The words (τα ρηματα). Plural, each word of God, as in 3:34, and of Christ (5:47; 6:63,68), while the singular (τον λογον σου) in …

The words. The doctrines. Christ often represented himself as instructed and sent to teach certain great truths to people. Those …

For I have given to them the words which you gave me.—Our Lord explains in this verse how the disciples attained to the k…

How they have known that all things whatever you have given me are from you. For I have given to them the words which you gave me;

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St. John Chrysostom: Having said, I have finished My work, He shows what kind of work it was, namely, that He should …

The disciples have been given to Jesus by the Father. The gift was irrevocable and the Father was able to guarantee it. Jesus has no doubt of the f…

And they have received them. He expresses the manner of this knowledge. It is because they have received the doctrine which he taught them…

For I have given unto them the words
Not commands, but doctrines; and these not the doctrines of men; nor any of the…

Christ prays for those who are His. You gave them to Me, as sheep to the shepherd, to be kept; as a patient to the physician, to be cured; as child…

1. Above, our Lord prayed for Himself; here He prays for the company of His apostles.

   First, He states His reasons for praying. Secon…