John 17:8
I told them the message that you told me, and they believed it. Now they know for sure that you sent me to the world.
Plain English Version
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In Context
7Now they know that everything that I said came from you.
Cross References
John 3:17You see, God sent his son into the world so that he can save the people of the world. He didn’t send him to judge people and do payback to them.
John 6:68Peter said, “No, sir. Who would we go to? Your words will make us live with God for ever. Nobody else has a message like that.
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.
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 →