The Bible Study Podcast, episode 344. Today, the Bible Study podcast continues the study of the gospel of John with chapter 17.

Welcome to the Bible study podcast. We continue on with John in chapter 17. You may recall that we've been

dealing with a number of chapters that dealt with the last supper. We're still on the same night,

but the scene has moved to the Garden of Githsemini, where Jesus is preparing to be betrayed.

And that will happen next week in chapter 18. This week is going to be all

about Jesus prayers, starting in verse one. After Jesus said this, he looked toward heaven and

prayed, Father, the hour has come, glorify your son, that your son may glorify you. For you granted him all authority

over all people so that he might give eternal life to all those you have given him. Now this is

eternal life, that they know you the only true God and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.

I have brought you glory on earth by finishing the work you gave me to do.

And now, Father, glorify me in your presence with the glory I had with you before the world began.

This is an interesting prayer because it starts, or it ends rather, with the starting place for Jesus, which was not Christmas Day, but that he is the begotten son that pre-existed before then. And so he says, give me the glory that I had when I was with you before the world began.

Now that I have gotten to the point where I have been faithful to you, and I'm almost finished

what you sent me to do, basically.

He's almost gotten to the point where he has been the sacrifice that was sent, almost gotten

to the point then where God can raise him up again and not just from the dead,

but also to the glory that he had before and will have again at this moment.

And then I liked this interesting thing that they may have eternal life.

You granted him authority over all people that he might have eternal life, you granted him authority over all people

that he might have eternal life to all those you have given him. Now, this is eternal life,

and this is interesting because I would have thought eternal life just met living forever.

But Jesus says that's not what he's talking about. I think the reason why just living forever isn't

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