John 17:6

Bishops' Bible (1568)

I haue declared thy name vnto ye men, which thou gauest me out of ye world. Thyne they were, and thou gauest the me, and they haue kepte thy worde.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἐφανέρωσά σου τὸ ὄνομα τοῖς ἀνθρώποις οὓς δέδωκάς μοι ἐκ τοῦ κόσμου: σοὶ ἦσαν, καὶ ἐμοὶ αὐτοὺς δέδωκας· καὶ τὸν λόγον σου τετήρηκασιν.

Transliteration

Ephanerōsa of you the onoma to the anthrōpois whom dedōkas to me out of the kosmou: to you they ēsan, and to me them dedōkas; and the logon of you tetērēkasin.

Grammar Details

• *Ephanerōsa*: aorist, active, indicative, 1st person singular - I manifested/revealed
• *onoma*: accusative, neuter, singular - name
• *anthrōpois*: dative, masculine, plural - men/people
• *dedōkas*: perfect, active, indicative, 2nd person singular - you have given
• *kosmou*: genitive, masculine, singular - world
• *ēsan*: imperfect, active, indicative, 3rd person plural - they were
• *logon*: accusative, masculine, singular - word
• *tetērēkasin*: perfect, active, indicative, 3rd person plural - they have kept/observed

Word Meanings

• *Ephanerōsa*: manifested/revealed/made known
• *onoma*: name/character/reputation
• *anthrōpois*: men/people/humans
• *dedōkas*: have given/entrusted/granted
• *kosmou*: world/universe/ordered system
• *ēsan*: were/belonged to
• *logon*: word/message/saying
• *tetērēkasin*: have kept/observed/guarded

Referenced Verses

• John 17:26 : 26 And I haue declared vnto them thy name, and wyll declare it, that the loue wherewith thou hast loued me, may be in them, and I in them.
• John 17:2 : 2 As thou hast geuen hym power ouer all fleshe, that he shoulde geue eternall life, to as many as thou hast geuen him.
• John 6:37 : 37 All that the father geueth me, shall come to me: and hym that commeth to me, I cast not away.
• John 14:21-24 : 21 He that hath my commaundementes, and kepeth them, the same is he that loueth me: And he that loueth me, shalbe loued of my father, and I wyll loue him, and wyll shew myne owne selfe to hym. 22 Iudas sayth vnto hym, not Iudas Iscariot: Lorde, what is done, that thou wylt shewe thy selfe vnto vs, and not vnto the worlde? 23 Iesus aunswered, & sayde vnto hym: If a man loue me, he wyll kepe my sayinges: and my father wyll loue hym, and we wyll come vnto hym, and dwell with hym. 24 He that loueth me not, kepeth not my sayinges: And the word which ye heare, is not myne, but the fathers which sent me.
• Exod 34:5-7 : 5 And the Lord descended in the cloude, and stode with him there: and he called vpon the name of the Lorde. 6 And the Lorde passed by before hym, and cryed, Lorde, Lorde, God, strong, mercyfull and gracious, long suffering, and aboundaunt in goodnes & trueth, 7 And kepyng mercy in store for thousandes, forgeuing wickednes, vngodlynes and sinne, and not leauing one innocent, visiting the wickednes of the fathers vpon the chyldren, and vpon the chyldrens chyldren, euen vnto the third and fourth generation.
• Ps 22:22 : 22 I wyll declare thy name vnto my brethren: I wyll prayse thee in the middest of the congregation.
• Prov 2:1-5 : 1 My sonne, if thou wylt receaue my wordes, and lay vp my commaundementes within thee, 2 That thou wylt encline thine eares vnto wisdome: applye thine heart then to vnderstandyng. 3 For if thou cryest after wisdome, and cryest for knowledge: 4 If thou seekest for her as for siluer, and searchest for her as for treasures: 5 Then shalt thou vnderstand the feare of the Lorde, and finde the knowledge of God.
• Exod 3:13-15 : 13 And Moyses sayde vnto God: behold when I come vnto the chyldren of Israel, and shall say vnto them: the God of your fathers hath sent me vnto you. And if they saye vnto me, what is thy name? what answere shall I geue the? 14 And God aunswered Moyses: I am that I am. And he said: This shalt thou say vnto the chyldren of Israel, I am, hath sent me vnto you. 15 And God spake further vnto Moyses, Thus shalt thou say vnto the chyldren of Israel: The Lorde God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isahac, and the God of Iacob hath sent me vnto you: This is my name for euer, and this is my memoriall into generation and generation.
• 1 John 5:20 : 20 We knowe that the sonne of God is come, & hath geuen vs a minde to know hym which is true: and we are in hym that is true, through his sonne Iesus Christe. This same is very God, and eternall lyfe.
• John 17:24 : 24 Father, I wyll that they which thou hast geuen me, be with me where I am, that they may see my glorie which thou hast geuen me. For thou louedst me, before the foundation of the world.
• Rev 2:13 : 13 I knowe thy workes, and where thou dwellest, euen where Satans seate is, and thou kepest my name, and hast not denyed my fayth: Euen in those dayes when Antipas my faythfull martir was slayne among you, where Satan dwelleth.
• Rev 3:8 : 8 I knowe thy workes: Beholde, I haue set before thee an open doore, and no man can shut it, for thou hast a litle strength, & hast kept my sayinges: and hast not denyed my name.
• Exod 9:16 : 16 And in very deede for this cause haue I kept thee, for to shewe thee my power, and that my name may be declared throughout all the worlde.
• John 17:9-9 : 9 I pray for them: I pray not for the worlde, but for them which thou hast geuen me, for they are thyne. 10 And all myne are thyne, and thyne are myne, and I am glorified in them. 11 And nowe am I not in the worlde, and they are in the worlde, and I come to thee. Holy father, kepe through thine owne name, the which thou hast geuen me, that they may also be one, as we are.
• John 17:14 : 14 I haue geuen them thy worde, and the worlde hath hated them, because they are not of the worlde, euen as I also am not of the worlde.
• John 17:16 : 16 They are not of the worlde, as I also am not of the worlde.
• John 18:9 : 9 That the saying myght be fulfylled which he spake: Of them which thou gauest me, haue I not lost one.
• Acts 13:48 : 48 And when the Gentiles hearde this, they were glad, and glorified the worde of the Lorde, and as many as were ordayned to eternall lyfe, beleued.
• Rom 8:28-30 : 28 For we knowe yt all thinges worke for the best, vnto them that loue God, to them which also are called of purpose. 29 For those which he knewe before, he also dyd predestinate, that they shoulde be lyke fashioned vnto the shape of his sonne, that he myght be ye first begotten among many brethren. 30 Moreouer, whom he dyd predestinate, the also he called. And whom he called, them also he iustified: And whom he iustified, them he also glorified.
• Rom 11:2 : 2 God hath not cast away his people which he knewe before. Wote ye not what the scripture sayth of Elias? howe he maketh intercession to God, agaynst Israel,
• 2 Cor 4:6 : 6 For it is God that commaundeth the lyght to shine out of darknesse, whiche hath shined in our heartes, for to geue the lyght of the knowledge of the glorie of God, in the face of Iesus Christe.
• Eph 1:4-9 : 4 According as he had chosen vs in hym before the foundation of the world, that we shoulde be holy, and without blame before hym, through loue. 5 Who hath predestinate vs into the adoption of childre, by Iesus Christ vnto hym selfe, according to the good pleasure of his wyll: 6 To the prayse of the glorie of his grace, wherein he hath made vs accepted in the beloued. 7 In whom we haue redemption through his blood, the forgeuenesse of sinnes, accordyng to the rychesse of his grace, 8 Wherein he hath abounded towarde vs in all wysedome and prudence. 9 And hath opened vnto vs the misterie of his wyll, accordyng to his good pleasure which he had purposed in himselfe. 10 That in the dispensation of the fulnesse of the tymes, he myght gather together in one all thinges in Christe, both which are in heauen, and which are in earth, in hym. 11 In whom also we are chosen, beyng predestinate accordyng to the purpose of hym who worketh all thynges after the councell of his owne wyll:
• Col 3:16 : 16 Let the worde of God dwell in you richly in all wisdome, teachyng and admonisshyng your owne selues, in psalmes, and hymmes, and spirituall songes, singyng with grace in your heartes to the Lorde.
• 2 Thess 2:13-14 : 13 But we are bounde to geue thankes alway to God for you, brethren beloued of the Lorde, because that God hath fro the begynnyng chosen you to saluation in sanctifiyng of the spirite, & in fayth of the trueth: 14 Wherevnto he called you by our Gospell, to the obteyning of the glorie of our Lorde Iesus Christe.
• 2 Tim 1:13 : 13 See thou haue the paterne of wholesome wordes, which thou hast hearde of me in fayth & loue, that is in Christe Iesus.
• Heb 2:12 : 12 Saying: I wyll declare thy name vnto my brethren, in the myddes of the Churche wyll I prayse thee.
• Heb 3:6 : 6 But Christe as a sonne hath rule ouer his owne house, whose house are we, yf we holde fast the confidence and the reioycyng of that hope vnto the ende.
• Prov 2:10 : 10 When wisdome entreth into thine heart, and thy soule deliteth in knowledge:
• Prov 3:1-4 : 1 My sonne, forget not thou my lawe, but see that thine heart kepe my commaundementes: 2 For they shal prolong the dayes and yeres of thy lyfe, and bryng thee peace. 3 Let mercie and faithfulnesse neuer go from thee: binde them about thy necke, and write them in the tables of thyne heart: 4 So shalt thou finde fauour and good vnderstandyng in the sight of God and men.
• Prov 23:23 : 23 Purchase trueth, wysdome, nurture, and vnderstanding, and sell them not.
• Matt 11:25-27 : 25 At that tyme Iesus aunswered and sayde: I thanke thee O father, Lorde of heauen and earth, because thou hast hid these thinges from the wise and prudent, and hast shewed them vnto babes. 26 Euen so it is O father, for so was it thy good pleasure. 27 All thinges are geuen vnto me of my father: And no man knoweth the sonne but the father, neither knoweth any man the father saue the sonne, and he to whomsoeuer the sonne wyll open him.
• Luke 10:21-22 : 21 That same houre reioyced Iesus in the spirite, and sayde: I confesse vnto thee father, Lorde of heauen & earth, that thou hast hyd these thynges from the wise and prudent, and hast opened them vnto babes: Euen so father, for so it pleased thee. 22 All thynges are geuen me of my father. No man knoweth who the sonne is, but the father, and who the father is, but the sonne, and he to whom the sonne wyll shewe hym.
• John 1:18 : 18 No man hath seene God at any tyme: The onely begotten sonne which is in the bosome of the father, he hath declared hym.
• Ps 71:17-19 : 17 Thou O God hast taught me from my youth: and hytherto I can well declare thy wonderous workes. 18 Wherfore whylest I am olde and am gray headed: O Lorde forsake me not, vntyll I haue shewed thy arme vnto this generation, and thy power to all them that are yet for to come. 19 And vntyll I haue exceedyngly exalted O Lorde thy ryghteousnesse: for great thynges are they that thou hast done, O Lorde who is lyke vnto thee?
• Ps 119:11 : 11 I haue hyd thy wordes within my heart: for this ende, that I shoulde not sinne agaynst thee.
• John 15:3 : 3 Nowe are ye cleane through the worde which I haue spoken vnto you.
• John 15:7 : 7 Yf ye byde in me, and my wordes abyde in you, aske what ye wyll, and it shalbe done for you.
• John 15:19 : 19 If ye were of the worlde, the worlde would loue his owne: Howbeit, because ye are not of the worlde, but I haue chosen you out of the worlde: therfore the worlde hateth you.
• John 6:39 : 39 And this is the fathers wyll whiche hath sent me: that of all which he hath geuen me, I shal lose nothing, but rayse it vp agayne at the last day.
• John 8:31-32 : 31 Then sayde Iesus to those Iewes which beleued on him: Yf ye continue in my word, then are ye my very disciples. 32 And ye shall knowe the trueth, and the trueth shall make you free.
• John 10:27-29 : 27 My sheepe heare my voyce, and I knowe them, and they folowe me: 28 And I geue vnto them eternall lyfe, and they shal neuer perishe, neither shal any man plucke them out of my hande. 29 My father which gaue them me, is greater then all: and no man is able to take them out of my fathers hande.
• John 12:28 : 28 Father, glorifie thy name. Then came there a voyce from heauen saying I haue both glorified it, and wyll glorifie it agayne.
• 1 Pet 1:1 : 1 Peter, an Apostle of Iesus Christ, to them that dwell here and there as straungers, throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia: