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I have revealedἘφανέρωσάyour nameσου τὸ ὄνομαto the peopleτοῖς ἀνθρώποιςwhomοὓςyou gaveἔδωκάςmeμοιout ofἐκthe world.τοῦ κόσμουThey wereἦσανyours,σοὶand you gaveκἀμοὶ ἔδωκαςthemαὐτοὺςto me,κἀμοὶandκαὶthey have keptτετήρηκανyour word.τὸν λόγον σου
John 17:6
Study it in the app“I have revealed your name to the people whom you gave me out of the world. They were yours, and you gave them to me, and they have kept your word.”
Jesus, praying, says he has made the Father's name known to his disciplesWho God Is
With the Greek beneath
John 17:6, word by word
- I have revealedἘφανέρωσάEphanerōsa
reveal, make known
Reveal, show, make known.
Where else “Ephanerōsa” appears- your nameὄνομαonoma
name
The word by which a person or thing is called, which often says who they are.
Where else “onoma” appears- to the peopleἀνθρώποιςanthrōpois
person
A person, man or woman.
Where else “anthrōpois” appears- you gaveἔδωκάςedōkas
give
To hand something to another freely, as a gift.
Where else “edōkas” appears- the worldκόσμουkosmou
world against God
People who live with their backs to God.
Where else “kosmou” appears- They wereἦσανēsan
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “ēsan” appears- and you gaveκἀμοὶkamoi
and I, I also
And I, I too.
Where else “kamoi” appears- they have keptτετήρηκανtetērēkan
keep
To obey what is commanded.
Where else “tetērēkan” appears- your wordλόγονlogon
message
What God says, proclaimed to people.
Where else “logon” appears
The context
5And now, Father, glorify me in your own presence with the glory that I had with you before the world existed.
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7Now they have come to know that everything that you have given me is from you;
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?