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Selected Verse: John 17:25 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Joh 17:25 |
Strong Concordance |
[2532] O righteous [1342] Father [3962], the world [2889] hath [1097] not [3756] known [1097] thee [4571]: but [1161] I [1473] have known [1097] thee [4571], and [2532] these [3778] have known [1097] that [3754] thou [4771] hast sent [649] me [3165]. |
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King James |
O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee: but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent 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] |
O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee--knew thee not.
but I have known thee--knew thee.
and these have known--knew.
that thou hast sent--sentest
me--As before He said "Holy Father," when desiring the display of that perfection on His disciples (Joh 17:11), so here He styles Him "Righteous Father," because He is appealing to His righteousness or justice, to make a distinction between those two diametrically opposite classes--"the world," on the one hand, which would not "know the Father, though brought so nigh to it in the Son of His love, and, on the other, Himself, who recognized and owned Him, and even His disciples, who owned His mission from the Father. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| Hath not known thee - See the notes at Joh 17:3. |
| The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917] |
world
Greek, "kosmos", means "mankind".
(See Scofield) - (Mat 4:8). |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Righteous Father - The admission of believers to God through Christ, flows even from the justice of God. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
The world hath not known thee - Has not acknowledged me. See on Joh 1:11, Joh 1:12 (note).
And these have known - Here our Lord, returning to the disciples, speaks:
1st. Of their having received him as the Messiah;
2dly. Of his making the Father known unto them;
3dly. Of his purpose to continue to influence them by the Spirit of truth, that they might be perfectly united to God, by an indwelling Savior for ever. |
11 And [2532] now [3765] I am [1510] no more [3765] in [1722] the world [2889], but [2532] these [3778] are [1526] in [1722] the world [2889], and [2532] I [1473] come [2064] to [4314] thee [4571]. Holy [40] Father [3962], keep [5083] through [1722] thine own [4675] name [3686] those [846] whom [3739] thou hast given [1325] me [3427], that [2443] they may be [5600] one [1520], as [2531] we [2249] are.
3 And [1161] this [3778] is [2076] life [2222] eternal [166], that [2443] they might know [1097] thee [4571] the only [3441] true [228] God [2316], and [2532] Jesus [2424] Christ [5547], whom [3739] thou hast sent [649].
8 Again [3825], the devil [1228] taketh [3880] him [846] up [3880] into [1519] an exceeding [3029] high [5308] mountain [3735], and [2532] sheweth [1166] him [846] all [3956] the kingdoms [932] of the world [2889], and [2532] the glory [1391] of them [846];
12 But [1161] as many as [3745] received [2983] him [846], to them [846] gave he [1325] power [1849] to become [1096] the sons [5043] of God [2316], even to them that believe [4100] on [1519] his [846] name [3686]:
11 He came [2064] unto [1519] his own [2398], and [2532] his own [2398] received [3880] him [846] not [3756].