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John 17:8

For I have given them the words You gave Me, and they have received them. They knew with certainty that I came from You, and they believed that You sent Me.

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ASV

for the words which thou gavest me I have given unto them; and they received them, and knew of a truth that I came forth from thee, and they believed that thou didst send me.

KJV

For I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me; and they have received them, and have known surely that I came out from thee, and they have believed that thou didst send me.

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24 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
ὅτιhotiforG3754 →
τὰtatheG3588 →
ῥήματαrhēmatadeclarationsG4487 →
ἃhathatG3739 →
ἔδωκάςedōkasYou gaveG1325 →
μοιmoiMeG3165 →
δέδωκαdedōkaI have givenG1325 →
αὐτοῖς·autoisto them;G846 →
καὶkaiandG2532 →
αὐτοὶautoithey themselvesG846 →
ἔλαβονelabonreceived [them]G2983 →
καὶkaiandG2532 →
ἔγνωσανegnōsanthey knewG1097 →
ἀληθῶςalēthōstrulyG230 →
ὅτιhotithatG3754 →
παρὰparafromG3844 →
σοῦsouYouG4771 →
ἐξῆλθον,exēlthonI came forth,G1831 →
καὶkaiandG2532 →
ἐπίστευσανepisteusanthey believedG4100 →
ὅτιhotithatG3754 →
σύsuYou yourselfG4771 →
μεmeMeG3165 →
ἀπέστειλας.¶apesteilassent.G649 →

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Isaiah 59:21“As for Me, this is My covenant with them,” says the LORD. “My Spirit will not depart from you, and My words that I have put in your mouth will not depart from your mouth or from the mouths of your children and grandchildren, from now on and forevermore,” says the LORD.John 17:14I have given them Your word and the world has hated them; for they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.John 15:15No longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not understand what his master is doing. But I have called you friends, because everything I have learned from My Father I have made known to you.John 17:3Now this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom You have sent.Isaiah 51:16I have put My words in your mouth, and covered you with the shadow of My hand, to establish the heavens, to found the earth, and to say to Zion, ‘You are My people.’”Deuteronomy 18:18I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their brothers. I will put My words in his mouth, and he will tell them everything I command him.John 16:30Now we understand that You know all things and that You have no need for anyone to question You. Because of this, we believe that You came from God.”1 Thessalonians 2:13And we continually thank God because, when you received the word of God that you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men, but as the true word of God—the word which is now at work in you who believe.John 14:7If you had known Me, you would know My Father as well. From now on you do know Him and have seen Him.”Revelation 1:1This is the revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show His servants what must soon come to pass. He made it known by sending His angel to His servant John,Philippians 3:8More than that, I count all things as loss compared to the surpassing excellence of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may gain ChristJohn 16:27For the Father Himself loves you, because you have loved Me and have believed that I came from God.John 8:42Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love Me, for I have come here from God. I have not come on My own, but He sent Me.John 17:21that all of them may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I am in You. May they also be in Us, so that the world may believe that You sent Me.John 12:49I have not spoken on My own, but the Father who sent Me has commanded Me what to say and how to say it.1 John 4:14And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent His Son to be the Savior of the world.John 6:33For the bread of God is He who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”1 Corinthians 1:30It is because of Him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God: our righteousness, holiness, and redemption.

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