John 17:18
As thou hast sent me into the world, I also have sent them into the world.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner, 1752)
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 in truth. Thy word is truth.
19And for them do I sanctify myself, that they also may be sanctified in truth.
Cross References
Isaiah 61:1The spirit of the Lord is upon me, because the Lord hath anointed me: he hath sent me to preach to the meek, to heal the contrite of heart, and to preach a release to the captives, and deliverance to them that are shut up.
Matthew 23:34Therefore behold I send to you prophets and wise men and scribes: and some of them you will put to death and crucify: and some you will scourge in your synagogues and persecute from city to city.
John 17:3Now this is eternal life: That they may know thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.
John 17:21That they all may be one, as thou, Father, in me, and I in thee; that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.
John 17:25Just Father, the world hath not known thee: but I have known thee. And these have known that thou hast sent me.
2 Corinthians 5:20For Christ therefore we are ambassadors, God as it were exhorting by us, for Christ, we beseech you, 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 →