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How Jesus Prays
Today I'm actually not going to do any comment on the content of Chapter 17, but I want to draw attention to the importance of it. Do you want to know how the Son of God prays? Read this chapter. Study it. Learn how to pray.
Here's what the NIVAC John commentary had to say:
"John 17 gives us a glimpse into the heart of Jesus unlike any other chapter in the four Gospels. For many readers of this “beloved Gospel” it is the “beloved chapter,” expressing so much of what Jesus aimed to express in his life and work. It is the longest prayer that we have from Jesus. Luke often mentions Jesus at prayer (Luke 3:21; 5:16; 6:12; 9:18, 28–29; 11:1; 22:41–45; 23:46); perhaps the Lord’s Prayer is comparable, but not even it provides the depth and range of ideas offered here. Listening to the prayer of someone often provides a glimpse into the deeper recesses of that person’s consciousness of God. Such is certainly true in this prayer. Over a hundred years ago one commentator wrote: “No attempt to describe the prayer can give a just idea of its sublimity, its pathos, its touching yet exalted character, its tone at once of tenderness and triumphant expectation.”" [1]
How Jesus Prays
Today I'm actually not going to do any comment on the content of Chapter 17, but I want to draw attention to the importance of it. Do you want to know how the Son of God prays? Read this chapter. Study it. Learn how to pray.
Here's what the NIVAC John commentary had to say:
"John 17 gives us a glimpse into the heart of Jesus unlike any other chapter in the four Gospels. For many readers of this “beloved Gospel” it is the “beloved chapter,” expressing so much of what Jesus aimed to express in his life and work. It is the longest prayer that we have from Jesus. Luke often mentions Jesus at prayer (Luke 3:21; 5:16; 6:12; 9:18, 28–29; 11:1; 22:41–45; 23:46); perhaps the Lord’s Prayer is comparable, but not even it provides the depth and range of ideas offered here. Listening to the prayer of someone often provides a glimpse into the deeper recesses of that person’s consciousness of God. Such is certainly true in this prayer. Over a hundred years ago one commentator wrote: “No attempt to describe the prayer can give a just idea of its sublimity, its pathos, its touching yet exalted character, its tone at once of tenderness and triumphant expectation.”" [1]
[1] Gary M. Burge, NIV Application Commentary: John (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Publishing House, 2000), 458-59.
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