In John 17:6–19, our Lord effectively prays for his disciples, those whom the Father has given him, but not for the world (vv. 9–10). In verses 20–26, Jesus then prays for all future believers, once again given to him by the Father (v. 24; cf. 6:37–44). This intercession is consistent with Jesus’s teaching previously: he is the Good Shepherd who dies for the sheep (10:11, 15); he has other sheep that he will bring in the future (10:16); all of his sheep are given to him by his Father (10:29); his sheep receive eternal life due to his death; and not all people are his sheep (10:26–27). All of
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