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Selected Verse: John 17:8 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Joh 17:8 |
King James |
For I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me; and they have received them, and have known surely that I came out from thee, and they have believed that thou didst send me. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| they . . . have known surely that I came out from thee--(See on Joh 16:29; Joh 16:31). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| The words - The doctrines. Christ often represented himself as instructed and sent to teach certain great truths to men. Those he taught, and no others. See the notes at Joh 5:30. |
| Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
The words (τὰ ῥήματα)
Compare thy word (λόγον), Joh 17:6. That signified the gospel message in its entirety. This, the message considered in its constituent parts. See on Luk 1:37. Compare Joh 5:38, Joh 5:47; Joh 6:60, Joh 6:63, Joh 6:68; Joh 8:43, Joh 8:47, Joh 8:51; Joh 12:47, Joh 12:48; Joh 15:3, Joh 15:7. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| They have received them - By faith. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
I have given - them the words - I have delivered thy doctrine to them, so that they have had a pure teaching immediately from heaven: neither Jewish fables nor fictions of men have been mingled with it.
And have known surely - Are fully convinced and acknowledge that I am the promised Messiah, and that they are to look for none other; and that my mission and doctrine are all Divine, Joh 17:7, Joh 17:8. |
31 Jesus answered them, Do ye now believe?
29 His disciples said unto him, Lo, now speakest thou plainly, and speakest no proverb.
30 I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me.
7 If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.
3 Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.
48 He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day.
47 And if any man hear my words, and believe not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world.
51 Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my saying, he shall never see death.
47 He that is of God heareth God's words: ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God.
43 Why do ye not understand my speech? even because ye cannot hear my word.
68 Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life.
63 It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.
60 Many therefore of his disciples, when they had heard this, said, This is an hard saying; who can hear it?
47 But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe my words?
38 And ye have not his word abiding in you: for whom he hath sent, him ye believe not.
37 For with God nothing shall be impossible.
6 I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them me; and they have kept thy word.
8 For I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me; and they have received them, and have known surely that I came out from thee, and they have believed that thou didst send me.
7 Now they have known that all things whatsoever thou hast given me are of thee.