John 17:8 (WEB)
for the words which you have given me I have given to them; and they received them, and knew for sure that I came from you. They have believed that you sent me.
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 Seven Petitions
“Finally, in Jesus the name of the Holy God is revealed and given to us, in the flesh, as Savior, revealed by what he is, by his word, and by his sacrifice.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Mt 1:21; Lk 1:31, Jn 8:28; 17:8; 17:17-19.
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
“From My words; for so have I taught them.” — editor's note: Ver. 8. “For I have given unto them the words which Thou gavest Me; and they have received them, and have known surely that I came out from thee, and they have…
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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 · 12
Cited together in Against the Arians IV.2.
Cited together in Catechism §2812 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Catechism §2812.
Cited together in Catechism §2812.
Cited together in Catechism §2812.
Cited together in Catechism §2812.
Cited together in Catechism §2812.
Cited together in Catechism §2812.
Cited together in Against the Arians IV.2.
Cited together in Catechism §2812.
Cited together in Catechism §2812.
Cited together in Against the Arians IV.2.