John 17

Chap. XVII. Ver. 1—12. Christ’s prayer, both for himself and his disciples.—Supposing, as we are much inclined to do, that our Saviour left the supper-room, when he said, ((John 14:31),) “Arise, let us go hence,” we are not to conceive of the conversation in (John 15)and xvi. taking place in the streets of Jerusalem; but rather that our Lord hastened without the walls with his disciples, while the Jews were all busily

Ver. 30. That any man should ask thee—That is, “so plain, that no man

et XVII. Ver. 2. To as many as.—Doddridge and Campbell, “To all

Ver. 4. I have finished—i. e. I am upon the point of finishing.

Ver. 11. And now I am no more.—Doddridge, “No longer.”——That they may be one.—Not one person, but thing.

See note on chapter x. 30.

Ver. 12. But the son of perdition—“The son of perdition,” is one who is doomed to be destroyed: so, “a son of death,” is one who deserves to die.