the moment John has been pointing toward since 2:4.
6. Jesus speaks of the glory He shared with the Father before the world existed (17:5), a clear claim to eternal existence.
7. The "one destined for destruction" (17:12) refers to Judas.
8. The word "sanctify" (17:17, 19) means to set apart for God's purposes.
9. Jesus prayed for those who would believe through the apostles' testimony (17:20), which includes every Christian since.
10. Jesus prays that His people would be with Him and see His glory (17:24).
## 🧠Chapter Summary
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## ✝️ Christ in This Chapter
Christ is our great High Priest who prays for His people (17:9, 20). He still lives to intercede for all who come to God through Him (Hebrews 7:25).
## 🔎 Key Observations / 🛟 Life Application
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## đź’¬ Discussion Questions
1. Jesus defines eternal life as knowing the only true God and Jesus Christ (17:3). How does that change the way you think about eternal life?
2. Jesus prayed not that His followers be taken out of the world but protected from the evil one (17:15). What does it look like to live in the world without being of it?
3. Jesus prayed that all believers would be one (17:20-23). What can you do to build unity in the body of Christ?
## ✍️ Key Verses to Remember
- đź“– verse 3: Eternal life is knowing the only true God and Jesus Christ whom He sent.
- đź“– verse 15: Jesus asks the Father to protect His followers from the evil one.
- đź“– verse 17: Set them apart in the truth. Your word is truth.
- đź“– verses 20-21: Jesus prays for all future believers, that they may be one.
## đź”— Related Passages
- đź”— [[Hebrews 07#Verse 25.|Hebrews 7:25]] - He always lives to intercede for them.
- đź”— [[Jeremiah 09#Verse 24.|Jeremiah 9:24]] - Let the one who boasts boast in knowing the Lord.
- đź”— [[Philippians 02#Verse 06.|Philippians 2:6]] - Christ existed in the form of God.
- đź”— [[Psalm 119#Verse 160.|Psalm 119:160]] - Your word is truth.
- đź”— [[Ephesians 04#Verse 03.|Ephesians 4:3-6]] - One body and one Spirit.
## 🙏 Devotional Reflection
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## đź“‚ Internal Notes