John 17:18
As thou hast sent me into the world, so I send them into the world;
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world.
In Context
17Sanctify them through thy truth; thy word is truth.
19and for them I sanctify myself, that they also may be sanctified through the truth.
Cross References
Matthew 23:34For this reason, behold, I send you prophets and wise men and scribes; and some of them you will kill and crucify; and some of them you will scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city;
John 17:3And this is life eternal, to know thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou has sent.
John 17:21that they all may be one, as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.
John 17:25Righteous Father, though the world has not known thee, yet I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me.
2 Corinthians 5:20Therefore, we act as ambassadors for Christ, as though God entreated through us; we beseech in Christ’s stead, be reconciled to God:
Matthew Henry on John 17:18-20
Christ's Intercessory Prayer. 17 Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth. 18 As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world. 19 And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth. The next thing he prayed for for them was that they might be sanctified; not only kept from evil, but made good. I. Here is the petition ( v. 17 ): Sanctify them through thy truth, through thy word, for thy word is truth; it is true—it is truth itself.… Read the whole commentary →