Testament, Israel’s sanctification was linked with the call to be distinct from the beliefs and practices of the nations. Jesus’ prayer for his followers is that they might similarly be kept from being overwhelmed by the world and its values, so that they might be devoted or ‘sanctified’ to the Father and his values (17:17–19). The goal of separation from the world, and from Satan as its ruler, is that disciples might actually be sent into the world, just as the Son was ‘sanctified’ and sent by the