KJV King James Version
As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
John 17:2
As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
For You granted Him authority over all people, so that He may give eternal life to all those You have given Him.
WEB World English Bible
even as you gave him authority over all flesh, he will give eternal life to all whom you have given him.
ASV American Standard Version
even as thou gavest him authority over all flesh, that to all whom thou hast given him, he should give eternal life.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
according as Thou didst give to him authority over all flesh, that—all that Thou hast given to him—he may give to them life age-during;
Surrounding context — John 17
1 These words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee:
2 As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him.
3 And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.
4 I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do.
5 And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
καθὼςG2531 · kathōsas/just asἔδωκαςG1325 · didōmito giveαὐτῷG846 · autosit/s/heἐξουσίανG1849 · exousiaauthorityπάσηςG3956 · pasallσαρκός,G4561 · sarxfleshἵναG2443 · hinain order that/toπᾶνG3956 · pasallὃG3739 · hos, hēwhichδέδωκαςG1325 · didōmito giveαὐτῷ,G846 · autosit/s/heδώσῃG1325 · didōmito giveαὐτοῖςG846 · autosit/s/heζωὴνG2222 · zōēlifeαἰώνιον.G166 · aiōnioseternal
Cross-references
John 10:28-29And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any [man] pluck them out of my hand.John 6:39And this is the Father’s will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day.Daniel 7:14And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion [is] an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom [that] which shall not be destroyed.John 6:37All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.Matthew 28:18And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.John 17:24Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.1 John 5:20And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, [even] in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.John 17:9I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me; for they are thine.Hebrews 2:8-9Thou hast put all things in subjection under his feet. For in that he put all in subjection under him, he left nothing [that is] not put under him. But now we see not yet all things put under him.Psalm 2:6-12Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.John 4:14But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.John 17:6I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them me; and they have kept thy word.1 Corinthians 15:25For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet.John 3:35The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand.Matthew 11:27All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and [he] to whomsoever the Son will reveal [him].1 John 2:25And this is the promise that he hath promised us, [even] eternal life.John 11:25-26Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:Ephesians 1:20Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set [him] at his own right hand in the heavenly [places],
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