John 17:2 - Forerunner Commentary

John 17:2

Jesus Prays for Himself

1 Jesus spoke these words, lifted up His eyes to heaven, and said: “Father, ^athe hour has come. Glorify Your Son, that Your Son also may glorify You,

2 ^aas You have given Him authority over all flesh, that He¹ should give eternal life to as many ^bas You have given Him.

3 And ^athis is eternal life, that they may know You, ^bthe only true God, and Jesus Christ ^cwhom You have sent.

4 ^aI have glorified You on the earth. ^bI have finished the work ^cwhich You have given Me to do.

5 And now, O Father, glorify Me together¹ with Yourself, with the glory ^awhich I had with You before the world was.

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John 17:2-3

Do you want to know where eternal life resides? It resides in knowing Christ. It resides in having an intimate relationship with Him, one that is so intimate that we are literally following in His steps with our life—life as it is lived, not life as it is thought about.

Excerpted from Four Views of Christ (Part 6)

Other Forerunner Commentary entries containing John 17:2:

Leviticus 26:25
Leviticus 26:45
Matthew 6:9-13
Matthew 6:9-13
John 20:1
Revelation 20:1-3

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