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O righteous Father (Πατηρ δικαιε). Nominative form with πατηρ used as vocative (cf. John 20:28), but vocative form δικα…

Has not known you. See Barnes "John 17:3".

O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee.—Better, . . . the world indeed knew You not. In these closing…

And that the world may know that you have sent me, and have loved them, as you have loved me. Father, I will that they also, whom you have give…

St. John Chrysostom: After He said that many would believe in Him through them and that they would receive great glory, He the…

The entire prayer is based on the righteousness of God (see comment on v.11), who will vindicate the Son by glorifying him. Jesus’ revelation of Go…

Righteous Father. He compares His disciples to the world to describe more fully the approval and favor they had received from

O righteous Father
God is righteous in all the divine persons: the Father is righteous, the Son is righteous, and th…

Christ, as one with the Father, claimed on behalf of all who had been given to him and who would in due time believe on him, that they should be br…

Above, our Lord prayed for the perfect unity of his disciples; here he is asking for the vision of glory for them.
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A.T. Robertson
A.T.Robertson