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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are. This was as though he had said, “Thou hast given them to me, my Father, to become my bride; and now I am about to die, and to return to thee, I give back this bride of mine into thy charge. Take care of her, I pray thee, till I can come back...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
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. It has been well said that this expression, “My Father,” is a binding up of the Old and New Testaments in one. The Old Testament reveals the holiness of God, but...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And now I am no more in the world,— He was going away; he has gone now. Joh_17:11. But these are in the world,— We know we are; do we not, brethren? We have a thousand things some of them very painful and humiliating to us,— to remind us that we are still in the world. Joh_17:11. And I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
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. 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...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are. While I was with therein 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. And now come I to thee; and these things I speak in...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me that they may be one as we are. Do all that you can, beloved, to promote the unity of the people of God, not only on the larger scale, wherein all churches snail be brought together in loving accord, but also on the smaller scale among your own friends, and those Christian...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
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. 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...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
While I was with them in the world,.... This does not imply that Christ was not in the world now, for he was; but signifies that he was just going out of it; and that his continuance in it was very short: nor that he was, and would be no longer with his disciples; for this is to be understood of his bodily, not of his spiritual presence; in which...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
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. And now come I to thee; and these things I speak in the world, that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves. In this wondrous prayer, note the special...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
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. The Scripture was fulfilled in the preservation of his own, and also fulfilled in the destruction of the traitor. God’s Word will be fulfilled anyhow. Oh, that...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
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. And now come I to thee; These are sweet words with which to die. Oh, that you and I might have them in our hearts if not on our lips in our expiring moments!...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
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. And now come I to thee, and these things I speak in the world, that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves. Are you dull and sad today? Does anything...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
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. And now come I to thee; and these things I speak in the world, that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves. I have given them thy word; and the world...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
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. What a blessed Shepherd is this who never lost a sheep! Judas crept in among the flock, but he never was truly one of the flock. He was never a son of God, he...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
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. It is, perhaps, more wonderful that there were not more like Judas than that there should have been one like him. I wonder whether we can hope that in our...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And now come I to thee,.... As in John 17:11, which he repeats as a very great happiness to himself, and with much pleasure and joy, but not without concern for those he was parting from: and these things I speak in the world; which he had expressed in this prayer concerning the nature of eternal life, and his power to give it to all the Father...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And now come I to thee; I can only read you this wonderful chapter, but what must it have been to have heard it! I think I see the look on the Saviour’s face as he says to his Father, “And now come I to thee.” May something like that look be on your faces, my beloved, when your last moments come! Looking away from your dear ones whom you must...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And those things I speak in the world, that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves. Have you ever obtained this blessing, brethren, — Christ’s joy in you, —what is more, Christ’s joy fulfilled in you? God grant to all of us to know by happy experience the meaning of this wondrous expression!
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And now come I to thee; and these things
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And now come I to thee; Christ looked beyond all that was to happen to him before he could return to his glory, and as he saw his Father waiting to welcome him, he cried “And now come I to thee.” These might be appropriate words in the mouth of a dying believer: “And now come I to thee.”