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John 17:7 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 7. 7Now they have known that all things whatsoever thou hast given me are of thee.
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Role in This Section
John 17:7 serves as the second turn in Jesus Prays for Protected and Sanctified Witnesses, where it sharpens the contrast already forming in the unit: “Now they have known that all things whatsoever thou hast given me are of thee”.
Read It With
- John 17:6-19
Read John 17:7 with 17:6-19. In isolation, this contribution—serves as the second turn in Jesus Prays for Protected and Sanctified Witnesses, where it sharpens the contrast already forming in the unit: “Now they have known that all things whatsoever thou hast given me are of thee”—can be detached from its speaker, question, sign, festival, conflict, or outcome. The complete unit establishes: Jesus says he manifested the Father's name to those given him, prays for their protection in the world, acknowledges Judas' loss in scriptural terms, asks not for removal but protection from evil, and sends them sanctified in truth.
Why It Needs Context
John 17:7 serves as the second turn in Jesus Prays for Protected and Sanctified Witnesses, where it sharpens the contrast already forming in the unit: “Now they have known that all things whatsoever thou hast given me are of thee”. Read as the second turn in Jesus Prays for Protected and Sanctified Witnesses, its subject, reply, connective, or narrated force depends on John 17:6-19: Jesus says he manifested the Father's name to those given him, prays for their protection in the world, acknowledges Judas' loss in scriptural terms, asks not for removal but protection from evil, and sends them sanctified in truth.
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read John 17:6-19 — Jesus Prays for Protected and Sanctified WitnessesSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact KJV wording, paragraph flags, supplied-word markup, and coverage.
Exact location: John 17:6-19, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗Greek textual evidence
The Greek New Testament: SBL Edition
Michael W. Holmes, editor; Society of Biblical Literature and Logos
Society of Biblical Literature and Logos Bible Software, 2010
Supports: Greek wording, sentence relations, and critical-text reading checked independently of the KJV.
Exact location: Faithlife SBLGNT official repository, data/sblgnt/text/John.txt, 17:6-19
Open the John Greek text file ↗Translation and textual notes
NET Bible — John with translators' and textual notes
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press, 2005–2026 online edition
Supports: Verse-level syntax, older-English clarification, material variants, background, and alternatives.
Exact location: NET Bible John PDF, John 17:6-19 and attached translator, study, and textual notes
Open the official NET John PDF ↗