John 17:13
What is written? (ESV)
But now I am coming to you, and these things I speak in the world, that they may have my joy fulfilled in themselves.
What does it say?
Now I [Jesus] am coming to you [God in heaven], but these things I have spoken in the world so that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves.
What is its immediate context?
Jesus’ prayer before His crucifixion and ascension to Heaven. The “words” are clarified earlier when Jesus prays, “I have revealed your name to the men you gave me out of the world. They belonged to you, and you gave them to me, and they have obeyed your word. Now they understand that everything you have given me comes from you, because I have given them the words you have given me. They accepted them and really understand that I came from you, and they believed that you sent me.” (vss 6-8)
How John 17:13 is applied across Bible answers
What is a Christian’s joy?
Jesus' prayer to the Father regarding the apostles' care is so that Jesus' joy might be matched in them.
