The Nugget:
John 17:17 Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.
My Comment:
The Scriptures are described as truth. In this passage, Jesus declares that God’s Word is truth. The truth has the power to sanctify. Sanctify is a term not much used today outside of religious circles. It can mean to set apart for God. It can mean to be made holy. When God’s written Word is permitted to enter someone’s life, that person’s life will improve and change for the better as they become properly related to God. That certainly demonstrates the truth of the Bible, and the power of the Bible. Make the Bible a daily part of your life by taking some time each day to read and study it. In eternity, not to mention the here and now, you will be glad you did.
For those who desire to DIG DEEPER into this subject:
(1) Consult the cross references given in Nelson’s Cross Reference Guide to the Bible on page 1203 for John 17:17.
(2) Consult the cross references given in The New Treasury of Scripture Knowledge on page 1221 or in Logos 5 Bible software for John 17:17.
(3) Lacking access to those two resources, consult the cross references for this passage as I have developed them as given below:
John 17:17. Sanctify. T#1040. ver. 19. Jn **8:31, 32. **+15:3. Ex 31:13. Le 22:32. Nu 19:18. 1 Ch 15:12. Ps 12:6. *19:7-9. **119:9, 11, 104. Ezk 20:12. 37:28. Lk *8:11, 15. Ac *15:9. **26:18. 1 C 1:2, 30. 2 C **3:18. Ep 4:21-24. **5:26. 1 Th +*4:3. **5:23. 2 Th *2:13. T 2:14. Ja 1:21. 1 P *1:22, 23. 2 P *1:4. 1 J 1:5, 6. thy truth. The truth is the great separating force. Compare Mt 10:35 (CB). Jn +1:14. **14:6. 16:13. 18:38. Ps 119:142. Pr 8:7. thy word. The word that is Thine is the truth. The Incarnate and revealed Words alike. Compare Jn 5:33; 14:6; 16:13; Mt 22:16; 2 C *6:7; 13:8; Ga 2:5, 14; Ep 1:13 (CB). FS147G, Ps +68:16. ver. 6, 14. Jn *8:32, 40, 44, 45. 15:3. 18:37. 2 S *7:28. Ps *12:6. *17:4. *19:7-9. *119:9, 142, 144, 151, 152, 172. Lk 22:61, 62. Ac **20:32. Ep *4:21. *5:26. 2 T *2:15, 25, 26. **3:16, 17. 1 Th **+2:13. is truth. Ps 119:160. Pr +*22:21. Da *10:21. Ep *1:13. 1 T **+2:4. Ja 1:18.
jn 17.17 Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.
encouraging cross refs.
1. jn 17.19 and for their sakes i sanctify myself, that they also
might be sanctified through the truth.
2. jn 8.32 and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make
you free.
3 jn 15.3 now ye are clean through the word which i have spoken
unto you.
4. psm 19.7-9 the law of the lord is perfect, restoring the soul: the
testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple.
5. psm 19. 8 the statues of the lord are right, rejoicing the heart: the
commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes.
6 psm 19. 9 the fear of the lord is clean, enduring forever: the judgments
of the lord are true and righteous altogether.
7. psm 119.9 wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed
thereto according to thy word.
8. psm 119.10 with my whole heart have i sought thee: o let me not wander
from thy commandments.
9. psm 119.11 thy word have i hid in mine heart, that i might not sin against thee.
10. psm 119.104 through thy precepts i get understanding: therefore i hate every
false way.
11. psm 119. 105 thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.
12. lk 8.11 now the parable is this: the seed is the word of god.
13. lk 8.15 but that on the good ground are they, which in an honest and good
heart, having heard the word, keep it, and bringforth fruit with patience.
14. ac 15. 9 and put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts
by faith.
15. 11 co 3.18 but we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the
lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the spirit
of the lord.
16. eph 5.26 that he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by
the word.
17. 11 thess 2.13 but we are bound to give thanks alway to god for you, brethren beloved
of the lord, because god hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through
sanctification of the spirit and belief of the truth.
18. jas 1.21 wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and
receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.
19. 1 pe 1.22 seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through
the spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with
a pure heart fervently:
20. 1 pe 1.23 being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the
word of God, which liveth and abideth forever.
21. 1 pe 2.2 as newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow
therby:
the best commentary on the bible is the bible! the bible self explained. scripture cross references are looked up and read and pray over them as we go along the lord ask
the lord for understanding and insight.” 1 co 2.12 now we received, not the spirit of
the world,but the spirit which is of god; that we might know the things that are
freely given to us of god.” 1 co 2.13 ” comparing spiritual things with spritual”.
we can pray ask the lord to give us that “berean sprit” act 17.11 These were more
noble that those in thessalonica, in that they received the word with readiness of
mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.” the lord
desires us to know him the end of bible study to grow and grace and knowledge of
jesus christ” 2 pe 3.18, ph 3.10″ That i may know him, and the power of his ressurection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his
death. “psm 50.23 whoso offereth praise glorifieth him”