John 17:19
And for their sake, I set myself apart as kodesh that they also may be set apart for use that is kodesh in HaEmes.
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth.
In Context
18As You sent me into the Olam Hazeh, so also I send them into the Olam Hazeh.
Cross References
Numbers 7:15One young bull, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for an olah (burnt offering);
Jeremiah 1:5Before I formed thee in the beten 1 I knew thee; 1 and before thou camest forth out of the rechem 1 I set thee apart as kodesh, 1 and I ordained thee a navi unto the Goyim.
John 17:17Set them apart for a use that is kodesh in HaEmes (The Truth). + 17:17 1Kgs 17:24; 2Sm 7:28 Your Dvar is HaEmes.
2 Corinthians 4:15For all things are because of you + 4:15 2C 1:3-6 that the Chen v'Chesed Hashem, having increased through the many, may increase the hodayah (thanksgiving) to the kavod of Hashem.
1 Thessalonians 4:7For [as far as our bechirah (election) is concerned], Hashem did not summon us for tu'ma (uncleanness) but in kedushah (holiness).
Titus 2:14Who gave his nefesh on behalf of us, that for us he might bring in the Geulah, redeeming us MI KOL AVONOTAV (from all Israelʼs sins), + 2:14 Ps 130:8; Isa 53:8 making tahor AM LI SEGULAH (a people for My possession), + 2:14 Ex 19:5 zealous for ma'asim tovim.
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 →