Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
this is—that.
life eternal, that they might—may.
know, etc.—This life eternal, then, is not mere conscious and unending existence, but a life of acquaintance with God in Christ (Job 22:21).
thee, the only true God—the sole personal living God; in glorious contrast equally with heathen polytheism, philosophic naturalism, and mystic pantheism.
and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent—This is the only place where our Lord gives Himself this compound name, afterwards so current in apostolic preaching and writing. Here the terms are used in their strict signification—"JESUS," because He "saves His people from their sins"; "CHRIST," as anointed with the measureless fulness of the Holy Ghost for the exercise of His saving offices (see on Matthew 1:16); "WHOM THOU HAST SENT," in the plenitude of Divine Authority and Power, to save. "The very juxtaposition here of Jesus Christ with the Father is a proof, by implication, of our Lord's Godhead. The knowledge of God and a creature could not be eternal life, and such an association of the one with the other would be inconceivable" [ALFORD].
THE INTERCESSORY PRAYER. (John 17:1-26)
These words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes—"John very seldom depicts the gestures or looks of our Lord, as here. But this was an occasion of which the impression was indelible, and the upward look could not be passed over" [ALFORD].
Father, the hour is come—(See on John 13:31-32).
glorify thy Son—Put honor upon Thy Son, by countenancing, sustaining, and carrying Him through that "hour."
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing John 17:3:
Genesis 49:10
Ecclesiastes 7:12
Isaiah 49:3
Isaiah 53:11
Hosea 6:3
Matthew 1:1
Matthew 23:13
Luke 11:52
Colossians 3:10
1 Timothy 2:4
1 Timothy 6:15
Titus 1:3
2 Peter 1:3
1 John 2:25
1 John 5:20
Revelation 3:7
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