'I will'
19 December 2022
‘Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me be with me where I am ...’
John 17.24
Among the English versions there is considerable variety of renderings of the Greek THELO— ‘I will’, reflecting differences of opinion among scholars regarding the precise meaning of the Greek word, which is found in all the manuscripts. There is a variant
in some manuscripts which has led some translators to substitute ‘that which’ for ‘they whom’, but this does not affect the meaning of THELO. The rendering in the Authorised Version conveys an emphatic declaration of the Saviour's will concerning
His people, but all of the alternatives are weaker expressions such as— desire, wish, want, would and pray.
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