John 17:8

For I have given them the words that yoʋ gave me, and they have received them and truly know that I came from yoʋ. They have also come to believe that yoʋ sent me.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

7They now know that everything yoʋ have given me is from yoʋ.

9I ask on their behalf; I do not ask on behalf of the world, but on behalf of those yoʋ have given me, for they are yoʋrs.

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Cross References

John 3:17For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but so that the world might be saved through him.

John 6:68Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? Yoʋ have the words of eternal life.

John 12:49For I have not spoken on my own authority, but the Father who sent me gave me a commandment as to what I should say and what I should speak.

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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