Bible Passage Scripture Block

I have given them your word, and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.

Jesus gave them (apostles) God’s word and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, just as Jesus is not of the world.

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)