John Chapter 17 verse 20 Holy Bible

ASV John 17:20

Neither for these only do I pray, but for them also that believe on me through their word;
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BBE John 17:20

My prayer is not for them only, but for all who will have faith in me through their word;
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DARBY John 17:20

And I do not demand for these only, but also for those who believe on me through their word;
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KJV John 17:20

Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word;
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WBT John 17:20


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WEB John 17:20

Not for these only do I pray, but for those also who believe in me through their word,
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YLT John 17:20

`And not in regard to these alone do I ask, but also in regard to those who shall be believing, through their word, in me;
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerses 20-26. - (3) Prayer for the Church Catholic in all time. Verse 20. - Neither do I pray (ἐρωτῶ) for - concerning these alone, but also for those who believe on me through their word. The Lord summons the future into the present. He speaks of having once for all sent them, and he sees rising before his eye the multitudes in all ages who would believe their testimony as if already doing so. The universal Church rejoices in the fullness of his love and the greatness of his wish concerning the individuals who believe. The prayer is an eternal intercession.

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(20) Neither pray I for these alone.--Comp. Note on John 17:9. The thought of the work to which the Apostles are to be consecrated and sent leads on to the wider thought of the Church which shall believe through their word, and the prayer is enlarged to include them.But for them also which shall believe on me through their word.--All the best MSS. read, "but for them also which believe;" but the sense is not affected by the change. As we have again and again found in these chapters, the future of the Church is so immediately in our Lord's thoughts that it is spoken of as actually present. "Their word" is their witness concerning Him through which men should believe (John 15:27). He had manifested the nature of God to them; and they who had received His word and witnessed His work would become, by the indwelling of the Spirit in them, the means of extending this revelation of God to others. They would do this by means of the word which, in His name, they would preach. (Comp. Romans 10:14 et seq.)