John 17:8

For the truths which Thou didst teach me I have taught them. And they have received them, and have known for certain that I came out from Thy presence, and have believed that Thou didst send me.

Weymouth NT (1912)

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 they know that whatever Thou hast given me is from Thee.

9"I am making request for them: for the world I do not make any request, but for those whom Thou hast given me. Because they are Thine,

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Cross References

John 3:17For God did not send His Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world might be saved through Him.

John 6:68"Master," replied Simon Peter, "to whom shall we go? Your teachings tell us of the Life of the Ages.

John 12:49Because I have not spoken on my own authority; but the Father who sent me, Himself gave me a command what to say and in what words to speak.

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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