John 17:8

For, the words thou gavest to me, I have given to them; and they have received them, and have known certainly, that I came from thy presence; and they have believed that thou didst send me.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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 I have known, that whatever thou hast given me, was from thee.

9And I pray for them; it is not for the world that I pray, but for them whom thou hast given me, for they are thine.

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Cross References

John 3:17For God sent not his Son into the world, to condemn the world; but that the world might live by means of him.

John 6:68Simon Cephas replied, and said: My Lord, to whom shall we go? The words of life eternal are with thee.

John 12:49For I have not spoken from myself; but the Father who sent me, he gave me commandment, what I should speak, and what I should 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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