John 17:18
As thou didst send me into the world, I also sent them into the world:
1902 William Baxter Godbey 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 through the truth: thy word is truth.
19and I sanctify myself in their behalf, in order that they may also be sanctified through the truth.
Cross References
Matthew 23:34Therefore I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: you will kill and crucify some of them; and will scourge some of them in your synagogues, and will persecute them from city to city;
John 17:3But this is eternal life, that they know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou didst send.
John 17:21that they may all be one, as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be in us; that the world may believe that thou didst send me.
John 17:25Righteous Father, indeed the world does not know thee, but I know thee, and they know that thou didst send me;
2 Corinthians 5:20Therefore we are embassadors in behalf of Christ, as God is intreating you through us; we pray you in behalf of Christ, be ye 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 →