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Joh 17:24. Οὓς, whom) He returns to the apostles: in Joh 17:25, these.-θέλω, I will) He had said in Joh 17:9; Joh 17:15; Joh 17:20, ἐρωτῶ, I ask; now His language assumes an increase in force. It is to be interpreted, I will; for, I would desire, is too weak a rendering. Jesus asks with the right of a claim, and demands with confidence, as the Son, not a servant. Comp. Psa 2:8, “Ask of Me, and I shall give Thee,” etc.; Mar 10:35, James and John say, “Master, we would (θέλομεν) that Thou shouldest do for us whatsoever we shall desire;” Joh 6:25, the daughter of Herodias to Herod, “I will (θέλω) that thou give me forthwith.” [In a different tone from what He used in behalf of Himself at the Mount of Olives, Mat 26:39, “Let this cup pass from Me: nevertheless not as I will, but as Thou wilt.”]-θεωρῶσι) that they may behold, viz. in enjoying it.-πρὸ, before) Construe with, Thou lovedst Me. The economy of salvation flows from eternity to eternity. Between eternity and the foundation of the world no intervening period is admissible (is given). For in the beginning God created, etc. [Joh 17:5].