John 17:7 (WEB)
Now they have known that all things whatever you have given me are from you,
Catechism · 2
The Prayer of the Hour of Jesus
“Finally, in this prayer Jesus reveals and gives to us the "knowledge," inseparably one, of the Father and of the Son,” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Jn 17:3, 6-10, 25.
"The Summary of the Whole Gospel"
“On the one hand, in the words of this prayer the only Son gives us the words the Father gave him:” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Jn 17:7.
Fathers and councils · 10
Athanasius of Alexandria
“Hence it is that the Lord says, ‘All things whatsoever Thou hast given Me, I have given them,’ and again, ‘I pray for them.’” — editor's note: John xvii. 7–9.
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John Chrysostom
“Ver.” — the author cites it
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Catena Aurea on John
- John ChrysostomCatena Aurea on John
Having said, I have finished My work, He shews what kind of work it was, viz. that He should make known the name of God: I have manifested Thy name unto the men which Thou gavest Me out of the world.
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If He speaks of the disciples only with whom He supped, this has nothing to do with that glorifying of which He spoke above, wherewith the Son glorified the Father; for what glory is it to be known to twelve or…
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That He was the Son of the Father, Christ had already manifested to them by words and deeds.
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Which Thou hast given Me out of the world: i. e. who were not of the world. But this they were by regeneration, not by nature. What is meant by, Thine they were, and Thou gavest them Me? Had ever the Father any thing…
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And they have kept Thy word. He calls Himself the Word of the Father, because the Father by Him created all things, and because He contains in Himself all words: as if to say, They have committed Me to memory so…
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The Father gave Him all things, when having all things He begat Him.
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And whence have they learned? From My words, wherein I taught them that I came forth from Thee. For this was what He has been labouring to shew throughout the whole of the Gospel: For I have given unto them the words…
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i. e. have understood and remembered them. For then is a word received, when the mind apprehends it; as it follows, And have known surely that I came out from Thee. And that none might imagine that that knowledge was…
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Cross-references · 6
Cited together in Against the Arians IV.2.
Cited together in Against the Arians IV.2.
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on John 17:6–8 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Against the Arians IV.2.
Cited together in Against the Arians IV.2.
Cited together in Against the Arians IV.2.