John 17:18
As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world.
John 17:18 in other translations
| BSB | As You sent Me into the world, I have also sent them into the world. |
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| WEB | As you sent me into the world, even so I have sent them into the world. |
| ASV | As thou didst send me into the world, even so sent I them into the world. |
| YLT | as Thou didst send me to the world, I also did send them to the world; |
| DARBY | As thou hast sent me into the world, I also have sent them into the world; |
| BBE | Even as you have sent me into the world, so I have sent them into the world. |
| Webster | As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world. |
What does John 17:18 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on John 17:15-19
15-19. I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world--for that, though it would secure their own safety, would leave the world unblessed by their testimony. but ... keep them from the evil--all evil in and of the world.
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on John 17:17-19
Christ next prayed for the disciples, that they might not only be kept from evil, but made good. It is the prayer of Jesus for all that are his, that they may be made holy. Even disciples must pray for sanctifying grace. The means of giving this grace is, "through thy truth, thy word is truth." Sanctify them, set them apart for thyself and thy service. Own them in the office; let thy hand go with them. Jesus…
John 17:18 in the original Greek
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Cross references for John 17:18
- 2 Corinthians 5:20
Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ’s stead, be ye reconciled to God.
- John 20:21
Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you: as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you.
- John 17:3
And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.
- Ephesians 3:7
Whereof I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God given unto me by the effectual working of his power.
- Matthew 10:5
These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying, Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not:
- John 4:38
I sent you to reap that whereon ye bestowed no labour: other men laboured, and ye are entered into their labours.
- John 17:21
That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.
- John 17:23
I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me.
- Matthew 23:34
Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and some of them ye shall kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city:
- Isaiah 61:1-3
The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me; because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound; To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn; To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he might be glorified.
- John 17:8
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.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain
Context
- John 17:17
Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.
- John 17:18
As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world.
- John 17:19
And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth.
John 17:18 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Como tú me enviaste al mundo, también los he enviado al mundo. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Comme tu m’as envoyé dans le monde, moi aussi je les ai envoyés dans le monde. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Gleichwie du mich in die Welt gesandt hast, habe auch ich sie in die Welt gesandt; |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Sicut tu me misisti in mundum, et ego misi eos in mundum: |