“This is eternal life, that they should know you, the only true God, and him whom you sent, Jesus Christ.”
— WEB
John 17:3
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Translations sourced from the public-domain WEB, KJV, and ASV. See all sources.
“And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.”
— KJV
“And this is life eternal, that they should know thee the only true God, and him whom thou didst send, [even] Jesus Christ.”
— ASV
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Commentary
this is--that. life eternal, that they might--may. know, &c.--This life eternal, then, is not mere conscious and unending existence, but a life of acquaintance with God in Christ (Job 22:21). thee, the only true God--the sole personal living God; in glorious contrast equally with heathen polytheism, philosophic naturalism, and mystic pantheism. and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent--This is the only place where our Lord gives Himself this compound name, afterwards so current in apostolic preaching and writing. Here the terms are used in their strict signification--"JESUS," because He "saves His people from their sins"; "CHRIST," as anointed with the measureless fulness of the Holy Ghost for the exercise of His saving offices (see on Mat 1:16); "WHOM THOU HAST SENT," in the plenitude of Divine Authority and Power, to save. "The very juxtaposition here of Jesus Christ with the Father is a proof, by implication, of our Lord's Godhead. The knowledge of God and a creature could not be eternal life, and such an association of the one with the other would be inconceivable" [ALFORD].
— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)
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