John 17:18
as You sent Me into the world, I also sent them into the world;
Literal Standard Version
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 Your truth, Your word is truth;
19and I sanctify Myself for them, that they also may be sanctified in truth themselves.
Cross References
Isaiah 61:1“[The] Spirit of Lord YHWH [is] on Me, || Because YHWH anointed Me || To proclaim tidings to the humble, || He sent Me to bind the broken of heart, || To proclaim liberty to the captives, || And an opening of bands to [those] bound.
Matthew 23:34Because of this, behold, I send to you prophets, and wise men, and scribes, and of them you will kill and crucify, and of them you will scourge in your synagogues, and will pursue from city to city,
John 17:3and this is the continuous life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Him whom You sent—Jesus Christ;
John 17:21that they all may be one, as You Father [are] in Me, and I in You, that they also may be one in Us, that the world may believe that You sent Me.
John 17:25Righteous Father, also the world did not know You, and I knew You, and these have known that You sent Me,
2 Corinthians 5:20in behalf of Christ, then, we are ambassadors, as if God were calling through us, we implore, in behalf of Christ, “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 →