John 17:6-19
Jesus Prays for His Disciples
6 "I have revealed you to those whom you gave me out of the world. They were yours; you gave them to me and they have obeyed your word. 7 Now they know that everything you have given me comes from you. 8For I gave them the words you gave me and they accepted them. They knew with certainty that I came from you, and they believed that you sent me. 9 I pray for them. I am not praying for the world, but for those you have given me, for they are yours. 10 All I have is yours, and all you have is mine. And glory has come to me through them. 11 I will remain in the world no longer, but they are still in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, protect them by the power of your name—the name you gave me—so that they may be one as we are one. 12 While I was with them, I protected them and kept them safe by that name you gave me. None has been lost except the one doomed to destruction so that Scripture would be fulfilled. 13 "I am coming to you now, but I say these things while I am still in the world, so that they may have the full measure of my joy within them. 14 I have given them your word and the world has hated them, for they are not of the world any more than I am of the world. 15 My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one. 16 They are not of the world, even as I am not of it. 17 Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth. 18 As you sent me into the world, I have sent them into the world. 19 For them I sanctify myself, that they too may be truly sanctified.
Jesus LOVE, relationship and closeness to and for the Father is throughout this prayer for His disciples (before His arrest)...This complex prayer touches on many things...This is the start of Jesus' High Priestly Prayer...
Jesus has revealed the Father to the disciples...The disciples were the Father's, and the Father gave them to the Son, and they obeyed the Son's word...The disciples know that everything Jesus did came from the Father...The Father gave the Son words and the disciples accepted them...The disciples know now with certainty that Jesus came from the Father, and that the Father sent Him (Jesus)...Jesus prays for His disciples...
The disciples were waiting for the Messiah to come from the Father, and when they did they became Jesus' followers and disciples...Jesus taught them much about the Father...
Jesus says all I have is yours and all you have is mine...Jesus draws on the power and glory of the Father for all His power, wisdom, and strength...
Jesus' prayer asks the Father to protect them for they will still be in this world, because He will remain in this world no longer... Jesus asks the Holy Father to protect the disciples by the Father's name...
Jesus' prayer talks about all time, of past, present, and future...His current prayer, His relationship with His disciples (His teachings to His disciples-the past), and the future of His leaving His disciples...He would be coming to the Father..
Jesus even mentions that He has lost one disciple, Judas who was doomed, so that Scripture would be fulfilled...
Jesus says the world has hated the disciples (and will hate them) because they are now not of this world, anymore than He was ever of this world...Jesus asks God to sanctify them with His truth; the Father's word is truth...The reason Jesus was born was to testify to the truth and everyone on the side of truth listens to Him (John 18:37)...
The Father has sent Him into this world, and the Son would continue to send His disciples out into the world, to spread the good news...
His prayer tells us all Jesus did, all He taught, and all He was, was from the Father...
In the prayer Jesus gives praise and glory to His Father...Jesus' prayer also asks protection for His disciples from the evil one while they remain on earth, and for them to spread the good news...His ultimate goal is to save His disciples and us from our sins and lead us closer to the Father, so me may ultimately have eternal life with the Father and Son...