John 17

John 17
John 17:1-2 on Papyrus 107, written in 3rd century.
BookGospel of John
CategoryGospel
Christian Bible partNew Testament
Order in the Christian part4

John 17 is the seventeenth chapter of the Gospel of John in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. It portrays a prayer of Jesus Christ addressed to his Father, placed in context immediately before his betrayal and crucifixion, the events which the gospel often refers to as his glorification.[1] Lutheran writer David Chytraeus entitled Jesus' words "the prayer of the high priest".[2] Methodist theologian Joseph Benson calls this prayer "Our Lord’s Intercessory Prayer", because "it is considered as a pattern of the intercession he is now making in heaven for his people".[3] The New King James Version divides this chapter into three sections:

The book containing this chapter is anonymous, but early Christian tradition uniformly affirmed that John composed this Gospel.[5]

  1. ^ Halley, Henry H. Halley's Bible Handbook: an Abbreviated Bible Commentary. 23rd edition. Zondervan Publishing House. 1962.
  2. ^ Kieffer, R., 59. John, in Barton, J. and Muddiman, J. (2001), The Oxford Bible Commentary Archived 2017-11-22 at the Wayback Machine, p. 990-1
  3. ^ Benson, J., Benson Commentary on John 17, accessed 6 June 2019
  4. ^ John 17:1–26: New King James Version
  5. ^ Holman Illustrated Bible Handbook. Holman Bible Publishers, Nashville, Tennessee. 2012.