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John 17:2-3 KJV
John · chapter 17 · verses 2–3
2As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him. 3And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.John 17:2-3 · King James Version
John 17:2-3 in context
1These words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee:
2As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him.
3And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.
4I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do.
5And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.
Commentary
Cross references
- John 10:28-29
- John 6:39
- John 6:37
- Daniel 7:14
- Matthew 28:18
- John 17:24
- John 17:9
- 1 John 5:20
- 1 John 5:11-12
- Jeremiah 9:23-24
- John 3:17
- John 17:25
Key words (Strong's)
- eternalaiōnioswithout beginning and end, that which always has been and always will be, without…G166 →
- ChristchristosChrist = " anointed" , Christ was [and is], anointedG5547 →
- givendidōmito give, to give something to someone, of one s own accord to give one something, to his…G1325 →
- powerexousiapower of choice, liberty of doing as one pleases, leave or permission, physical and…G1849 →
- fleshsarxflesh of both man and beasts, the body, the body of a man, used of natural or physical…G4561 →
- JesusiēsousJesus = " Jehovah is salvation" , Jesus, the Son of God, the Saviour of mankind…G2424 →
- lifezōēlife, the state of one who is possessed of vitality or is animate, every living soul…G2222 →
- knowginōskōto learn to know, come to know, get a knowledge of perceive, feel, to become known, to…G1097 →
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Here we have, I. The circumstances of this prayer, Joh 17:1. Many a solemn prayer Christ made in the days of his flesh (sometimes he continued all night in prayer), but none of his prayers are recorded so fully as this. Observe, 1. The time when he prayed this prayer;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-5