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Revealing God's Character
Commentators explain that when Jesus says He “manifested thy name,” He means He revealed the very character, attributes, and will of God the Father. Jesus’s life, work, and words are the clearest and most complete picture of who God is. As one scholar notes, this is why Jesus could say elsewhere, “He that has seen me has seen the Father.”
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Albert Barnes
On John 17:6
18th Century
Theologian
Have manifested your name. The word name here includes the attributes or character of God. Jesus had made known his character, hi…
AT Robertson
On John 17:6
I manifested (εφανερωσα). First aorist active indicative of φανεροω (from φανερος, manifest). Another word for claiming successful…
Charles Ellicott
On John 17:6
19th Century
Bishop
I have manifested (or better, I manifested) your name to the men whom you gave me (or …
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Charles Spurgeon
On John 17:6
19th Century
Preacher
I have manifested your name to the men which you gave me out of the world: yours they were, and you gave them to me; and they have kept your wo…
Expositor's Bible Commentary
On John 17:6
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…
John Calvin
On John 17:6
16th Century
Theologian
I have manifested your name. Here Christ begins to pray to the Father for His disciples. With the same warmth of love with which He was so…
John Gill
On John 17:6
17th Century
Pastor
I have manifested your name
Not the "Nomen Tetragrammaton", the name of four letters, the name "Jehovah", and which …
Matthew Henry
On John 17:6–10
17th Century
Minister
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…