John 17:2
just as you have given authority over all flesh to him, so that he may give eternal life to all those whom you have given to him.
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Psalms 2:6Yet I have been appointed king by him over Zion, his holy mountain, preaching his precepts.
Daniel 7:14And he gave him power, and honor, and the kingdom, and all peoples, tribes, and languages will serve him. His power is an eternal power, which will not be taken away, and his kingdom, one which will not be corrupted.
Matthew 28:18And Jesus, drawing near, spoke to them, saying: “All authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth.
John 4:14Instead, the water that I will give to him will become in him a fountain of water, springing up into eternal life.”
John 6:27Do not work for food that perishes, but for that which endures to eternal life, which the Son of man will give to you. For God the Father has sealed him.”
John 6:39Yet this is the will of the Father who sent me: that I should lose nothing out of all that he has given to me, but that I should raise them up on the last day.
Matthew Henry on John 17:2-6
Christ's Intercessory Prayer. 1 These words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee: 2 As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him. 3 And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent. 4 I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do. 5 And now, O Father,… Read the whole commentary →