John Trapp Complete Commentary - John 17:17
17 Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth. Ver. 17. Sanctify them by thy truth ] Affect their hearts therewith, that they may the better affect others; speaking a corde ad cor, from the heart to the heart, which is the life of preaching. Quod iussit et gessit, What he orders and does, saith Bernard of one; και εδειξε, και εδιδαξε , saith Basil of another. A minister had need to pray, as Elisha did, for a doubled and trebled spirit, that he may out of the good treasure of his... read more
John Trapp Complete Commentary - John 17:16
16 They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. Ver. 16. They are not of the world, &c. ] Here indeed they have their commoration, but their conversation is in heaven, πολιτευμα , Philippians 2:21 : they are clothed with the Sun of righteousness, and have the moon (all earthly things) under their feet, Revelation 12:1 . Pearls, though they grow in the sea, yet they have affinity with the heaven, the beauty and brightness whereof they resemble: so here. It is Chrysostom’s... read more