John 17:7

Now they know that everything that I said came from you.

Plain English Version

In The King James Version

Now they have known that all things whatsoever thou hast given me are of thee.

In Context

6You gave me some people from the world, and I showed them what you are like. They were your people, but you gave them to me. I taught them your word, and they did what you said.

8I told them the message that you told me, and they believed it. Now they know for sure that you sent me to the world.

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Cross References

John 8:28So he said, “I am the special man from heaven, and after you put me on a cross and lift me up, you will know who I am. And you will understand that I am not working alone. I only say what my father taught me.

John 12:49You see, the words I said to you are not just mine. The father told me what to say, and he sent me here to tell you his message.

John 14:20Then you will know that I am joined to my father, so that it’s like I am in him. And you will know that each one of you is joined to me in the same way, so that it’s like you are in me. And I am joined to you, so that it’s like I am in you.

John 16:27You see, he loves you too. He loves you because you love me, and because you believe that I came from him.

Matthew Henry on John 17:7-11

Christ's Intercessory Prayer. 6 I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them me; and they have kept thy word. 7 Now they have known that all things whatsoever thou hast given me are of thee. 8 For I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me; and they have received them, and have known surely that I came out from thee, and they have believed that thou didst send me. 9 I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou… Read the whole commentary →

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