John Bengel Commentary - John 17:9 - 17:9

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John Bengel Commentary - John 17:9 - 17:9


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Joh 17:9. Περὶ αὐτῶν, for [concerning] them) Jesus prays for believers: He Himself and believers pray for the world.-οὐ περὶ τοῦ κόσμου, not for the world) This ought not to be taken absolutely: Comp. v. 21, 23, “That the world may believe-know-that Thou hast sent Me.”[370] But what is meant is that Jesus does not pray for the world at this time, and in this place, and with these words, which were applicable to believers alone, Joh 17:11; Joh 17:15; Joh 17:17. Christ says the same things in Psa 16:3-4, “The saints that are in the earth, and the excellent in whom is all My delight;” and of the ungodly, “I will not take up their names into My lips.” He does not, however, exclude the world [from His prayers], when He commends the disciples chosen out of the world.

[370] Also His prayer for His murderers on the cross, Luk 23:34.-E. and T.