John Chapter 17 verse 18 Holy Bible
As thou didst send me into the world, even so sent I them into the world.
read chapter 17 in ASV
Even as you have sent me into the world, so I have sent them into the world.
read chapter 17 in BBE
As thou hast sent me into the world, I also have sent them into the world;
read chapter 17 in DARBY
As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world.
read chapter 17 in KJV
read chapter 17 in WBT
As you sent me into the world, even so I have sent them into the world.
read chapter 17 in WEB
as Thou didst send me to the world, I also did send them to the world;
read chapter 17 in YLT
Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 18. - As thou didst send me into the world from the glory which I had with thee before the world was - a primal fact in the earthly consciousness of the Lord Christ, and one on which he repeatedly laid emphasis (John 10:36; John 17:8) - even so I sent them into the world; i.e. from that higher sphere of thought above the world to which I had called them. "They are not of the world," but I sent them from the unworldly home and from the high place of my intimate friendship, from the ground of elevated sympathy with myself, into the world, with my message and the power to claim obedience. Christ gave this apostolic commission near the commencement of his ministry (see Matthew 10:5, etc., and Mark 3:14, Ἵνα ω΅σι μετ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἵνα ἀποστέλλῃ αὐτοὺς κηρύσσειν), and that first act, the type of the whole apostolic commission, which was finally confirmed (Matthew 28:19, 20; John 20:21, 22), is here described in the timeless force of the aorist, so that the word embraces the entire ministerial function of all who believe in the mission of the Son.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(18) As thou hast sent me into the world.--Better, As Thou didst send Me. The tense points out the definite moment of His mission. (Comp. John 10:36.)So have I also sent them into the world.--Better, I also sent. Comp. Notes on Matthew 10:5; Luke 6:13. In the very word "Apostles" their mission was contained; but the thought here comprehends the immediate future of their wider mission. (Comp. Note on John 20:21.)
