SEV Biblia, Chapter 17:19
Y por ellos yo me santifico a mí mismo, para que tambin ellos sean santificados en la verdad.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - John 17:19
Verse 19. I sanctify myself] I consecrate and devote myself to death-that I may thereby purchase eternal salvation for them. There seems to be here an allusion to the entering of the high priest into the holy of holies, when, having offered the sacrifice, he sprinkled the blood before the ark of the covenant. So Jesus entered into the holiest of all by his own blood, in order to obtain everlasting redemption for men: see Heb. ix. 11-13. The word, agiazw, to consecrate or sanctify, is used in the sense of devoting to death, in Jer. xii. 3, both in the Hebrew and in the Septuagint: the Hebrew dq signifies also to sacrifice. III. Our Lord's prayer for his Church, and for all who would believe on his name, through the preaching of the apostles and their successors: see on ver. 1.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 19. And for their sakes I sanctify myself , etc.] Which is to be understood, not of his making himself holy; for he never was a sinner, and so stood in no need of sanctification: he was made like unto us, yet without sin; he looked like a sinner, but was not one; he was traduced, charged, and treated as such, but was perfectly holy, and free from all sin; he was essentially and infinitely holy as God; and as man, he was holy in his conception and birth; he was filled with the Holy Ghost, and was holy in his life and in his death: rather this may be meant of his being separated, and set apart for his office as Mediator, which, though done by the Father, and is ascribed unto him, ( John 10:36); yet may also be attributed to himself; since he voluntarily devoted himself to this work, and cheerfully accepted of it: though it seems best to understand it of his offering himself a sacrifice for, and in the room and stead of his people, in allusion to the offerings under the law, the sacrificing of which is expressed by sanctifying, ( Exodus 13:2,14,15); and because his sacrifice was an Holy One: what he sanctified or offered was himself: not his divine, but human nature, his body and his soul; and these as in union with his divine person; which gives his sacrifice the preference to all others, and is the true reason of its virtue and efficacy; and this is expressive of his great love. He himself is also the sanctifier or offerer, which shows him to be a priest, and that he had a power over his own life, and that he sacrificed it voluntarily; and this he is said to do at that present time, because the time was very near that he was to be offered up, and his present prayer and intercession were a part of his priestly office. This he did not for his own sake, nor for the sake of angels, nor for all men, but for his disciples, as distinct from the world; and not for the apostles only, but for all that the Father had given to him; and that as their substitute and surety, in their room and stead: that they also might be sanctified through the truth ; that is, have all their sins expiated, and they be cleansed from all the guilt and filth of them, through Christ himself and his sacrifice, who is the truth; or in truth; as it may be rendered, really and truly, in opposition to the legal sacrifices which atoned for sin, not really, only typically; or through the. Gospel of truth, bringing the good news of atonement by the blood and sacrifice of Christ, and which the Spirit of God seals to the conscience with comfort and joy.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 17-19 - Christ next prayed for the disciples, that they might not only be kep from evil, but made good. It is the prayer of Jesus for all that ar his, that they may be made holy. Even disciples must pray for sanctifying grace. The means of giving this grace is, "through the truth, thy word is truth." Sanctify them, set them apart for thysel and thy service. Own them in the office; let thy hand go with them Jesus entirely devoted himself to his undertaking, and all the parts of it, especially the offering up himself without spot unto God, by the eternal Spirit. The real holiness of all true Christians is the frui of Christ's death, by which the gift of the Holy Ghost was purchased he gave himself for his church, to sanctify it. If our views have no this effect on us, they are not Divine truth, or we do not receive the by a living and a working faith, but as mere notions.
Greek Textus Receptus
και 2532 CONJ υπερ 5228 PREP αυτων 846 P-GPM εγω 1473 P-1NS αγιαζω 37 5719 V-PAI-1S εμαυτον 1683 F-1ASM ινα 2443 CONJ και 2532 CONJ αυτοι 846 P-NPM ωσιν 5600 5753 V-PXS-3P ηγιασμενοι 37 5772 V-RPP-NPM εν 1722 PREP αληθεια 225 N-DSF
