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<p class=MsoNormal><strong><b><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>7 Easter B: John
17:6-19 -- exegetical notes</span></font></b></strong><font size=2
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color:black'><br>
<br>
The Gospel readings for 7 Easter all come from John 17:<br>
Year A—vv. 1-11<br>
Year B—vv. 6-19<br>
Year C—vv. 20-26.<br>
<br>
While the prayer is a unified whole, it is usually given 2 or 3
subsections, based on whom Jesus is praying for: himself, disciples, or
others.<br>
<br>
O’Day’s outline (<em><i><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'>John,
</span></font></i></em>New Interpreter’s Bible)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>1. Jesus Prays for His Glorification (17:1-8)<br>
2. Jesus Prays for the Faith Community (17:9-23)<br>
3. Jesus Prays for the Eschatological <st1:place w:st="on">Union</st1:place>
of Father, Son, and Believers (17:24-26)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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Brown’s outline (<em><i><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'>John,
</span></font></i></em>Anchor Bible)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>1. Jesus, having completed his work, prays for
glory (17:1-8)<br>
2. Jesus prays for those whom the Father has given him (17:9-19)<br>
3. Jesus prays for those who believe through the disciples’ word
(17:20-26)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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Bultmann’s outline (<em><i><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:
Arial'>The Gospel of John, </span></font></i></em>slightly adapted)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>1. The Petition for Glorification (17:1-5)<br>
2. The Intercession for the Community (17:6-26)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'>a) The Founding of the Community (17:6-8)<br>
b) The Petition for the Preservation and Sanctification of the
Community (17:9-19)<br>
c) The Petition for the Oneness of the Community (17:20-23)<br>
d) The Petition for the Perfecting of the Believers (17:24-26)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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ARE “THEY” PAST OR PRESENT BELIEVERS?<br>
<br>
There are different interpretations for the pronouns in this prayer. In
v. 9, Jesus prays <strong><b><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:
Arial'>for them</span></font></b></strong> (Gk & NIV) = NRSV’s “on
their behalf”. This may refer to the original disciples or to all present
believers.<br>
<br>
Verse 20b has two pronouns: “<strong><b><font face=Arial><span
style='font-family:Arial'>those </span></font></b></strong>believing in
me through <strong><b><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'>their</span></font></b></strong>
word” (v. 20). If <strong><b><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:
Arial'>“their”</span></font></b></strong> refers to the original
believers, then <strong><b><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:
Arial'>“those”</span></font></b></strong> refers to all the believers
since the original disciples. We would be part of this group who believe
because of <strong><b><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'>“their,”
</span></font></b></strong>that is, the original disciples’ word. Brown (<em><i><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'>John, </span></font></i></em>Anchor
Bible Commentary) makes this distinction.<br>
<br>
O’Day (<em><i><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'>John</span></font></i></em>,
New Interpreters Bible) suggests that v. 9 refers to all believers, past
and present (including us). Then <strong><b><font face=Arial><span
style='font-family:Arial'>“those”</span></font></b></strong> in v. 20
refers to people who are not presently believing, and <strong><b><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'>“their”</span></font></b></strong>
refers to all believers, including us. It is through our word that an
unbelieving world may come to believe in Jesus.<br>
<br>
Since our text continues the use of the pronouns “they,” “them,” the
interpreter/preacher needs to decide whether Jesus is praying just for
the original disciples or for all of us believers in these verses. The
second option seems more preachable to me.<br>
<br>
Throughout John, God uses “mediators” to bridge gaps. Jesus comes as the
Word and is between humanity and God. John is a mediator whose words
bring his disciples to Jesus. Andrew is a mediator whose words bring his
brother Peter to Jesus. Philip is a mediator whose words bring Nathanael
to Jesus. The entire gospel is described as a mediator whose words are
written so that the readers may come to believe that Jesus is the
Messiah, the Son of God and that through believing they may have life in
his name.<br>
<br>
None of us have come to faith on our own. There were others whose
words—both spoken and acted—brought us to faith in Jesus. However the
pronouns are interpreted, we who believe now, are the ones who have the
word that is necessary to bring others to faith in Jesus.<br>
<br>
AN OVERHEARD PRAYER<br>
<br>
By using a prayer form, both the disciples and readers are outsiders
overhearing Jesus’ words—and it follows the typical pattern of a farewell
discourse. A contrast can be made between this prayer of Jesus and his
prayer at <st1:place w:st="on">Gethsemane</st1:place> in the
Synoptics—both coming just before he is arrested. In the Synoptics Jesus
asks that he might not face the hour of suffering. In John, this hour of
“glory” completes the work God has given him to do (17:4). There is a
different attitude as Jesus approaches his death between the synoptics
and John.<br>
<br>
ΔΙΔΩΜΙ <em><i><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'>DIDŌMI</span></font></i></em><br>
<br>
17 times in this prayer Jesus uses the word “given” (δίδωμι <em><i><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'>didōmi</span></font></i></em>)
-- (3 times in our verses).<br>
<br>
13 times God <strong><b><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'>gives</span></font></b></strong>
something to Jesus<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'>people (vv. 2, 6, 6, 9, 12, 24)<br>
glory (vv. 22, 24)<br>
authority (v. 2)<br>
the work (v. 4)<br>
everything (v. 7)<br>
the word (v. 8)<br>
God’s name (v. 11)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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