ESV Reformation Study Bible – John 17:6
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John 17:6

17:6 manifested your name. Here, “name” denotes God in the beauty of His perfection as revealed to humanity.

Yours they were. Everything and everyone belongs to God by virtue of creation, but here possession by redemption is in view. God gave the elect to the Redeemer: “you gave me” (cf. Heb. 2:10–13).