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RighteousδίκαιεFather,Πάτερthe worldὁ κόσμοςalsoκαὶdid notοὐκknowἔγνωyou,σεbutδέIἐγὼknewἔγνωνyou,σεandκαὶtheseοὗτοιknewἔγνωσανthatὅτιyouσύsentἀπέστειλαςme.με
John 17:25
Study it in the app“Righteous Father, the world also did not know you, but I knew you, and these knew that you sent me.”
With the Greek beneath
John 17:25, word by word
- Righteousδίκαιεdikaie
Righteous One
Jesus or God, the Righteous One.
Where else “dikaie” appears- FatherΠάτερPater
Father
God, who gives life and cares for his own; the Father of Jesus.
Where else “Pater” appears- the worldκόσμοςkosmos
world against God
People who live with their backs to God.
Where else “kosmos” appears- knowἔγνωegnō
know
To be truly acquainted with someone, or grasp something fully.
Where else “egnō” appears- sentἀπέστειλαςapesteilas
send
To send someone somewhere on an errand, on behalf of the sender.
Where else “apesteilas” appears
The context
24Father, as for what you have given me, I want them also to be with me where I am, so that they may see my glory that you have given me, because you loved me before the foundation of the world.
25 · This verse (above)
26And I made known to them your name, and I will make it known, so that the love with which you loved me may be in them, and I in them.”
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?