John 17:2 BSB — MannaFest

John 17:2

For You granted Him authority over all people, so that He may give eternal life to all those You have given Him.

BSB

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ASV

even as thou gavest him authority over all flesh, that to all whom thou hast given him, he should give eternal life.

KJV

As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him.

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Commentary

4 voices

Cyril of Alexandria

Commentary on the Gospel of John - Book 11 (444)

CHAPTER IV. That it will in no way damage the glory of the Son, when He is said to have received aught from God the Father, since for this we can assign a pious reason. In these words Christ expounds once more to us the kind of glory whereby God will exalt and glorify His own Son; and He will also Himself be glorified in turn by His own Offspring. And He expands the saying, and makes the point clear to our edification and profit.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Note, Christ's dominion over the children of men is in order to the salvation of the children of God. All things are for their sakes, 2 Cor. iv. All Christ's laws, ordinances, and promises, which are given to all, are designed effectually to convey spiritual life, and secure eternal life, to all that were given to Christ; he is head over all things to the church.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

As thou hast given him power - As the Messiah, Jesus Christ received from the Father universal dominion. All flesh, i.e. all the human race, was given unto him, that by one sacrifice of himself, he might reconcile them all to God; having by his grace tasted death for every man, Heb 2:9. And this was according to the promise of the universal inheritance made to Christ, Psa 2:8, which was to be made up of the heathen, and the uttermost parts of the land, all the Jewish people.

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 566: “General And Yet Particular” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) (1864)

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καθὼς	kathōs	Even as	G2531 →
ἔδωκας	edōkas	You gave	G1325 →
αὐτῷ	autō	to Him	G846 →
ἐξουσίαν	exousian	authority	G1849 →
πάσης	pasēs	over all	G3956 →
σαρκός,	sarkos	flesh,	G4561 →
ἵνα	ina	so that	G2443 →
πᾶν	pan	all	G3956 →
ὃ	ho	whom	G3739 →
δέδωκας	dedōkas	You have given	G1325 →
αὐτῷ,	autō	to Him,	G846 →
δώσῃ	dōsē	He may give	G1325 →
αὐτοῖς	autois	to them	G846 →
ζωὴν	zōēn	life	G2222 →
αἰώνιον.	aiōnion	eternal.	G166 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Matthew 28:18
Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me.
leads to
- John 3:35
  The Father loves the Son and has placed all things in His hands.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 1 Peter 3:22
  who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels, authorities, and powers subject to Him.
- Matthew 11:27
  All things have been entrusted to Me by My Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses…
- Ephesians 1:20–22
  which He exerted in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly realms,
- Hebrews 2:8
  and placed everything under his feet.” When God subjected all things to him, He left nothing outside of his control. Yet at present we do not see everything subject to him.
Through
John 6:37
Everyone the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will never drive away.
leads to
- Matthew 11:28
  Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
- John 6:39
  And this is the will of Him who sent Me, that I shall lose none of those He has given Me, but raise them up at the last day.
Through
Daniel 7:14
And He was given dominion, glory, and kingship, that the people of every nation and language should serve Him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion that will not pass away, and His kingdom is…
leads to
- Revelation 11:15
  Then the seventh angel sounded his trumpet, and loud voices called out in heaven: “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ, and He will reign…

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01Commentary

The record, by era

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About John

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About John