O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee: but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me.
Jesus prays: 'Dad, you're completely righteous, but the world doesn't really know you. I know you though, and my followers here get that you sent me.'
The world might not see God clearly, but Jesus does, and so can we.
📚 Historical Context
In the Gospel of John, Chapter 17, Jesus is praying to God the Father during the Last Supper, just before His arrest and crucifixion, as part of His farewell discourse to the disciples. This prayer highlights the deep relationship between Jesus and the Father, emphasizing that the world has rejected God's revelation while Jesus and His followers have embraced it. It reflects the historical tension between Jewish expectations of the Messiah and the broader world's spiritual blindness in first-century Palestine.
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