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John Gill
And now I am no more in the world,.... In the earth; which is no contradiction to his resurrection from the dead, and stay with his disciples for a while; nor to his return to judge the world at the last day; nor to his reigning on earth with his saints a thousand years; since it will not be the world as it now is, but it will be a new earth, renewed, purified and refined, and clear of the wicked...
Matthew Henry
This chapter is a prayer, it is the Lord's prayer, the Lord Christ's prayer. There was one Lord's prayer which he taught us to pray, and did not pray himself, for he needed not to pray for the forgiveness of sin; but this was properly and peculiarly his, and suited him only as a Mediator, and is a sample of his intercession, and yet is of use to us both for instruction and encouragement in...
Charles H. Spurgeon
Now they have known that all things whatsoever thou hast given me are of thee. 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. I pray far them: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me; for they are thine. And all mine are thine, and thine...
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. Here is a prayer, then, for the preservation and the unity of the people of God; two very necessary petitions. Would God that they might be fulfilled in us, that we might be kept, and kept even to the end, and...
Charles H. Spurgeon
And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, — We also know that we, too, are in the world; we have good reason to feel it, and sometimes to mourn it. Joh_17:11. 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. When God keeps us, he keeps us in unity, our divisions are not the result of his work. When we...
Charles H. Spurgeon
And all mine are thine, and thine are mine; and I am glorified in them. And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Christ is God, and therefore, looking into the future, he can speak of his approaching departure as though it had already happened.
Charles H. Spurgeon
Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are. See the plaintive power of this prayer of a tender heart. First, our Lord shows his love by praying for us, and then by dying for us. Notice what importance he attaches to the unity of his people: “that they may be one, as we are.” Let us all try to “keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of...
Charles H. Spurgeon
And all mine are thine, and thine are mine; and I am glorified in them. And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. The disciples were going to be left alone, and Christ’s tender heart made him lessen the pain of the separation by offering this great petition on their behalf: —
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 again, and receive her unto myself.” There is such...
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 it is the New Testament that is peculiarly the...
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 whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as...
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 scripture might be fulfilled. So it is clear that...
Charles H. Spurgeon
And all mine are thine, and thine are mine; and I am glorified in them And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. They will be left therefore. The shepherd will be gone. They will seem to be like orphans with their best friend departed.
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 the world, that they might have my joy fulfilled in...
Charles H. Spurgeon
For they are thine. And all mine are thine, and thine are mine; and I am glorified in them. And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. And now they are left. Their great guardian and protector has gone. They have no visible Head left. “I am no more in the world, but these are in the world.” You and I know that we are in the world. The world makes us know...
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 brethren who are in your own church. Let none of us...
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 scripture might be fulfilled. It was known and...