John Chapter 17 verse 13 Holy Bible
But now I come to thee; and these things I speak in the world, that they may have my joy made full in themselves.
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And now I come to you; and these things I say in the world so that they may have my joy complete in them.
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And now I come to thee. And these things I speak in the world, that they may have my joy fulfilled in them.
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And now come I to thee; and these things I speak in the world, that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves.
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But now I come to you, and I say these things in the world, that they may have my joy made full in themselves.
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`And now unto Thee I come, and these things I speak in the world, that they may have my joy fulfilled in themselves;
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John 17 : 13 Bible Verse Songs
Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 13. - But now come I to thee. So that the condition, the shielding protection of my love is removed, thou, O my Father, must be their Sun and Shield. And these things I am uttering in the world; uttering, i.e. in their hearing before my last step is taken, and perhaps in the very midst of the machinations which are going on against me. That they might have the joy that is mine fulfilled, fully unfolded and completed, in themselves. By overhearing the high-priestly prayer, they would be assured of the Divine guardianship, and would receive the transfer of even his joy as well as of his peace. They would find the higher joy also of the return of their Lord to the bosom of the Father. Christ has taught his disciples to desire such joy and peace as he found on the night of the Passion.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(13) And now I come to thee.--Comp. the first words of John 17:12, with which these are in contrast.And these things I speak in the world.--The thought is that He is about to leave them, and that He utters this prayer in their hearing (comp. John 11:42) that they may have the support of knowing that He who had kept them while with them, had solemnly committed them to His Father's care. The prayer itself was a lesson, and this thought is to be remembered in the interpretation of it.That they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves.--Comp. Notes on John 15:11; John 16:24. The joy here thought of is that which supported Him in all the sorrow and loneliness of His work on earth, and came from the never-failing source of the Father's presence with Him. (Comp. Note on John 16:32.) He would have them fulfilled with the abundance of this joy. . . .
