And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth.
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Gill's Exposition
Neither pray I for these alone,.... Meaning his immediate apostles and disciples, for whose preservation and sanctification he had been particularly praying in Joh 17:19; and now, that it might not be…
Barnes' Notes
I sanctify myself - I consecrate myself exclusively to the service of God. The word “sanctify” does not refer here to personal sanctification, for he had no sin, but to setting himself apart entirely…
Adam Clarke
I sanctify myself - I consecrate and devote myself to death - that I may thereby purchase eternal salvation for them. There seems to be here an allusion to the entering of the high priest into the…
The next thing he prayed for for them was that they might be sanctified; not only kept from evil, but made good.
I. Here is the petition (Joh 17:17): Sanctify them through thy truth, through thy word,…
Cambridge Bible
sanctify Or, consecrate, as in Joh 17:17. Christ does for Himself that which He prays the Father to do for His disciples. In Joh 10:36 He speaks of Himself as consecrated by the Father; set apart for…
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