John 17:25

Righteous Father, though the world does not know yoʋ, I know yoʋ, and these men know that yoʋ have sent me.

Text-Critical English NT

In The King James Version

O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee: but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me.

In Context

24Father, I want those yoʋ have given me to be with me where I am, so that they may see my glory, which yoʋ gave me because yoʋ loved me before the foundation of the world.

26I have made yoʋr name known to them, and will continue to make it known, so that the love with which yoʋ have loved me may be in them, and so that I may be in them.”

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Cross References

Matthew 16:16Simon Peter answered, “Yoʋ are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”

John 1:18No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is at the Father's side, has made him known.

John 5:19So Jesus responded to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing on his own, but only what he sees the Father doing. For whatever the Father does, the Son also does in the same way.

John 7:29but I know him, because I have come from him, and he is the one who sent me.”

John 8:55You do not know him, but I know him. If I were to say that I do not know him, I would be a liar like you. But I do know him, and I keep his word.

Matthew Henry on John 17:25-26

Christ's Intercessory Prayer. 24 Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world. 25 O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee: but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me. 26 And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it: that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them. Here is, I. A petition for the… Read the whole commentary →

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