Teks -- John 17:13 (NET)

17:13 But now I am coming to you, and I am saying these things in the world, so they may experience my joy completed in themselves.

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Robertson: Joh 17:13 - That they may have my joy fulfilled in themselves

That they may have my joy fulfilled in themselves ( hina echōsin tēn charan tēn emēn peplērōmenēn en heautois ).

Purpose clause with present active subjunctive of echō , "that they may keep on having Christ’ s joy in their faithfulness realized in themselves."Peplērōmenēn is the perfect passive participle of plēroō in the predicate position. For the use of plēroō with chara (joy) see Joh 15:11; Joh 16:24; Phi 2:2.

Wesley: Joh 17:13 - In the world

That is, before I leave the world.

Wesley: Joh 17:13 - My joy

The joy I feel at going to the Father.

JFB: Joh 17:9-14 - I pray for them

Not as individuals merely, but as representatives of all such in every succeeding age (see on Joh 17:20).

JFB: Joh 17:9-14 - not for the world

For they had been given Him "out of the world" (Joh 17:6), and had been already transformed into the very opposite of it. The things sought for them, indeed, are applicable only to such.

JFB: Joh 17:13 - I speak in the world, that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves

That is, Such a strain befits rather the upper sanctuary than the scene of conflict; but I speak so "in the world," that My joy, the joy I experience in knowing that such intercessions are to be made for them by their absent Lord, may be tasted by those who now hear them, and by all who shall hereafter read the record of them,

Clarke: Joh 17:13 - My joy fulfilled in themselves

My joy fulfilled in themselves - See on Joh 15:11 (note).

Calvin: Joh 17:13 - And these things I speak in the world // That they may have my joy fulfilled

13.And these things I speak in the world Here Christ shows that the reason why he was so earnest in praying for his disciples was, not that he was anxious about their future condition, but rather to provide a remedy for their anxiety. We know how prone our minds are to seek external aids; and if these present themselves, we eagerly seize them, and do not easily suffer ourselves to be torn from them. Christ, therefore, prays to his Father in the presence of his disciples, not because he needed any words, but to remove from them all doubt. I speak in the world, says he; that is, within their hearing, or, in their presence, ¹²⁰ that their minds may be calm; for their salvation already was in no danger, having been placed by Christ in the hands of God.

That they may have my joy fulfilled He calls it HIS joy, because it was necessary that the disciples should obtain it from him; or, if you choose to express it more briefly, he calls it his, because he is the Author, Cause, and Pledge of it; for in us there is nothing but alarm and uneasiness, but in Christ alone there is peace and joy.

TSK: Joh 17:13 - come // that

come : Joh 17:1, Joh 13:3; Heb 12:2

that : Joh 3:29, Joh 15:11, Joh 16:22-24, Joh 16:33; Neh 8:10; Psa 43:4, Psa 126:5; Act 13:52; Rom 14:17; Gal 5:22; 1Jo 1:4; 2Jo 1:12

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Poole: Joh 17:13

He speaketh still in the present tense. These words were not fulfilled six weeks after this, for he conversed with his disciples forty days after his resurrection, Act 1:3 ; but Christ was now shortly coming, therefore he saith, I come. And, saith he, while I am in the world, I speak these things; I put up this prayer, that the joy of my people may not be diminished by my going from them, but that when they can no longer (as hitherto) rejoice in my bodily presence with them, they may yet rejoice that I am ascended to my Father, that they stand commended to the care of thee, my Father, by this my last prayer.

Gill: Joh 17:13 - And now come I to thee // and these things I speak in the world // that // they may have my joy fulfilled in themselves

And now come I to thee,.... As in Joh 17:11, which he repeats as a very great happiness to himself, and with much pleasure and joy, but not without concern for those he was parting from:

and these things I speak in the world; which he had expressed in this prayer concerning the nature of eternal life, and his power to give it to all the Father had given him; concerning the work of redemption finished by him, and the glory due unto him on that account; concerning his chosen ones, particularly the apostles, and the mutual interest he and his Father had in them; and what he had done for them, in revealing the Gospel to them, keeping them by the powerful influence of his grace, and the great concern he had for their future preservation: and these things he took notice of in his prayer, whilst he was in the world, before he took his leave of them;

that, says he,

they may have my joy fulfilled in themselves: either the joy which Christ had in them, which was of an early date, is still continued towards them, and will be more fully expressed, when they shall all be brought safe home to glory, and be for ever with him; or else the joy of which Christ is the author and object, which comes from him, and centres in him: saints rejoice in the person of Christ; in the greatness and dignity of his person, as God over all; hence they know that what he did and suffered answered the purpose, that he must have great interest in heaven, and they must be safe in his hands; and in the fitness of it, to be a Mediator, he being God and man in one person; and in the fulness of it, which is all theirs, it is with delight they view it, with joy they receive from it, and believe they shall not want; and in the beauty of it, he being fairer than the children of men. The offices Christ bears as prophet, priest, and King, the relations he stands in as father, husband, brother and friend; his Gospel and communion with him, the blessings of grace in him, as peace, pardon, righteousness and salvation, lay a foundation for solid joy in them that believe; as do also his death, resurrection, exaltation and intercession. This joy in him is a grace of the Spirit, and is attended with faith in Christ; it should be constant, but is frequently interrupted; though the ground and foundation of it is always the same; it is therefore at present imperfect, but may be increased; it is unknown to the world, and inexpressible by the saints; and may be said to be "fulfilled" in them, when it abounds in them more and more; when they are full of it, and that is full of glory, and which will be fulfilled in glory.