John 17:25
O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee: but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me.
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Isaiah 45:21Tell ye, and bring them near; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath declared this from ancient time? who hath told it from that time? have not I the LORD? and there is no God else beside me; a just God and a Saviour; there is none beside me.
Matthew 16:16And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.
John 1:18No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him .
John 5:19Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise.
John 7:29But I know him: for I am from him, and he hath sent me.
John 8:55Yet ye have not known him; but I know him: and if I should say, I know him not, I shall be a liar like unto you: but I know him, and keep his saying.
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 →