Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on John 17:19

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19. And for their sakes I sanctify —consecrate. myself that they also might —may. be sanctified —consecrated. The only difference between the application of the same term to Christ and the disciples is, as applied to Christ, that it means only to "consecrate"; whereas, in application to the disciples, it means to consecrate with the additional idea of previous sanctification, since nothing but what is holy can be presented as an offering. The whole self-sacrificing work of the disciples appears here as a mere result of the offering of Christ [OLSHAUSEN]. through —in. the truth —Though the article is wanting in the original here, we are not to translate, as in the Margin, " truly sanctified"; for the reference seems plainly to be "the truth" mentioned in :- . (See on John 17:1 ). return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-20" class="com-number"

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