Joh 17:19 | Clarke | e4.org | 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 . The word, αγιαζω, to consecrate or sanctify , is used in the sense of devoting to death, in , both in the Hebrew and in the Septuagint : the Hebrew 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: .

‏ 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 9:11-13. The word, αγιαζω, to consecrate or sanctify, is used in the sense of devoting to death, in Jer 12:3, both in the Hebrew and in the Septuagint: the Hebrew 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 Clarke on Joh 17:1.