John 17:6–10

Jesus Prays for the Disciples

17:6 “I have revealed14 your name to the men15 you gave me out of the world. They belonged to you,16 and you gave them to me, and they have obeyed17 your word. 17:7 Now they understand18 that everything19 you have given me comes from you, 17:8 because I have given them the words you have given me. They20 accepted21 them22 and really23 understand24 that I came from you, and they believed that you sent me. 17:9 I am praying25 on behalf of them. I am not praying26 on behalf of the world, but on behalf of those you have given me, because they belong to you.27 17:10 Everything28 I have belongs to you,29 and everything you have belongs to me,30 and I have been glorified by them.31

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14	tn Or “made known,” “disclosed.”
15	tn Here “men” is retained as a translation for ἀνθρώποις (anthrōpois) rather than the more generic “people” because in context it specifically refers to the eleven men Jesus had chosen as apostles (Judas had already departed, John 13:30). If one understands the referent here to be the broader group of Jesus’ followers that included both men and women, a translation like “to the people” should be used here instead.
16	tn Grk “Yours they were.”
17	tn Or “have kept.”
18	tn Or “they have come to know,” or “they have learned.”
19	tn Grk “all things.”
20	tn Grk And they.” The conjunction καί (kai, “and”) has not been translated here in keeping with the tendency of contemporary English style to use shorter sentences.
21	tn Or “received.”
22	tn The word “them” is not in the Greek text, but is implied. Direct objects were often omitted in Greek when clear from the context.
23	tn Or “truly.”
24	tn Or have come to know.”
25	tn Grk “I am asking.”
26	tn Grk “I am not asking.”
27	tn Or “because they are yours.”
28	tn Grk And all things.” The conjunction καί (kai, “and”) has not been translated here in keeping with the tendency of contemporary English style to use shorter sentences.
29	tn Or “Everything I have is yours.”
30	tn Or “everything you have is mine.”
31	tn Or “I have been honored among them.” sn The theme of glory with which Jesus began this prayer in 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 (2:11). He could now say that he had been glorified by them in the light of what he had already said in vv. 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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