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John 17:19

And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth.

KJV

καὶ ὑπὲρ αὐτῶν ἁγιάζω ἐμαυτόν, ἵνα ὦσιν καὶ αὐτοὶ ἡγιασμένοι ἐν ἀληθείᾳ.

Greek NT

et pro eis ego sanctifico meipsum : ut sint et ipsi sanctificati in veritate.

Vulgate

And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they themselves also may be sanctified in truth.

ASV

And for them do I sanctify myself, that they also may be sanctified in truth.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

9 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
ἀλήθεια
aletheia
noun · 109×
ἁγιάζω
agiazo
verb · 28×
ἐμαυτοῦ
emautou
reflexive_pronoun · 37×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ἵνα
ina
conjunction · 665×
ὑπέρ
uper
preposition · 148×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

minor
SBLGNT: ὦσιν καὶ αὐτοὶ | WH/Treg/NIV: ὦσιν καὶ αὐτοὶ | RP: καὶ αὐτοὶ ὦσιν
  • ὦσιν καὶ αὐτοὶ — SBLGNT
  • ὦσιν καὶ αὐτοὶ — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • καὶ αὐτοὶ ὦσιν — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

10 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§611The Eucharist that Christ institutes at that moment will be the memorial of his sacrifice.431 Jesus includes the apostles in his own offering and bids them perpetuate it.432 By doing so, the Lord institutes his apostles as priests of the New Covenant: "For their sakes I sanctify myself, so that they also may be sanctified in truth."433 The agony at Gethsemani
§2747Christian Tradition rightly calls this prayer the "priestly" prayer of Jesus. It is the prayer of our high priest, inseparable from his sacrifice, from his passing over (Passover) to the Father to whom he is wholly "consecrated."44
§2749Jesus fulfilled the work of the Father completely; his prayer, like his sacrifice, extends until the end of time. the prayer of this hour fills the end-times and carries them toward their consummation. Jesus, the Son to whom the Father has given all things, has given himself wholly back to the Father, yet expresses himself with a sovereign freedom46 by virtue of the power the F…
…and 2 more from this source.
1. The Jews greatly prided themselves on the temple and the tabernacle. Wherefore they said, The temple of the Lord, The temple of the Lord, The temple of the Lord. Jeremiah 7:4 For nowhere else in the earth was such a temple constructed as this, either for costliness, or beauty, or anything else. For God who ordained it, commanded that it should be made with great magnificence…
§100Our Redeemer showed His burning love for the Church especially by praying for her to His heavenly Father. To recall but a few examples: everyone knows, Venerable Brethren, that just before the Crucifixion He prayed repeatedly for Peter,[189] for the other Apostles,[190] for all who, through the preaching of the holy Gospel would believe in Him.[191]

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 1:2 — Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and
  • 1Pet 2:9 — But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:
  • 1Thess 2:13 — For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which e
  • 1Thess 4:7 — For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.
  • 1Thess 5:23 — And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
  • 2Cor 4:15 — For all things are for your sakes, that the abundant grace might through the thanksgiving of many redound to the glory of God.
  • 2Cor 8:9 — For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.
  • 2Tim 2:10 — Therefore I endure all things for the elect’s sakes, that they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.
  • Exod 40:10 — And thou shalt anoint the altar of the burnt offering, and all his vessels, and sanctify the altar: and it shall be an altar most holy.
  • Heb 2:11 — For both he that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all of one: for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren,
  • Heb 2:11 — For both he that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all of one: for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren,
  • Heb 9:13 — For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh:
  • Heb 9:26 — For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.
  • Heb 10:5 — Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me:
  • Heb 10:10 — By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
  • Heb 10:29 — Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thi
  • Heb 10:29 — Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thi
  • Heb 13:12 — Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered without the gate.
  • Isa 62:1 — For Zion’s sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not rest, until the righteousness thereof go forth as brightness, and the salvation thereof as a lamp that burneth.
  • John 11:15 — And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, to the intent ye may believe; nevertheless let us go unto him.
  • John 17:17 — Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.
  • John 17:17 — Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.
  • Josh 3:5 — And Joshua said unto the people, Sanctify yourselves: for to morrow the LORD will do wonders among you.
  • Lev 21:8 — Thou shalt sanctify him therefore; for he offereth the bread of thy God: he shall be holy unto thee: for I the LORD, which sanctify you, am holy.
  • Rom 8:29 — For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.
  • Titus 2:14 — Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.