John 17:25
Righteous Father, though the world has not known thee, yet I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
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Matthew 16:16Simon Peter answered and said: Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.
John 1:18No one has seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he has revealed him.
John 5:19Then Jesus answered and said to them: Verily, verily I say to you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he sees the Father do; for whatever things he does, these also the Son does in like manner.
John 7:29But I know him, because I am from him, and he has sent me.
John 8:55And yet you have not known him. But I know him; and if I should say that I do not know him, I should be like yourselves, a liar. But I know him, and I keep his word.
Matthew Henry on John 17:25-26
Christ's Intercessory Prayer. 24 Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world. 25 O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee: but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me. 26 And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it: that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them. Here is, I. A petition for the… Read the whole commentary →