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just asκαθὼςyou have givenἔδωκαςhimαὐτῷauthorityἐξουσίανover allπάσηςflesh,σαρκόςso thatἵναto allπᾶνthatὃyou have givenδέδωκαςhimαὐτῷhe may giveδώσῃeternalαἰώνιονlife.ζωὴν
John 17:2
Study it in the app“just as you have given him authority over all flesh, so that to all that you have given him he may give eternal life.”
With the Greek beneath
John 17:2, word by word
- you have givenἔδωκαςedōkas
give
To hand something to another freely, as a gift.
Where else “edōkas” appears- authorityἐξουσίανexousian
authority
The right to command or act.
Where else “exousian” appears- fleshσαρκόςsarkos
mortal
Human beings, frail and mortal.
Where else “sarkos” appears- eternalαἰώνιονaiōnion
eternal
Without end, like the life God gives.
Where else “aiōnion” appears- lifeζωὴνzōēn
eternal life
What God gives to live with him without end.
Where else “zōēn” appears
Translation note
“All flesh” is a Hebrew expression: every human being.
The context
1Jesus spoke these things, and lifting up his eyes to heaven, he said, “Father, the hour has come; glorify your Son, so that the Son may glorify you,
2 · This verse (above)
3And this is eternal life, that they know you, the only true God, and the one whom you sent, Jesus the Messiah.
To study John 17 in a group
1. What it says
In his prayer, what does Jesus say eternal life is, and for whom does he pray? (vv. 3, 9, 20)
2. What it means
Jesus asks that all his own be one, as the Father and he are one (vv. 21-23). What does he say the world will know when that happens?
3. How I live it
Jesus prays for those who would believe through his disciples' word (v. 20). Whom could you pray for today with the same tenderness?