And I have made Your name known to them and will continue to make it known, so that the love You have for Me may be in them, and I in them.”
26. And I have declared to them thy name, and will declare it. Christ discharged the office of Teacher, but, in order to make known the Father, he employed the secret revelation of the Spirit, and not the sound of his voice alone. He means, therefore, that he taught the apostles efficaciously.
Here is, I. A petition for the glorifying of all those that were given to Christ (Joh 17:24), not only these apostles, but all believers: Father, I will that they may be with me. Observe, 1. The connection of this request with those foregoing. He had prayed that God would preserve, sanctify, and unite them; and now he prays that he would crown all his gifts with their glorification.
Commenting on John 17:24-26
Verse 26. Thy name. . And will declare it. After my resurrection, and by the influence of the Holy Spirit, . I in them. By my doctrines and the influences of my Spirit. That my religion may show its power, and produce its proper fruits in their minds, .