John 17 · Verse 26

John 17:26

And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it: that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them.
John 17:26, King James Version

John 17:26 in other translations

BSBAnd I have made Your name known to them and will continue to make it known, so that the love You have for Me may be in them, and I in them.”
WEBI made known to them your name, and will make it known; that the love with which you loved me may be in them, and I in them.”
ASVand I made known unto them thy name, and will make it known; that the love wherewith thou lovedst me may be in them, and I in them.
YLTand I made known to them Thy name, and will make known, that the love with which Thou lovedst me in them may be, and I in them.'
DARBYAnd I have made known to them thy name, and will make it known; that the love with which thou hast loved me may be in them and I in them.
BBEAnd I have given to them knowledge of your name, and will give it, so that the love which you have for me may be in them and I in them.
WebsterAnd I have declared to them thy name, and will declare it: that the love with which thou hast loved me, may be in them, and I in them.

What does John 17:26 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on John 17:24-26

24-26. Father, I will--The majesty of this style of speaking is quite transparent. No petty criticism will be allowed to fritter it away in any but superficial or perverted readers. be with me where I am--(See on Joh 14:3). that they may behold my glory which thou hast given me--(See on Joh 17:5). Christ regards it as glory enough for us to be admitted to see and gaze for ever upon His glory! This is "the beatific…

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Barnes' Notes
Verse 26. Thy name. Jn 17:6.

And will declare it. After my resurrection, and by the influence of the Holy Spirit, Lk 24:45, Acts 1:3.

I in them. By my doctrines and the influences of my Spirit. That my religion may show its power, and produce its proper fruits in their minds, Gal 4:19. The discourse in the fourteenth, fifteenth, and sixteenth chapters is the most tender and sublime that was ever pronounced in our world. No composition can be found anywhere so fitted to sustain the soul in trial or to support it in death. This sublime and beautiful discourse is appropriately closed by a solemn and most affecting prayer--a prayer at once expressive of the profoundest reverence for God and the tenderest love for men--simple, grave, tender, sublime, and full of consolation. It is the model for our prayers, and with like reverence, faith, and love we should come before God. This prayer for the church will yet be fully answered; and he who loves the church and the world cannot but cast his eyes onward to that time when all believers shall be one; when contentions, bigotry, strife, and anger shall cease; and when, in perpetual union and love, Christians shall show forth the power and purity of that holy gospel with which the Saviour came to bless mankind. Soon may that happy day arise!

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 26 I have declared unto them thy name, etc. - I have taught them the true doctrine. And will declare it - This he did: 1st. By the conversations he had with his disciples after his resurrection, during the space of forty days. 2dly. By the Holy Spirit which was poured out upon them on the day of pentecost. And all these declarations Jesus Christ made, that the love of God, and Christ Jesus himself, might dwell in them; and thus they were to become a habitation for God through the eternal Spirit. Our Lord's sermon, which he concluded by the prayer recorded in this chapter, begins at Joh 13:13, and is one of the most excellent than can be conceived. His sermon on the mount shows men what they should do, so as to please God: this sermon shows them how they are to do the things prescribed in the other. In the former the reader sees a strict morality which he fears he shall never be able to perform: in this, he sees all things are possible to him who believes; for that very God who made him shall dwell in his heart, and enable him to do all that He pleases to employ him in. No man can properly understand the nature and design of the religion of Christ who does not enter into the spirit of the preceding discourse. Perhaps no part of our Lord's words has been less understood, or more perverted, than the seventeenth chapter of St. John. I have done what I could, in so small a compass, to make every thing plain, and to apply these words in that way in which I am satisfied he used them.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on John 17:24-26

Christ, as one with the Father, claimed on behalf of all that had been given to him, and should in due time believe on him, that they should be brought to heaven; and that there the whole company of the redeemed might behold his glory as their beloved Friend and Brother, and therein find happiness. He had declared and would further declare the name or character of God, by his doctrine and his Spirit, that, being one…

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John 17:26 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

καὶkaiAndG2532
ἐγνώρισαegnōrisaI made knownG1107
αὐτοῖςautoisto themG846
τὸtotheG3588
ὄνομάonomanameG3686
σουsouof YouG4771
καὶkaiandG2532
γνωρίσω,gnōrisōwill make [it] known,G1107
ἵναinaso thatG2443
ἡhētheG3588
ἀγάπηagapēloveG26
ἣνhēnwith whichG3739
ἠγάπησάςēgapēsasYou lovedG25
μεmeMeG3165
ἐνeninG1722
αὐτοῖςautoisthemG846
ᾖēmay beG1510
κἀγὼkagōand I myselfG1473
ἐνeninG1722
αὐτοῖς.¶autoisthem.G846

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for John 17:26

  • John 17:6

    I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them me; and they have kept thy word.

  • 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.

  • John 15:9

    As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.

  • 1 John 4:13-14

    Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit. And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.

  • Hebrews 2:12

    Saying, I will declare thy name unto my brethren, in the midst of the church will I sing praise unto thee.

  • John 14:20

    At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you.

  • John 15:15

    Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.

  • Psalms 22:22

    I will declare thy name unto my brethren: in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee.

  • John 15:4

    Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.

  • John 8:50

    And I seek not mine own glory: there is one that seeketh and judgeth.

  • John 14:23

    Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.

  • Ephesians 5:30

    For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
I have.
6; 8:50; 15:15; Ps 22:22; Heb 2:12
that.
14:23; 15:9; Eph 1:6,22,23; 2:4,5; 5:30,32; 2Th 2:16
and I.
23; 6:56; 14:20; 15:4; Ro 8:10; 1Co 1:30; 12:12; Ga 2:20; Eph 3:17
Col 1:27; 2:10; 3:11; 1Jo 3:24; 4:13,14

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Context

  • John 17:25

    O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee: but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me.

  • John 17:26

    And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it: that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them.

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John 17:26 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y yo les he manifestado tu nombre, y manifestaré lo aún; para que el amor con que me has amado, esté en ellos, y yo en ellos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et je leur ai fait connaître ton nom, et je le leur ferai connaître, afin que l’amour dont tu m’as aimé soit en eux, et moi en eux.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und ich habe ihnen deinen Namen kundgetan und werde ihn kundtun, auf daß die Liebe, womit du mich geliebt hast, in ihnen sei und ich in ihnen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et notum feci eis nomen tuum, et notum faciam: ut dilectio, qua dilexisti me, in ipsis sit, et ego in ipsis.