John 17:2
just as You gave Him authority over all humanity, so that He will give eternal life to all those whom You have given Him.
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Matthew 28:18And approaching Jesus asserted to them saying: “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.
John 4:14but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never ever thirst; rather, the water that I will give him will become in him a spring of water, welling up into eternal life.”
John 6:27Do not work for the food that wastes away but for the food that endures into life eternal, which the Son of the Man will give you; because on Him God the Father has set His seal.”
John 6:39Now this is the will of the Father who sent me, that I should lose nothing out of all that He has given me, but should raise it up at 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 →