John 17 :: Amplified Bible (AMP)

The High Priestly Prayer

When Jesus had spoken these things, He raised His eyes to heaven [in prayer] and said, “Father, the [fn]hour has come. Glorify Your Son, so that Your Son may glorify You.

Jhn 17:2

Jhn 17:2“Just as You have given Him power and authority over all mankind, [now glorify Him] so that He may give eternal life [fn]to all whom You have given Him [to be His—permanently and forever].

Jhn 17:3

Jhn 17:3“Now this is eternal life: that they may know You, the only true [supreme and sovereign] God, and [in the same manner know] Jesus [as the] Christ whom You have sent.

Jhn 17:4

Jhn 17:4“I have glorified You [down here] on the earth by [fn]completing the work that You gave Me to do.

Jhn 17:5

Jhn 17:5“Now, Father, glorify Me together with Yourself, with the glory and majesty that I had with You before the world existed.

Jhn 17:6

“I have manifested Your name [and revealed Your very self, Your real self] to the people whom You have given Me out of the world; they were Yours and You gave them to Me, and they have kept and obeyed Your word.

Jhn 17:7

Jhn 17:7“Now [at last] they know [with confident assurance] that all You have given Me is from You [it is really and truly Yours].

Jhn 17:8

Jhn 17:8“For the words which You gave Me I have given them; and they received and accepted them and truly understood [with confident assurance] that I came from You [from Your presence], and they believed [without any doubt] that You sent Me.

Jhn 17:9

Jhn 17:9“I pray for them; I do not pray for the world, but for those You have given Me, because they belong to You;

Jhn 17:10

Jhn 17:10and all things that are Mine are Yours, and [all things that are] Yours are Mine; and I am glorified in them.

Jhn 17:11

Jhn 17:11“I am no longer in the world; yet they are still in the world, and I am coming to You. Holy Father, keep them in Your name, the name which You have given Me, so that they may be one just as We are.

Jhn 17:12

Jhn 17:12“While I was with them, I was keeping them in Your name which You have given Me; and I guarded them and protected them, and not one of them was lost except [fn]the son of destruction, so that the Scripture would be fulfilled.

The Disciples in the World

Jhn 17:13

Jhn 17:13“But now I am coming to You; and I say these things [while I am still] in the world so that they may experience My joy made full and complete and perfect within them [filling their hearts with My delight].

Jhn 17:14

Jhn 17:14“I have given to them Your word [the message You gave Me]; and the world has hated them because they are not of the world and do not belong to the world, just as I am not of the world and do not belong to it.

Jhn 17:15

Jhn 17:15“I do not ask You to take them out of the world, but that You keep them and protect them from the evil one.

Jhn 17:16

Jhn 17:16“They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.

Jhn 17:17

Jhn 17:17“Sanctify them in the truth [set them apart for Your purposes, make them holy]; Your word is truth.

Jhn 17:18

Jhn 17:18“Just as You commissioned and sent Me into the world, I also have commissioned and sent them (believers) into the world.

Jhn 17:19

Jhn 17:19“For their sake [fn]I sanctify Myself [to do Your will], so that they also may be sanctified [set apart, dedicated, made holy] in [Your] truth.

Jhn 17:20

“I do not pray for these alone [it is not for their sake only that I make this request], but also for [all] those who [will ever] believe and trust in Me through their message,

Jhn 17:21

Jhn 17:21that they all may be one; just as You, Father, are in Me and I in You, that they also may be one in Us, so that the world may believe [without any doubt] that You sent Me.

Their Future Glory

Jhn 17:22

Jhn 17:22“I have given to them the glory and honor which You have given Me, that they may be one, just as We are one;

Jhn 17:23

Jhn 17:23I in them and You in Me, that they may be perfected and completed into one, so that the world may know [without any doubt] that You sent Me, and [that You] have loved them, just as You have loved Me.

Jhn 17:24

Jhn 17:24“Father, I desire that they also, whom You have given to Me [as Your gift to Me], may be with Me where I am, so that they may see My glory which You have given Me, because You loved Me before the foundation of the world.

Jhn 17:25

“O just and righteous Father, although the world has not known You and has never acknowledged You [and the revelation of Your mercy], yet I have always known You; and these [believers] know [without any doubt] that You sent Me;

Jhn 17:26

Jhn 17:26and I have made Your name known to them, and will continue to make it known, so that the love with which You have loved Me may be in them [overwhelming their heart], and I [may be] in them.”

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AMP Footnotes

(17:1)

I.e. the time of Jesus’ death.

(17:2)

A reference to election or predestination. Also see John 6:39; 17:6, 9, 24; Acts 13:48; Rom 8:29-33; Eph 1:3-6; 2 Thess 2:13; 1 Pet 1:2.

(17:4)

Much of Jesus’ discourse and prayer in John 13-17 is reminiscent of God’s comparison of rain and snow to His word in Is 55:10, 11. Like God’s word, Jesus, who was introduced by John as the Word (John 1:1), comes from God (John 16:28; 17:8), accomplishes God’s desire (John 14:10; 17:4, 8) and then returns to God (John 13:33; 14:4; 17:13).The themes of joy and peace found in Isaiah 55:12 also resonate throughout John 13-17; joy (John 15:11; 16:20-24; 17:13) and peace (John 14:27; 16:33). Isaiah 55; 56 has many points of connection with John’s Gospel as a whole, most notably the invitations to quench thirst (Is 55:1; John 4:13, 14; 7:37) and receive bread (Is 55:2; John 6:26-35, 48-51). Other points of connection between Is 55; 56 and John include the tie between listening and living, appeals to witnesses, calls to obedience, the idea of a special window of God’s nearness, and the inclusion of the Gentiles in salvation.

(17:12)

Hebrew idiom for one destined to perish. The betrayal of Christ by Judas Iscariot was foretold in Ps 41:9; cf John 13:18.

(17:19)

Jesus’ sacrificial death allows Christians to be truly sanctified--set apart for God’s purpose.

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