John 17:18
As thou dyddest send me into the worlde even so have I sent them into the worlde
William Tyndale Bible (1525/1530)
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
17Sanctify the wt thy truth. Thy sayinge is truth.
19and for their sakes sanctify I my selfe that they also myght be sanctified thorowe the trueth.
Cross References
Matthew 23:34Wherfore beholde I sende vnto you prophetes wyse men and scribes and of the ye shall kyll and crucifie: and of the ye shall scourge in youre synagoges and persecute from cyte to cyte
John 17:3This is lyfe eternall that they myght knowe the that only very God and whom thou hast sent Iesus Christ.
John 17:21that they all maye be one as thou father arte in me and I in the that they maye be also one in vs that the worlde maye beleve that thou hast sent me.
John 17:25O ryghteous father ye very worlde hath not knowen the: but I have knowen the and these have knowen that thou hast sent me.
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 →