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John 17:6-19
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| Historical References, Commentary and
Comparative Texts:
 | The
Five Gospels Parallels, John W. Marshall, University of Toronto. |
| Comparative World Scriptures from United
Communities of Spirit:
Separation from the World |
| Chapter IV,
The Epistle of Ignatius to the Ephesians, Ignatius of Antioch (c. 110).
(Longer version only - 4th cent interpolation.) |
| XLVII.24-37;
Tatian's Diatessaron
(c. 150-160). |
| II.XX.5, Adversus
Haereses, Irenaeus of Lyons.
(c. 180) |
| Chapter
III, Chapter
XII, On Prayer, Tertullian
(c. 199) |
| III.2, Paedagogus,
Clement of Alexandria (c 200) |
| I.II.10, II.III.6, First
Principles (De Principiis), Origen.
(c.225) |
| XIII.20, XIII.21, Commentary
on the Gospel of Matthew, Origen. (c.247) |
| From Augustine's Tractates on John
 | Tractate 106
(17:6-8)
| "This joy of His that is
bestowed on them by Him, was to be fulfilled, He says, in them;
and for that very end declared that He had spoken in the world.
This is that peace and blessedness in the world to come, for the
attaining of which we must live temperately, and righteously,
and godly in the present." |
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| Tractate 107
(17:9-13)
| "It was therefore a
gracious privilege bestowed upon them, that they, like Himself,
should not be of the world, through the deliverance which He was
giving them from the world. He, however, was never of the world;
for even in respect of His servant-form He was born of that Holy
Spirit of whom they were born again. For if on that account they
were no more of the world, because born again of the Holy
Spirit; on the same account He was never of the world, because
born of the Holy Spirit." |
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| Tractate 108
(17:16-19)
| "In this prayer,
therefore, all whom He redeemed, whether then alive or
thereafter to live in the flesh, were prayed for by our Redeemer
when, praying for the apostles who were then with Him, He also
conjoined those who were yet to believe on Him through their
word." |
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| From the Geneva Notes.
| "He shows what type of
deliverance he means: not that they should be in no danger, but that
in being preserved from all they might prove by experience that the
doctrine of salvation is true, which doctrine they received from his
mouth to deliver to others." |
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| From
Matthew
Henry's Commentary.
| "They are not left here to
pursue the same objects as the men around them, but to glorify God,
and to serve their generation. The Spirit of God in true Christians
is opposed to the spirit of the world." |
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| From
Wesley's Notes.
| "So one even of them whom God
had given him is lost. So far was even that decree from being
unchangeable!" |
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| "Christ's
Prayer for his People," John 17:15, Charles H. Spurgeon, 1855.
| "Every one of us, beloved,
when we listen to the words of Christ should recollect that he is
praying for us; that while it is for the great body of his elect he
intercedes in this chapter and the one preceding it, yet it is also
for each believer in particular that he offers intercession." |
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| "The
Character of Christ's People," John 17:16, Charles H. Spurgeon, 1856.
| "The people for whom Christ
prays are an unearthly people. They are a people somewhat, above the
world, distinguished altogether from it." |
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| From the
Commentary on the Whole Bible
(Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871).
| "Such a strain befits rather
the upper sanctuary than the scene of conflict; but I speak so
"in the world," that My joy, the joy I experience
in knowing that such intercessions are to be made for them by their
absent Lord, may be tasted by those who now hear them, and by all
who shall hereafter read the record of them." |
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| From The People's
New Testament, B.W. Johnson, 1891.
| "He now goes to the Father;
these are left behind to preach the gospel, establish his kingdom,
manifest his glory. Hence, he pleads that he may "keep them
through his name," or power and love. He especially pleads that
they may be kept "one," united as the Father and the
Son." |
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| Contemporary Commentary, Studies, and Exegesis:
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Comments (commentary) and
Clippings
(technical notes for in-depth study), Chris Haslam, Anglican
Diocese of Montreal. |
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"First
Thoughts on Year B Gospel Passages in the Lectionary: Easter 7,"
William Loader, Murdoch University, Uniting Church in Australia.
| "Another form of denial is to
relegate the idea of unity to a very abstract level, where it counts
for the oneness all Christians have in worshipping the one God and
one Jesus, but is not allowed to affect how people work together and
live together." |
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Gospel Analysis,
Pastor Edward Markquart, Sermons from
Seattle, Grace Lutheran Church, Seattle,
Washington. Detailed background and exegesis. |
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Marginally Mark, by Brian McGowan, Anglican priest in Western
Australia. |
| Exegetical
Notes by Brian Stoffregen, at CrossMarks.
| "Can 'being weird' be similar
to 'being sanctified'? I think so." |
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Sermon
Preparation Thoughts and Questions by Wesley White, 2006. |
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"Armed with the Truth," Walter Wink, The Christian Century, 1994.
| "THE TRUTHTELLER speaks: I have made
your name known to those whom you gave me from the world. I have revealed
your essence to those who have been responsive to me, despite everything
the Domination System [kosmos] could do to stop me." |
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"Keep and
Guard,"
Jerry Goebel, One
Family Outreach. "Focus on scripture from a justice perspective." Exegesis, study, and teen study
and activities.
| "How often I wish that God would give
me the resources to take people 'out of their
world'; out of homelessness, jails, nursing
facilities, cycles of abuse or addiction. And yet, he doesn’t! Instead,
he tells me to go into their world and be present through the despair." |
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"One with the Father and the Son,"
Rev. Bryan Findlayson, Lectionary Bible
Studies and Sermons, Pumpkin Cottage Ministry Resources.
| "Jesus prays that we will not be
overcome by the powers of darkness such that we lose our eternal standing
in the sight of God." |
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Wellspring of
the Gospel, Easter 7B, Catherine McElhinney and Kathryn
Turner, Weekly Wellsprings. |
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"That
They May Be One," F. Dean Lueking, The Christian Century,
1997. At Religion Online.
| "It is wearisome, deadly
wearisome, to endure church battles that split not once but
repeatedly. The blight of triumphalism, of power games, and the
obsession with always being right still throw up huge, offensive
roadblocks against Jesus’ prayer. Such sin drags us back to the
Upper Room, to dull disciples among whom we now sit, to the grief of
our Lord over our tearing apart the seamless robe of unifying love
in which he would wrap us." |
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Commentary
by Hall Harris at the Biblical Studies Foundation. |
| "The High
Priestly Prayer of Jesus (John 17)," by Robert Deffinbaugh at the Biblical Studies Foundation.
| "The name of a person in the
days of our Lord represented a person’s character. The character
of our Lord in His earthly life and ministry is well depicted by the
name, Jesus. It is on the basis of our Lord’s character as God’s
Savior for man that this prayer of our Lord is grounded." |
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| Articles & Background:
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"Worship in
the Fourth Gospel: A Cultural Interpretation of John 14-17," Jerome H.
Neyrey, Biblical Theology Bulletin, 2006.
| "...the personnel of worship are
clearly defined: the Patron Father who bestows benefaction on his clients
by means of Jesus, the Broker. Jesus, in turn, brokers the concerns of the
clients to the Patron. Finally, the household with many rooms is not space
out of the world, but relationships brokered by Jesus." |
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"Community
Reconsidered," Craig B. Anderson at The Living Pulpit.
| "Human beings do not create
community but are
created by it." |
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"The
Disunity of the Church and the Credibility of the Gospel,"
Bruce D. Marshall, St Olaf College. Theology Today, 1993.
| "Identifying such
an ecumenical doctrinal consensus will not by itself unify the
divided churches, and there are many other tasks to which theology
must attend. But if there is no such consensus, then the gospel is
false, and all other theological projects are, in the nature of the
case, quite useless." |
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| "The
Spirit, Christ, and Worship," Peter Lockhart, Australian
Theological Forum.
| "The mission of the Church in
the world and the purpose of the human person is intrinsically
linked to Christ's glorification of God in his obedience. In both
his life of perfect obedience, which fulfils and renews the covenant
God has made with humanity, and his sacrifice on the cross for our
sins Jesus glorifies God. So it is that Christians are called into
this process of offering glory to God through the Spirit." |
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| "Judas'
Red Hair and the Jews," by Ruth Mellinkoff, at Jewish Heritage Online Magazine's
Topic of the Month: Colors. Mellinkoff explores artistic representations of Judas and
antipathy toward red hair. |
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| Articles in
ATLAS Journals. (Direct link when you are
subscribed and logged in to
ATLASerials online collection of Religion and Theology Journals.):
| Anderson, Paul N.,
"The Having-Sent-Me Father: Aspects of Agency, Encounter, and Irony in the
Johannine Father-Son Relationship," Semeia, 1999.
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| Appold, Mark,
"Christ Alive! Church Alive! Reflections on the Prayer of Jesus in John 17,"
Currents in Theology and Mission, 1978.
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| Burghardt, William, S.J.,
"Gospel Joy, Christian Joy," The Living Pulpit, 1996. (see
Joy issue focus of The Living Pulpit 5.4, 1996.) |
| Cadier, Jean,
"The Unity of the Church: An Exposition of John 17," Interpretation,
1957.
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| D'Angelo, Mary Rose,
"Imitating Deity in the Gospel of John: Theological Language and 'Father' in
'Prayers of Jesus'," Semeia, 1999.
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| Esselstyn, Micki Bingham,
"The Angel of Joy Demands Our Participation," The Living Pulpit,
1996. (see
Joy issue focus of The Living Pulpit 5.4, 1996.) |
| Janzen, J. Gerald,
"The Scope of Jesus's High Priestly Prayer in John 17," Encounter,
2006.
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| Laskey, Dennis A.,
"Luther's Exposition of John 17," Currents in Theology and Mission,
1991.
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| Marshall, Bruce
D., "The Disunity of the Church and the Credibility of the Gospel,"
Theology Today, 1993.
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| Minear, Paul S.,
"Evangelism, Ecumenism, and John 17," Theology Today, 1978.
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| Morgan, Richard,
"Fulfillment in the Fourth Gospel," Interpretation, 1957.
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| Morrison, Clinton D.,
"Mission and Ethic: An Interpretation of John 17," Interpretation,
1965.
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| Newheart, Michael
Willett,
"The Soul of the Father and the Son: A Psychological (yet Playful and
Poetic) Approach to the Father-Son Language in the Fourth Gospel,"
Semeia, 1999.
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| Payton, James R., Jr.,
"On Unity and Truth: Martin Bucer's Sermon on John 17," Calvin
Theological Journal, 1992.
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| Sheppard, Beth M.,
"The Rise of Rome: The Emergence of a New Model for Exploring the Fourth
Gospel," American Theological Library Association Summary of
Proceedings, 2003.
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| Reviews:
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Review:
George L. Parsenios, Departure and Consolation: The Johannine Farewell
Discourse in Light of Greco-Roman Literature. Brill, 2005. Review by Jan
van der Watt, Review of Biblical Literature, 2007. |
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| Sermons:
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"A
Fire Where No One Expects One,"
Easter 7 - 28 May 2006,
David Zersen, Göttinger Predigten im Internet: Every Sunday Sermons based on the
RCL by a team of Lutheran theologians/ pastors. |
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"The Evil Among Us,"
Bishop Minerva Carcano, Day 1, 1997. |
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Father
Andrew M. Greeley, "Priest, Author, Sociologist," Commentary and
Homily
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| Graphics & Bulletin Materials:
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John 17:11-19, at
Cerezo Barredo's weekly gospel illustration.
Liberation emphasis. |
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John 17:17, Heartlight - Free Christian PowerPoint Backgrounds. |
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| Hymns and Music:
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| Fine Arts Images Linked at The Text This Week's
Art Index:
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| Movies scenes with the following themes,
listed at The Text This Week's Movie Concordance:
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| Study Links and Resources for the
Book of John |
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