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João 17

ARC · Chapter 17/21

1Jesus disse estas coisas, e levantou seus olhos ao céu, e disse: Pae, é chegada a hora; glorifica a teu Filho, para que tambem o teu Filho te glorifique a ti:

2Assim como lhe déste poder sobre toda a carne, para que dê a vida eterna a todos quantos lhe déste.

3E a vida eterna é esta: que te conheçam, a ti só, por unico Deus verdadeiro, e a Jesus Christo, a quem enviaste.

4Eu glorifiquei-te na terra, tendo consummado a obra que me dés-te a fazer.

5E agora glorifica-me tu, ó Pae, junto de ti mesmo, com aquella gloria que tinha comtigo antes que o mundo existisse.

6Manifestei o teu nome aos homens que do mundo me déste: eram teus, e tu m'os déste, e guardaram a tua palavra.

7Agora já teem conhecido que tudo quanto me déste vem de ti,

8Porque lhes dei as palavras que tu me déste; e elles as receberam, e teem verdadeiramente conhecido que sahi de ti, e creram que me enviaste.

9Eu rogo por elles: não rogo pelo mundo, mas por aquelles que me déste, porque são teus.

10E todas as minhas coisas são tuas, e as tuas coisas são minhas; e n'elles sou glorificado.

11E eu já não estou mais no mundo; porém elles estão no mundo, e eu vou para ti. Pae sancto, guarda em teu nome aquelles que me déste, para que sejam um, assim como nós.

12Estando eu com elles no mundo, guardava-os em teu nome. Tenho guardado aquelles que tu me déste, e nenhum d'elles se perdeu, senão o filho da perdição, para que a Escriptura se cumprisse.

13Mas agora vou para ti, e digo isto no mundo, para que tenham a minha alegria completa em si mesmos.

14Dei-lhes a tua palavra, e o mundo os aborreceu, porque não são do mundo, assim como eu não sou do mundo.

15Não rogo que os tires do mundo, mas que os livres do mal.

16Não são do mundo, como eu do mundo não sou.

17Sanctifica-os na tua verdade: a tua palavra é a verdade.

18Assim como tu me enviaste ao mundo, tambem eu os enviei ao mundo.

19E por elles me sanctifico a mim mesmo, para que tambem elles sejam sanctificados na verdade.

20E não rogo sómente por estes, mas tambem por aquelles que pela sua palavra hão de crêr em mim

21Para que todos sejam um como tu, ó Pae, em mim, e eu em ti; que tambem elles sejam um em nós, para que o mundo creia que tu me enviaste.

22E eu dei-lhes a gloria que a mim me déste, para que sejam um, como nós somos um:

23Eu n'elles, e tu em mim, para que sejam perfeitos em um, e para que o mundo conheça que tu me enviaste a mim, e que os tens amado a elles como me tens amado a mim.

24Pae, aquelles que me déste quero que, onde eu estiver, tambem elles estejam comigo, para que vejam a minha gloria que me déste: porque tu me has amado antes da fundação do mundo.

25Pae justo, o mundo não te conheceu; mas eu te conheci, e estes conheceram que tu me enviaste a mim.

26E eu lhes fiz conhecer o teu nome, e lh'o farei conhecer mais, para que o amor com que me tens amado n'elles esteja, e eu n'elles.

📖 Chapter study

Summary

Jesus offers a long prayer to the Father, known as the 'high priestly prayer,' asking for his own glorification, for the protection and sanctification of the disciples, and for the unity of all who would come to believe in him through their preaching.

Explanation

This prayer, offered shortly before Jesus' arrest, reveals his deep intimacy with the Father and his pastoral care for the disciples he would leave in the world. He asks not that they be taken out of the world, but protected from evil as they carry out their mission (v.15). The emphasis on the believers' unity ('that they may be one, even as we are one,' v.11, 21-22) reflects the desire that the church reflect the very unity of the Trinity as a witness to the world. The prayer also extends to future believers who would come to believe through the apostles' preaching (v.20), including all Christians of every age. The practical application today is to remember that unity among Christians is not optional but part of the testimony that proves the truth of the gospel to the world.

Fun facts

  • This prayer is traditionally called the 'high priestly prayer' because in it Jesus intercedes for God's people in a way similar to the role of the high priest in the Old Testament, who interceded for the people before God on the Day of Atonement.
  • The phrase 'that they might know thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent' (v.3) defines eternal life not merely as endless duration, but as a relationship of personal knowledge of God — a central idea in Johannine theology.

Verse-by-verse explanation

  1. João 17:1This is the last time, at a crucial point, that the theme of Jesus’s “hour” appears, after being mentioned several times throughout the Gospel as something that had not yet come. Here, on the eve of His arrest and death, Jesus Himself declares that the moment has finally arrived.
  2. João 17:2Explains the basis of Jesus’s authority: it exists precisely so that He can give eternal life to everyone the Father has placed in His care.
  3. João 17:3The text defines eternal life not as something that only begins after death, but as a relationship of knowing God that can already begin in this life. It is a direct definition, right in the middle of a prayer, of what this expression means to the Gospel’s author.
  4. João 17:4Jesus speaks as though His mission were already complete, even before the crucifixion actually happens — a total confidence in what is about to be fulfilled.
  5. João 17:5Jesus is asking to receive back something that, according to the text, He already had before anything existed, a position prior to the very creation of the world. It continues the idea presented back in chapter 1, about the Word that was already with God in the beginning.
  6. João 17:6Describes Jesus’s ministry as revealing God’s own character to the disciples, who already belonged to God before being entrusted to Him.
  7. João 17:7Speaks of the disciples’ gradual understanding: they now realize that everything Jesus has comes originally from the Father.
  8. João 17:8Describes the chain by which the message was passed on: from the Father to Jesus, and from Jesus to the disciples, resulting in their faith that He truly came from God.
  9. João 17:9Jesus specifies whom He is praying for at this moment: not for the world in general, but specifically for the disciples the Father entrusted to Him.
  10. João 17:10Describes complete shared ownership between Father and Son, and explains that the disciples’ faithfulness, in some way, also glorifies Jesus.
  11. João 17:11Jesus already speaks like someone about to leave the world, even though still physically present, and asks the Father to protect the disciples, keeping among them the same unity that exists between Father and Son.
  12. João 17:12Jesus recalls that He personally watched over the disciples while He was with them, and that only Judas was lost — something that, He says, already fulfilled an ancient prophecy from Scripture.
  13. João 17:13Jesus ties this prayer, spoken out loud in front of the disciples, to the purpose that they might have His joy made complete within themselves.
  14. João 17:14Explains that the disciples will suffer the same rejection He suffered, because they share the same identity: not belonging to the world’s system of values.
  15. João 17:15Jesus makes clear that He is not asking for the disciples to be taken out of the world, but for them to be protected from evil while they continue living in it.
  16. João 17:16Repeats the same statement of identity: the disciples do not belong to the world, just as Jesus Himself does not belong to it.
  17. João 17:17Asks that the disciples be set apart through the truth, directly defining that truth as the very word of God.
  18. João 17:18Establishes a direct parallel: just as the Father sent Jesus into the world, Jesus now sends the disciples in the same way, carrying the same mission forward.
  19. João 17:19Jesus describes His own consecration, a reference to His coming death, as something done for the disciples’ benefit, so that they too may be sanctified.
  20. João 17:20Jesus broadens the scope of this prayer: it is not only for the disciples present, but for everyone who would come to believe in the future through their testimony — including, in a sense, every future reader of the Gospel.
  21. João 17:21Jesus is praying for unity among those who would come to follow Him, using the relationship between Him and the Father as the model. It is not a unity of agreeing on everything, but of purpose and connection, the same way He describes His own relationship with God.
  22. João 17:22Continues the theme of unity, now stating that Jesus shared His own glory with the disciples for the very purpose of making that unity happen.
  23. João 17:23Completes the image of a mutual union between Father, Son, and disciples, with a clear purpose: that the world may recognize that God sent Jesus and loved the disciples the same way He loved His own Son.
  24. João 17:24Jesus expresses a personal desire for the future: that the disciples be with Him wherever He is, beholding a glory that already existed before the creation of the world.
  25. João 17:25Draws a final contrast between the world’s general ignorance of God and the disciples’ particular recognition of Him, echoing the same theme already presented at the very beginning of the Gospel.
  26. João 17:26Closes the prayer by declaring an ongoing purpose: that the same love the Father has for Jesus may continue living in the disciples, together with the presence of Jesus Himself within them.

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