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A Prayer Meant to Be Overheard
Commentators like Calvin and Ellicott highlight that Jesus spoke this prayer aloud for the disciples' benefit. It wasn't that the Father needed to hear the words, but that the disciples needed the assurance of hearing Jesus commit them to the Father's care. This prayer was a final lesson and a source of comfort for them, and by extension, for all believers who read it.
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Albert Barnes
On John 17:13
18th Century
Theologian
My joy fulfilled, etc. See Barnes on John 15:11.
The expression "my joy" here probably refers to the joy of the apostles respecting…
AT Robertson
On John 17:13
That they may have my joy fulfilled in themselves (ινα εχωσιν την χαραν την εμην πεπληρωμενην εν εαυτοις). Purpose clause with pre…
Charles Ellicott
On John 17:13
19th Century
Bishop
And now I come to thee.—Compare the first words of John 17:12, with which these are in contrast.
And t…
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Charles Spurgeon
On John 17:13–14
19th Century
Preacher
And these things I speak in the word, that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves. I have given them your word, and the world has hated…
Expositor's Bible Commentary
On John 17:13
Jesus prays not only for the safety of the disciples but also that they may have joy in spite of the coming conflict (cf. 15:11; 16:22, 24). There …
John Calvin
On John 17:13
16th Century
Theologian
And these things I speak in the world. Here Christ shows that the reason he prayed so earnestly for his disciples was not that he was anxi…
John Gill
On John 17:13
17th Century
Pastor
And now come I to you
As in (John 17:11) , which he repeats as a very great happiness to himself, and wi…
Matthew Henry
On John 17:11–16
17th Century
Minister
Christ does not pray that they might be rich and great in the world, but that they might be kept from sin, strengthened for their duty, and brought…