John 17:24 (WEB)
Father, I desire that they also whom you have given me be with me where I am, that they may see my glory which you have given me, for you loved me before the foundation of the world.
Catechism · 2
“Jesus, the Son to whom the Father has given all things, has given himself wholly back to the Father, yet expresses himself with a sovereign freedom” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Jn 17:11, 13, 19, 24.
“His priestly prayer fulfills, from within, the great petitions of the Lord's Prayer: concern for the Father's name; passionate zeal for his kingdom (Glory);” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Jn 17:1, 5, 10, 22, 23-26.
Fathers and councils · 37
Irenaeus of Lyons
“And again, “I will, that where I am, there they also may be, that they may behold My glory;” not vainly boasting because of this, but desiring that His disciples should share in His glory: of whom Esaias also says, “I will bring thy seed from the east,…” — editor's note: John xvii. 24.
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Cyril of Jerusalem
“And again when He says, For Thou lovedst Me before the foundation of the world, He plainly declares, “The glory which I have with thee is from eternity.”” — editor's note: John xvii. 24.
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Ambrose of Milan
“How shall the Lord Himself commend them to His Father, repeating again those words of His: “Holy Father, these are they whom I have kept for Thee, on whom the Son of Man leant His head and rested; I ask that where I am there they may be with Me.”” — editor's note: S. John xvii. 24.
Read the whole comment“Again, our Lord saith: “that they may see My glory.”” — editor's note: S. John xvii. 24.
Read the whole comment“‘My will is that they be with Me, whom my Father hath given Me.’” — editor's note: S. John xvii. 24.
Read the whole comment“For the Lord Himself later on, in commending the apostles to the Father, says: “Father, I will that they also whom Thou hast given Me be with Me where I am.”” — editor's note: S. John xvii. 24.
Read the whole comment“And when Christ wills to be with us, as He Himself said: “Father, I will that they whom Thou hast given Me be with Me where I am,” would He disdain to be with the Spirit?” — editor's note: S. John xvii. 24.
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John Cassian
- John Cassian, Conferences I–X IX.17Conference IX
“It is intercession when He says: “Father, those Whom Thou hast given me, I will that they also may be with Me that they may see My glory which Thou hast given Me;” or at any rate when He says: “Father, forgive them for they know not what they do.”” — editor's note: Ib. 24; S. Luke xxiii. 34.
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“…Thou in Me, that they also may be made perfect in one;” and again: “Father, those whom Thou hast given Me, I will that where I am, they may also be with Me.”” — editor's note: S. John xvii. 22–24.
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Origen
- Origen, De Principiis II.3Book II
“…age; and see if that expression of the Saviour, “I will that where I am, these also may be with Me; and as I and Thou are one, these also may be one in Us,” may not seem to convey something more than an age and ages, perhaps even more than ages of ages,—that period, viz., when all things are now no longer in an…” — editor's note: Cf. John xvii. 24, 21, 22.
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“…order pass through all gradations, following Him who hath passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, who said, “I will that where I am, these may be also.”” — editor's note: John xvii. 24.
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“…from the Father for His disciples, saying, “Father, I will that where I am, these also may be with Me; and as Thou and I are one, they also may be one in Us.”” — editor's note: Cf. John xvii. 24; cf. 21.
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Augustine of Hippo
“…in Her that which the Bridegroom Himself saith, who hath passed hence from this world to the Father, “I will that where I am, these also may be with Me:” but from the beginning of faith.” — editor's note: John xvii. 24.
Read the whole comment““Father, I will.”” — editor's note: John xvii. 24.
Read the whole comment“And, finally, this He expounded to Peter, and says to him, “Whither I go thou canst not follow me now, but thou shalt follow me hereafter.”” — editor's note: John xvii. 24.
Read the whole comment“And who hath gone before them to the place whither they are to follow Him, but He who, rising from the dead, dieth no more; and death shall have no more dominion over Him; and who, when He was manifest here in the flesh, said, “Father, I will that they also whom Thou hast given me be with me where I am”?” — editor's note: Chap. xvii. 24.
Read the whole comment“And where, then, is the place of which He is going to say a little after in this same discourse, “Father, I will that they also be with me where I am”?” — editor's note: Chap. xvii. 24.
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Athanasius of Alexandria
“Why, the blessed Stephen saw in the heavens the Lord standing on [God’s] right hand, while the Angels said to the disciples, ‘He shall so come in like manner as ye beheld Him going into heaven:’ and the Lord Himself says, addressing the Father, ‘I will that where I am, they also may be with Me.’” — editor's note: John xvii. 24.
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John Chrysostom
“So in this case also: “I will that where I am,” Christ says, “they also may be.” ( John xvii. 24.)” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“For He saith, “I will that where I am, they also may be with Me, that they may behold My glory.” ( John xvii. 24.)” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“For therefore He saith, “I will that these also be with Me where I am, that they may behold My glory.” ( c. xvii. 24.)” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“For concerning the disciples He saith, “I will that they also be with Me where I am” ( c. xvii. 24 ), but concerning ourselves, I dread lest the contrary be said, that, “Where I am, ye cannot come.”” — the author cites it
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Cyprian of Carthage
“…“Father, I will that they also whom Thou hast given me be with me where I am, and may see the glory which Thou hast given me before the world was made.”” — editor's note: John xvii. 24.
Read the whole comment“Also in the Gospel according to John: “Father, I will that those whom Thou hast given me be with me where I shall be, and may see my glory which Thou hast given me before the foundation of the world.”” — editor's note: John xvii. 24.
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Hilary of Poitiers
“Hear now, whether the will of the Son is discordant with the Father’s, when He says, Father, those whom Thou hast given Me, I will that where I am they also may be with Me.” — editor's note: Ib. xvii. 24.
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Clement of Alexandria
“And I have declared to them Thy name, and will declare it.”” — editor's note: John xvii. 24–26.
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Catena Aurea on John
- John ChrysostomCatena Aurea on John
After He has said that many should believe on Him through them, and that they should obtain great glory, He then speaks of the crowns in store for them; Father, I will that they also whom Thou hast given Me, be with…
Read the whole comment - Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on John
These are they whom He has received from the Father, whom He also chose out of the world; as He saith at the beginning of this prayer, Thou hast given Him power over all flesh, i. e. all mankind, That He should give…
Read the whole comment - Gregory the GreatCatena Aurea on John
What means then what the Truth saith above, No man hath ascended into heaven, but He that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven. (John 3:13) Yet here is no discrepancy, for our Lord being the…
Read the whole comment - Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on John
But as respects the form of God, wherein He is equal to the Father, if we understand these words, that they may be with Me where I am, with reference to that, then away with all bodily ideas, and enquire not where…
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He saith not, that they may partake of My glory, but, that they may behold, intimating that the rest there is to see the Son of God. The Father gave Him glory, when He begat Him.
Read the whole comment - Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on John
When then we shall have seen the glory which the Father gave the Son, though by this glory we do not understand here, that which He gave to the equal Son when He begat Him, but that which He gave to the Son of man,…
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That which He calls glory then is the love wherewith He was loved with the Father before the foundation of the world. And in that glory He loved us too before the foundation of the world.
Read the whole comment - Theophylact of OhridCatena Aurea on John
After then that He had prayed for believers, and promised them so many good things, another prayer follows worthy of His mercy and benignity: O righteous Father, the world hath not known Thee; as if to say, I would…
Read the whole comment - John ChrysostomCatena Aurea on John
He says this as if He were troubled at the thought, that they should be unwilling to know One so just and good. And whereas the Jews had said, that they knew God, and He knew Him not: He on the contrary says, But I…
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Or thus; What is to know Him, but eternal life, which He gave not to a condemned but to a reconciled world? For this reason the world hath not known Thee; because Thou art just, and hast punished them with this…
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Cross-references · 25
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Cited together in Homilies on John Homily 11.
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Cited together in Concerning Virgins II.2.
Cited together in Against Heresies IV.14.
Cited together in Homilies on John Homily 11.
Cited together in Concerning Virgins II.2.
Cited together in Homilies on John Homily 11.
Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 64.
Cited together in Homilies on John Homily 11.
Cited together in Against Heresies IV.14.
Cited together in Homilies on John Homily 11.
Cited together in Homilies on John Homily 11.
Cited together in Against Heresies IV.14.
Cited together in Concerning Virgins II.2.
Cited together in Concerning Virgins II.2.
Cited together in Concerning Virgins II.2.
Cited together in Against Heresies IV.14.
Cited together in Against Heresies IV.14.
Cited together in Conferences I–X IX.17.
Cited together in Conferences I–X IX.17.
Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 64.
Cited together in Against Heresies IV.14.
Quotes
John 17:24 takes up the words of 1 Kings 9:13 (9 words in common).
John 17:24 takes up the words of Psalm 61:5 (8 words in common).