John 17:18
Just as yoʋ have sent me into the world, so I have sent them into the world.
Text-Critical English NT
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 by yoʋr truth; yoʋr word is truth.
19For their sake I sanctify myself, so that they too may be sanctified by the truth.
Cross References
Matthew 23:34Therefore, behold, I am sending you prophets, sages, and scribes. Some of them you will kill and crucify, and some of them you will flog in your synagogues and persecute from town to town.
John 17:3This is eternal life, that they may know yoʋ, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom yoʋ have sent.
John 17:21that they may all be one, just as yoʋ, Father, are in me, and I am in yoʋ, that they also may be one in us, so that the world may believe that yoʋ sent me.
John 17:25Righteous Father, though the world does not know yoʋ, I know yoʋ, and these men know that yoʋ have sent me.
2 Corinthians 5:20Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were making an appeal through us. We plead 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 →