John 17:18
Just as you have sent me as your messenger to the world, so I send them as my messengers to the world.
Open English Bible (UK)
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
17Consecrate them by the truth; your message is truth.
19And it is for their sakes that I am consecrating myself, so that they also may be truly consecrated.
Cross References
Matthew 23:34That is why I send you prophets, wise people, and teachers of the Law, some of whom you will crucify and kill, and some of whom you will scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from town to town;
John 17:3And the eternal life is this – to know you the one true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent as your messenger.
John 17:21that they all may be one – that as you, Father, are in union with us – and so the world may believe that you have sent me as your messenger.
John 17:25Righteous Father, though the world did not know you, I knew you; and these people knew that you have sent me as your messenger.
2 Corinthians 5:20It is, then, on Christ’s behalf that we are acting as ambassadors, God, as it were, appealing to you through us. We implore you on Christ’s behalf – 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 →