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John Trapp Complete Commentary - John 17:6

6 I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them me; and they have kept thy word. Ver. 6. I have manifested thy name ] The Jews seek to detract from the glory of our Saviour’s miracles, by giving out, that he did them by I know not what superstitious or magical use of the name of Jehovah. (Bernard.) But that name of God that he is here said to manifest, is that nomen maiestativum, that holy and reverend name of God, set... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - John 17:7

7 Now they have known that all things whatsoever thou hast given me are of thee. Ver. 7. Now they have known, &c. ] That the gospel is a plot of God’s own contriving, and no device of man, as that Evangelium regni Gospel of power, was, set out by the family of love; and those fanatics mentioned by Irenaeus, that were besotted with an opinion of themselves, that they accounted their own writings to be gospels. In the year 1220, certain monks at Paris set out a gospel full of all... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - John 17:8

8 For I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me; and they have received them , and have known surely that I came out from thee, and they have believed that thou didst send me. Ver. 8. For I have given unto them ] A sweet and precious gift. It was the Jews’ primary privilege that unto them were committed the oracles of God. There is a "chiefly" set upon it, Romans 3:2 , πρωτον , Primarium quiddam et res magni momenti. read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - John 17:9

9 I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me; for they are thine. Ver. 9. I pray for them ] Christ hath left us this prayer here recorded, as a pattern of that intercession he incessantly maketh for us at the right hand of his heavenly Father. Joab was heard for Absalom: shall not Christ for us? Solomon denied his mother’s request, 1 Kings 2:22 ; God will not deny Christ’s. The prodigal came without a mediator to his father, and was embraced; much more... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - John 17:10

10 And all mine are thine, and thine are mine; and I am glorified in them. Ver. 10. And I am glorified in them ] It will be a singular prop to our prayers, if we so carry ourselves, that Christ in his daily intercession may give this testimony of us to the Father. He undertakes for us, as it were, and gives his word, that we, being mindful of our reconciliation by him, shall shun sin by his grace, and not provoke him as before. This should cause us to live so as Christ may have credit by us,... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - John 17:11

11 And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are . Ver. 11. Keep through thine own name ] "The name of the Lord is a strong tower," Proverbs 18:10 ; "A munition of rocks," Isaiah 33:16 . Hither the saints run for the securing of their comforts and safe guarding of their persons, as conies do to their burrows, all creatures to their refuges, as the... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - John 17:12

12 While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled. Ver. 12. But the son of perdition ] This exception shows that Judas was never of Christ’s body, for can he be a Saviour of a son of perdition? But why is he then excepted? First, by reason of his office he seemed to be of his body. Secondly, our Saviour speaketh here in particular of the twelve; and to... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - John 17:13

13 And now come I to thee; and these things I speak in the world, that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves. Ver. 13. And these things I speak in the world ] Not for his own or his Father’s sake, but for the comfort of his disciples; to cure them of their anxiety and anguish, when they heard him praying and providing such things for them. For this also it was, that he prayed thus in their presence (when at other times he went apart), for their consolation doubtless and instruction.... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - John 17:14

14 I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. Ver. 14. I have given them thy word, &c. ] I have put my word into their mouth, therefore the world hateth them; Persecution being the black angel (as Calvin said) that dogs the gospel. When our Saviour preached at Nazareth, so long as he was opening his text, they admired him; but when he came to apply it close to their consciences, they pulled him out of the... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - John 17:15

15 I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil. Ver. 15. That thou take them out of the world ] Many godly men, weary of the world’s ill usages, are found often sitting under Elijah’s juniper, and wishing to die; for what are they better than their fathers? "Oh that I might have my request!" saith Job, "and that God would grant me the thing that I long for." And what was that, think you:! "Even that it would please God to destroy... read more

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