João 17
Bob Utley · Citado em PreceptAustin
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Utley - lifting up His eyes to heaven” This was the common Jewish posture for prayer: hands, head, and open eyes lifted toward heaven (cf. Jn 11:41; Mark 7:34; Ps. 123:1). Jesus prayed often. This can clearly be seen from the Gospel of Luke 3:21; 5:16; 6:12; 9:18, 28; 11:1; 22:41–45; 23:34.
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Utley - Father (pater) - Jesus commonly addressed deity by this term (cf. Jn 11:41; 12:27, 28; Matt. 11:25–27; Luke 22:42; 23:34). Jesus spoke Aramaic. Jesus’ Aramaic term was Abba, which is what a child used for his father at home, “Daddy” (cf. Mark 14:36). A T
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Utley - that they may know You” - This is a PRESENT ACTIVE SUBJUNCTIVE. This does not refer only to cognitive knowledge about God, although there is truth to be affirmed, but is used in the Semitic sense of personal relationship. However, the truth is that Jesus is the Messiah, the full and complete revelation of the one true God (cf. Jn 1:12, 14; Col. 1:15; Heb. 1:3), and that individuals must believe, receive, repent, obey, and persevere. Begin to know Him now, and never finish. -- Oswald Chambers And Jesus (Iesous) Christ (Christos) Whom You have sent (apostello) - This verse and John 1:17 are the only two uses of the Name Jesus Christ in John. Jesus the Messiah repeatedly emphasized that He was sent from the Father, leaving no doubt as to His claim of being eternal, being deity and being one with the Father (Jn 10:30). Jesus was sent (apostello) as the Father's personal authoritative Representative with a commission to carry out the Father's mission of redemption. SENT or SEND IN GOSPEL OF JOHN that speak of Father sending the Son - 40 TIMES - Jn 3:17, Jn 3:34, Jn 4:34, Jn 5:23, 24, 30, 36, 37, 38, Jn 6:29, 38, 39, 44, 57, Jn 7:16, 18, 28, 29, 33, Jn 8:16, 18, 26, 29, 42, Jn 9:4, Jn 10:36, Jn 11:42, Jn 12:44, 45, 49, Jn 13:20, Jn 14:24, Jn 15:21, Jn 16:5, Jn 17:3, Jn 17:8, 18, 21, 23, 25, Jn 20:21. Bob Utley - This verse shows the two major truths of Christianity: (1) monotheism (cf. Deut. 6:4–6) and (2) Jesus as Divine Davidic Messiah (cf. 2 Sam. 7) A T
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Utley - Characteristics of Disciples in Verses 6–19 1. They are elect 2. They are obedient 3. They know God and Christ 4. They accept truth 5. They are prayed for by Jesus 6. They stay in the world 7. They are kept by His power 8. They are one as the Father and Jesus 9. They have His joy 10. They are not of this world 11. They are consecrated by truth 12. They are sent as He was sent 13. They are loved as the Father loved Jesus John 17:7 “Now they have come to know that everything You have given Me is from You; they: John 7:16-17 Jn 14:7-10,20 16:27-30 are: John 17:10 8:28 10:29,30 12:49,50 16:15 Related Passages: John 14:7-10 “If you had known Me, you would have known My Father also; from now on you know Him, and have seen Him.” 8 Philip *said to Him, “Lord, show us the Father, and it is enough for us.” 9 Jesus *said to him, “Have I been so long with you, and yet you have not come to know Me, Philip? He who has seen Me has seen the Father; how can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? 10 “Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father is in Me? The words that I say to you I do not speak on My own initiative, but the Father abiding in Me does His works. John 14:20 “In that day you will know that I am in My Father, and you in Me, and I in you. John 7:16 So Jesus answered them and said, “My teaching is not Mine, but His who sent Me. John 12:48-49 He who rejects Me and does not receive My sayings, has one who judges him; the word I spoke is what will judge him at the last day. 49 “For I did not speak on My own initiative, but the Father Himself who sent Me has given Me a commandment as to what to say and what to speak. DISCIPLES FINALLY UNDERSTAND Now - This is a time phrase and begs the question "When is now?" This has to be at the end of Jesus 3+ year ministry because for most of the years with Jesus they were often "clueless." They have come to know (ginosko) that everything You have given Me is from You - These 11 Jewish disciples had been raised with the Shema which says "Hear, O Israel! The LORD is our God, the LORD is one!" (Dt 6:4+) And as Jesus had manifested the Father to them, they had come to believe that this One God was a Trinity, having also promised them the Holy Spirit (Jn 14:16). While their understanding of the Trinity was surely limited (but we could say that even today for most disciples), they recognized that what the Father had given Jesus was from the Father. Know (ginosko) is in the perfect tense meaning they came to know at a point in time and their knowledge endured. In John 7 Jesus explained "So Jesus answered them and said, “My teaching is not Mine, but His Who sent Me. If anyone is willing to do His will, he will know of the teaching, whether it is of God or whether I speak from Myself." (John 7:16-17+) So clearly the disciples had been willing to do His will (cf Jn 7:6 "they kept Your word") with the result that they came to know the teaching of Jesus was from the Father. Leon
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Utley - I have been glorified in them” A disciple’s life is to give honor to Jesus as He gave honor to the Father. What an awesome responsibility! NET NOTE - The theme of glory with which Jesus began this prayer in Jn 17:1–5 now recurs. Jesus said that he had been glorified by his disciples, but in what sense was this true? Jesus had manifested his glory to them in all of the sign-miracles which he had performed, beginning with the miracle at the wedding feast in Cana (Jn 2:11). He could now say that he had been glorified by them in the light of what he had already said in Jn 17:7–8, that the disciples had come to know that he had come from the Father and been sent by the Father. He would, of course, be glorified by them further after the resurrection, as they carried on his ministry after his departure.
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Utley on Holy - The basic etymology of the root is “to separate.” It is used of persons, places, and things given exclusively for God’s use. It describes God’s transcendent character (the Holy One of Israel) and a differentness from physical, earthly, fallen things. Jesus was holy; as His followers become more like Him they, too, reflect “holiness.” The root of the term “saint” is from the Greek term “holy.” Believers are (ED: POSITIONALLY) holy because they are in Christ, but they are to become holy (ED: PRACTICALLY ~ PROGRESSIVE SANCTIFICATION) as they live for Him, like Him, and unto Him. Vance Havner on keep explains "His keeping may include days when all seems to collapse. The body, even the mind, may fail. But He takes care of the real "us," though the outward man perish." (2Co 4:16) THE PURPOSE OF PROTECTION OF THE DISCIPLES See related comments on unity in Jn 17:21. That (hina - term of result) they may be (present tense - may keep on being) one (heis) even as (term of comparison/simile) We are (cf Jn 17:21-22+) - This expresses the purpose of the Father keeping (protecting) the disciples. In other worlds, Jesus has asked the Father to protect the disciples for the purpose or result that the disciples would attain to unity that continues (present tense). He is not praying for all denominations to be as one! This is not natural unity but supernatural unity. Even as (term of comparison/simile) compares the unity of His disciples to the perfect unity between Father and Son. Thus the model or template for the unity of the disciples is the supernatural, perfect unity of the Father and the Son. Of course, the only possible way the disciples could attain to such unity is by the enabling power of the Holy Spirit (cf "the unity of the Spirit" - Eph 4:3+). Unity, not uniformity, is the key. John