John 17:18
As thou didst send me into the world, so have I also sent them into the world.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
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 by thy truth, thy word is the truth.
19And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also may be sanctified by the truth.
Cross References
Matthew 23:34Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes; some of whom ye will kill and crucify, and some of them ye will scourge in your synagogues, and will persecute them from city to city:
John 17:3And this is life eternal, that they may know thee, that thou art the only true God, and whom thou hast sent, Jesus Messiah.
John 17:21that they all may be one; as thou, my Father, art in me, and I in thee; that they also may be one in us; so that the world may believe, that thou didst send me.
John 17:25My righteous Father, the world hath not known thee; but I have known thee, and these have known, that thou didst send me.
2 Corinthians 5:20We are therefore ambassadors for the Messiah, and it is as if God was beseeching you by us. In behalf of the Messiah, therefore, we beseech you, 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 →