John 17:18
As me thou hast sent into the world, I also have sent them into the world.
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
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
17Father, sanctify them through thy truth; for thy word is truth.
19And for their sakes I consecrate myself, that they also may be consecrated for the truth.
Cross References
Matthew 23:34On this account, behold, I send to you prophets, and wise men, and scribes; (some) of these you shall kill and crucify; and (some) of these you shall scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city.
John 17:3But this is the life which is eternal, that they know thee, who art the true Aloha, and Him whom thou hast sent, Jeshu Meshicha.
John 17:21that they all may be one, as thou, my Father, (art) in me, and I in thee, that they also in us one may be; that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.
John 17:25My righteous Father, the world hath not known thee; but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me.
2 Corinthians 5:20WE are ambassadors then for the Meshiha, and as if Aloha himself besought you by us: instead of the Meshiha, therefore, we beseech, Be you reconciled unto Aloha.
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 →