John 17:25

My righteous Father, the world hath not known thee; but I have known thee, and these have known, that thou didst send me.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee: but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me.

In Context

24Father, I desire that those whom thou hast given me, may also be with me where I am; that they may see that glory of mine which thou hast given me, as thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.

26And I have made known to them thy name; and I will make it known; so that the love, with which thou lovedst me, may be in them, and I in them.

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Cross References

Matthew 16:16Simon Cephas answered and said: Thou art the Messiah, the Son of the living God.

John 1:18No man hath ever seen God; the only begotten God, he who is in the bosom of his Father, he hath declared him.

John 5:19And Jesus answered, and said to them: Verily, verily, I say to you: The Son can do nothing, of his own pleasure, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things the Father doeth, these in like manner doeth the Son.

John 7:29but I know him; because I am from him, and he sent me.

John 8:55And ye know him not. But I know him; and if I should say, I know him not, I should be a liar, like you: but I do know him, and I observe his word.

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 →

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