John 17

The King James Version, with what the brothers preached on each verse.

John 17 read by Alexander Scourby, from his channel Scourby YouBible. It carries on into John 18.

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¹These words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee:

4 sermons on John 17:1

“In the 17th chapter of Saint John, the 1st verse.”
The Hour Is ComeWilliam Branham, April 15, 1951
“Over in Saint John the 17th chapter and the 1st verse, these lovely words of our Saviour.”
The Time Is At HandWilliam Branham, April 8, 1956
“Look in Jn 17:1-5.”
Facts of Our Faith #3Lee Vayle, February 10, 1991
“Now, in John 17:1, that they who watch over here, the Elect.”
ElectionLee Vayle, 1967

²As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him.

3 sermons on John 17:2

“John 17:2 notice:”
God Inwelling & Dwelling Amongst MenLee Vayle, July 30, 1972
“And It therefore said, "For the multitudes did not know the true God."”
The Prayer of Eliezer (no date)Lee Vayle
“This is also set forth in John 17:2, “As Thou hast given Him power OVER ALL FLESH, that He should give eternal life to as many as Thou hast given Him.””
An Exposition Of The Seven Church AgesWilliam Branham

³And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.

7 sermons on John 17:3

“It's in that Word.”
The Spirit Manifested LifeLee Vayle, July 2, 1978
“Look over here in John 17:3.”
Ephesians # 5c2Lee Vayle, June 21, 1981
“Jesus said so, in John 17:3.”
Which JesusLee Vayle, January 9, 1983. Names it 2 times.
“And you notice over here in John 17:3, Jesus tells a little bit about It.”
Thoughts on the Godhead #1Lee Vayle, April 27, 1986
“And that revelation is going to come to the Church at the end-time.”
The Omega RevelationLee Vayle, July 4, 1986

See all 7 sermons on John 17:3

⁴I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do.

4 sermons on John 17:4

“Notice what He said in John 17:4”
The Sanctifying WordLee Vayle, August 28, 1966
“Also in John 17:4”
Resurrection Proves -Atonement by the BloodLee Vayle, July 11, 1976
“Jn 17:4-5.”
Who Is This Melchisedec #12Lee Vayle, September 11, 1988
“And that’s the same as we read in Jn 17:4-5, right down the line.”
Facts of Our Faith #3Lee Vayle, February 10, 1991

⁵And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.

19 sermons on John 17:5

“(See?)”
Appearing and Coming # 1Lee Vayle, February 4, 1980
“Okay, John 17:5.”
TransformationLee Vayle, March 2, 1983
“Then He must have been somewhere.”
The Lord's Supper #2 3283Lee Vayle, June 8, 1983
“Let`s go to John 17: 5.”
GloryLee Vayle, June 22, 1983. Names it 3 times.
“This also clues us into the words of Jesus in Jn 17:5.”
Spirit and LifeLee Vayle, June 10, 1987
“Now we might go to Jn 17:5, and you can’t make God say, “Well now I shared the glory with me we had in the beginning.””
Who Is This Melchisedec #11Lee Vayle, September 7, 1988

See all 19 sermons on John 17:5

⁶I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them me; and they have kept thy word.

4 sermons on John 17:6

“Okay, Jn 17:6.”
Presence #7Lee Vayle, June 3, 1981
“Then you go to Jn 17:6, same Book.”
Presence #12Lee Vayle, July 15, 1981
“Now the word ‘manifest’ is found in places such as Jn 17:6.”
Q&A #7 Coming-Appearing-PresenceLee Vayle, June 7, 1992

⁷Now they have known that all things whatsoever thou hast given me are of thee.

2 sermons on John 17:7

“John 17:7 here, or — or He said, “I am…” 10:7, rather, He said, “I am the Door to the sheepfold.”
The Philadelphian Church AgeWilliam Branham, December 10, 1960
“But, hold it, the Methodist say this, the Baptist say this, the Presbyterian say, "What is truth?”
False Anointed OnesLee Vayle, November 16, 1969

⁸For I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me; and they have received them , and have known surely that I came out from thee, and they have believed that thou didst send me.

3 sermons on John 17:8

“Let's go over here to John 17:8, and hear what Jesus had to say about His Word ministry.”
Established in the Present TruthLee Vayle, July 10, 1971
“Let’s take Jn 17:8, if that’s the right verse now.”
Who Is This Melchisedec #10Lee Vayle, September 4, 1988
“Let’s go to Jn 17: 8.”
Covenants #7Lee Vayle, October 11, 1989

⁹I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me; for they are thine.

2 sermons on John 17:9

“Over there in John 17: 9, which we read we have the very same thought, we won't need to read It.”
The Doctrine of Election and ReprobationLee Vayle, July 13, 1966
“Notice, John 17:9.”
ElectionLee Vayle, 1967

¹⁰And all mine are thine, and thine are mine; and I am glorified in them.

¹¹And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are .

2 sermons on John 17:11

“Now, Jesus prayed, in John, the 17th chapter and the 11th verse, to you who put down these Sunday school texts.”
OnenessWilliam Branham, February 11, 1962. Names it 2 times.
“In John 17:11,”
There is a Real BodyLee Vayle, November 30, 1979

¹²While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled.

4 sermons on John 17:12

“First of all we go to Jn 17:12.”
Satan's Eden #14Lee Vayle, March 21, 1990
“Then, Jesus in Jn 17:12, said, "I've only lost one which is the Judas son of perdition, and he was not one to begin with."”
Does God Change His Mind - ReviewLee Vayle, March 22, 1992
“And since this is so, we remember Lk 18:8 again, the Son of man; Matthew 12, the Son of man; Jn 17:12, the son of perdition.”
Seed of Discrepancy #44Lee Vayle, October 5, 1996
“John 17:12, “While I was with them in the world, I kept them in Thy Name: those that Thou gavest Me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the Scripture might be fulfilled.””
An Exposition Of The Seven Church AgesWilliam Branham. Names it 2 times.

¹³And now come I to thee; and these things I speak in the world, that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves.

2 sermons on John 17:13

“Now, let’s go to Jn 17:13-17, and I am going to try to link this up the best I can.”
Projecting of Love #3Lee Vayle, February 12, 1984. Names it 2 times.
“It is our privilege to believe the whole Word of God for this hour and believe that we are spoken of, yes prophesied of, in Jn 17:13-16.”
Projecting of Love #5Lee Vayle, February 22, 1984

¹⁴I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

5 sermons on John 17:14

“We go to John 17: 14-17.”
Challenge of Two KingdomsLee Vayle, December 29, 1974
“Notice also the words of Jesus in the Book of Jn 17:14-21.”
Ashamed of Him #5Lee Vayle, December 20, 1989
“Jn 17:14 and it says here,”
Spoken Word is Original Seed BK2 #14Lee Vayle, July 25, 1993

¹⁵I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil.

1 sermon on John 17:15

“And this first Son and only begotten One--now that's His special name, He's different from us--was not another God known as God the Son coming forth from a spirit fountain with identical substance of one mind and purpose and essence as Trinitarians say but is the "Son of God" as spoken of by Jesus Himself in Jn 17:15 [5], who said, “Restore to me the glory which I had with you in the beginning when you were my glory.””
Who Is This Melchisedec #23Lee Vayle, November 5, 1988

¹⁶They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

2 sermons on John 17:16

“Jesus said in Jn 17:16.”
Who Is This Melchisedec #20Lee Vayle, October 23, 1988
“Now, if you get back to Jn 17:16:”
Shalom #14Lee Vayle, April 23, 1989

¹⁷Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.

29 sermons on John 17:17

“John 17:17, “Sanctify them, Father, through the Truth.””
Israel And The ChurchWilliam Branham, March 25, 1953
“St. John 17:17, before He could send them out, He said, “Sanctify them, Father, through the Truth.”
Questions And Answers On GenesisWilliam Branham, July 29, 1953
“Judas Iscariot was sanctified in John 17:17 and was given power in Matthew 10 to go out and cast out devils.”
Questions And AnswersWilliam Branham, January 3, 1954
“He was sanctified through the Word: Hebrews 17:17 — I mean Saint John 17:17, “Sanctify them, Father, through the Truth; Thy Word is the Truth.””
The Seal Of GodWilliam Branham, May 14, 1954
“And in St. John 17:17 Jesus sanctified Peter through the Truth, said the Word was the Truth, and He was the Word.”
Questions And AnswersWilliam Branham, June 28, 1959
“When Peter had been called and justified by believing on the Lord Jesus Christ…And in John 17:17, Jesus sanctified them through the Word, for the Word was the Truth,”
What Was The Holy Ghost Given ForWilliam Branham, December 17, 1959

See all 29 sermons on John 17:17

¹⁸As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world.

¹⁹And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth.

²⁰Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word;

10 sermons on John 17:20

“In Saint John’s Gospel, the 17th chapter, and beginning with the 20th verse, I wish to read for a — a text.”
Birth PainsWilliam Branham, January 24, 1965
“She is spoken of as in Him, and they are said to be one as in John 17:20-26.”
Christ the Mystery of God RevealedLee Vayle, January 12, 1979
“Let’s read something here, very carefully and sincerely in John 17: 20-26 again.”
What Happens When the Holy Ghost Comes #1 (0081-B)Lee Vayle, February 22, 1981
“This has to be John 17:20-21.”
Ephesians # 5cLee Vayle, June 14, 1981
“This is identical to Jn 17:20-26.”
Presence #16 - NLV.Lee Vayle, October 3, 1981
“But get this one thing sure: that the revelation of that Name has been given us, or declared to us in John 17:20.”
His Name is in The Bride (3481) - NLV.Lee Vayle, October 11, 1981

See all 10 sermons on John 17:20

²¹That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.

18 sermons on John 17:21

“That's restoration.”
Pre-Millennial RestorationLee Vayle, May 10, 1970
“I in them, they in us, (He said) I'm in the Father, the Father in me, and I in them, they're in Me."”
Righteousness and UnrighteousnessLee Vayle, November 16, 1970
“We will be one with Him, even as Jesus prayed, "that they may be one as We are one, that they may be one in us," [Jn 17:21a] that is restoration.”
RestorationLee Vayle, March 21, 1971
“John going back further, John 17:21-23.”
There is a Real BodyLee Vayle, November 30, 1979. Names it 2 times.
“And then in John 17:21-23 this is concerning the Bride,”
The Great LevelerLee Vayle, December 2, 1979. Names it 2 times.
“Over here in John 17:21-24”
What Happens When the Holy Ghost Comes #1 (0081-B)Lee Vayle, February 22, 1981. Names it 2 times.

See all 18 sermons on John 17:21

²²And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one:

1 sermon on John 17:22

“Okay, let's go to Jn 17:22.”
Who Is This Melchisedec #20Lee Vayle, October 23, 1988

²³I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me.

1 sermon on John 17:23

“John 17:23.”
Presence #14Lee Vayle, July 29, 1981

²⁴Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.

3 sermons on John 17:24

“Now, we go back to John 17:24.”
Once for AllLee Vayle, November 27, 1979. Names it 3 times.
“And in John 17:24:”
Things That Are To Be #8Lee Vayle, April 17, 1994
“That’s the only thing He asked the Father in prayer: your companionship forever...John 17:24..”
Things That Are To Be #16Lee Vayle, June 8, 1994

²⁵O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee: but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me.

1 sermon on John 17:25

“We are now back to John 17:25-26.”
Ephesians # 15Lee Vayle, February 14, 1982

²⁶And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it : that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them.

King James Version