John 17:8

because the words which thou didst give me I have given unto them; and they received them, and they know truly that I came out from thee, and they believed that thou didst send me.

1902 William Baxter Godbey NT

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

7now they know that all things so many as thou hast given to me are with thee:

9I pray for these: I pray not for the world; but for those whom thou hast given me, because they are thine:

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Cross References

John 3:17For God sent not His Son into the world that He may condemn the world; but that the world through Him may be saved.

John 6:68Simon Peter responded to Him, Lord, to whom shall we go away? thou hast the words of eternal life;

John 12:49Because I have not spoken of Myself; but the Father Himself having sent me, gave me commandment, what I shall speak, and what I shall say.

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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