John 17:18
New International Version
As you sent me into the world, I have sent them into the world.

New Living Translation
Just as you sent me into the world, I am sending them into the world.

English Standard Version
As you sent me into the world, so I have sent them into the world.

Berean Standard Bible
As You sent Me into the world, I have also sent them into the world.

Berean Literal Bible
As You sent Me into the world, I also sent them into the world;

King James Bible
As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world.

New King James Version
As You sent Me into the world, I also have sent them into the world.

New American Standard Bible
Just as You sent Me into the world, I also sent them into the world.

NASB 1995
“As You sent Me into the world, I also have sent them into the world.

NASB 1977
“As Thou didst send Me into the world, I also have sent them into the world.

Legacy Standard Bible
As You sent Me into the world, I also sent them into the world.

Amplified Bible
Just as You commissioned and sent Me into the world, I also have commissioned and sent them (believers) into the world.

Christian Standard Bible
As you sent me into the world, I also have sent them into the world.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
As You sent Me into the world, I also have sent them into the world.

American Standard Version
As thou didst send me into the world, even so sent I them into the world.

Contemporary English Version
I am sending them into the world, just as you sent me.

English Revised Version
As thou didst send me into the world, even so sent I them into the world.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
I have sent them into the world the same way you sent me into the world.

Good News Translation
I sent them into the world, just as you sent me into the world.

International Standard Version
Just as you sent me into the world, so I have sent them into the world.

Majority Standard Bible
As You sent Me into the world, I have also sent them into the world.

NET Bible
Just as you sent me into the world, so I sent them into the world.

New Heart English Bible
As you sent me into the world, even so I have sent them into the world.

Webster's Bible Translation
As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world.

Weymouth New Testament
Just as Thou didst send me into the world, I also have sent them;

World English Bible
As you sent me into the world, even so I have sent them into the world.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
as You sent Me into the world, I also sent them into the world;

Berean Literal Bible
As You sent Me into the world, I also sent them into the world;

Young's Literal Translation
as Thou didst send me to the world, I also did send them to the world;

Smith's Literal Translation
As thou sentest me into the world, I also sent them into the world.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
As thou hast sent me into the world, I also have sent them into the world.

Catholic Public Domain Version
Just as you have sent me into the world, I also have sent them into the world.

New American Bible
As you sent me into the world, so I sent them into the world.

New Revised Standard Version
As you have sent me into the world, so I have sent them into the world.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
Just as you sent me into the world, so I have sent them into the world.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
“Just as you have sent me into the world, I also have sent them into the world.”
NT Translations
Anderson New Testament
As thou hast sent me into the world, so I send them into the world;

Godbey New Testament
As thou didst send me into the world, I also sent them into the world:

Haweis New Testament
As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I sent them into the world.

Mace New Testament
as thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world.

Weymouth New Testament
Just as Thou didst send me into the world, I also have sent them;

Worrell New Testament
As Thou didst send Me into the world, I also sent them into the world;

Worsley New Testament
As Thou hast sent me into the world, so have I also sent them into the world.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Prayer for the Disciples
17Sanctify them by the truth; Your word is truth. 18As You sent Me into the world, I have also sent them into the world. 19For them I sanctify Myself, so that they too may be sanctified by the truth.…

Cross References
John 20:21
Again Jesus said to them, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent Me, so also I am sending you.”

Matthew 28:18-20
Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me. / Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, / and teaching them to obey all that I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”

John 3:17
For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him.

John 13:20
Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever receives the one I send receives Me, and whoever receives Me receives the One who sent Me.”

John 4:34
Jesus explained, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to finish His work.

John 6:57
Just as the living Father sent Me and I live because of the Father, so also the one who feeds on Me will live because of Me.

John 8:42
Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love Me, for I have come here from God. I have not come on My own, but He sent Me.

John 10:36
then what about the One whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world? How then can you accuse Me of blasphemy for stating that I am the Son of God?

John 12:44-45
Then Jesus cried out, “Whoever believes in Me does not believe in Me alone, but in the One who sent Me. / And whoever sees Me sees the One who sent Me.

John 14:24
Whoever does not love Me does not keep My words. The word that you hear is not My own, but it is from the Father who sent Me.

John 15:21
But they will treat you like this because of My name, since they do not know the One who sent Me.

Luke 4:43
But Jesus told them, “I must preach the good news of the kingdom of God to the other towns as well, because that is why I was sent.”

Mark 3:14
He appointed twelve of them, whom He designated as apostles, to accompany Him, to be sent out to preach,

Matthew 10:16
Behold, I am sending you out like sheep among wolves; therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.

Isaiah 6:8
Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying: “Whom shall I send? Who will go for Us?” And I said: “Here am I. Send me!”


Treasury of Scripture

As you have sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world.

John 20:21
Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you: as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you.

Isaiah 61:1-3
The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound; …

Matthew 23:34
Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and some of them ye shall kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city:

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As You sent Me into the world
This phrase begins with a profound declaration of mission and purpose. The Greek word for "sent" is "ἀπέστειλας" (apesteilas), which is derived from "ἀποστέλλω" (apostellō), meaning to send forth with a specific purpose or commission. This word is often used in the New Testament to describe the sending of messengers or apostles. In this context, it emphasizes the divine mission of Jesus, who was sent by the Father into the world. The "world" (κόσμον, kosmon) here refers to the fallen, sinful human society that is in need of redemption. Historically, this reflects the incarnation of Christ, who entered human history to fulfill God's redemptive plan. This sending is not just a physical movement but a divine commissioning with authority and purpose.

I have also sent them into the world
The parallelism in this phrase highlights the continuity of mission from Jesus to His disciples. The same Greek root "ἀποστέλλω" (apostellō) is used here for "sent," indicating that the disciples are being commissioned with the same authority and purpose as Jesus was by the Father. This underscores the role of the disciples as apostles, those who are sent forth to carry on the work of Christ. The historical context of this sending is the Great Commission, where Jesus commands His followers to go into all the world and make disciples of all nations (Matthew 28:19-20). Theologically, this reflects the Church's mission to be the body of Christ on earth, continuing His work of teaching, healing, and proclaiming the Kingdom of God. The "world" remains the same fallen realm, yet it is also the field ripe for harvest, where the message of the Gospel is to be proclaimed. This sending is a call to engage with the world, not to retreat from it, embodying the transformative power of the Gospel in every sphere of life.

(18) As thou hast sent me into the world.--Better, As Thou didst send Me. The tense points out the definite moment of His mission. (Comp. John 10:36.)

So have I also sent them into the world.--Better, I also sent. Comp. Notes on Matthew 10:5; Luke 6:13. In the very word "Apostles" their mission was contained; but the thought here comprehends the immediate future of their wider mission. (Comp. Note on John 20:21.)

Verse 18. - As thou didst send me into the world from the glory which I had with thee before the world was - a primal fact in the earthly consciousness of the Lord Christ, and one on which he repeatedly laid emphasis (John 10:36; John 17:8) - even so I sent them into the world; i.e. from that higher sphere of thought above the world to which I had called them. "They are not of the world," but I sent them from the unworldly home and from the high place of my intimate friendship, from the ground of elevated sympathy with myself, into the world, with my message and the power to claim obedience. Christ gave this apostolic commission near the commencement of his ministry (see Matthew 10:5, etc., and Mark 3:14, Ἵνα ω΅σι μετ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἵνα ἀποστέλλῃ αὐτοὺς κηρύσσειν), and that first act, the type of the whole apostolic commission, which was finally confirmed (Matthew 28:19, 20; John 20:21, 22), is here described in the timeless force of the aorist, so that the word embraces the entire ministerial function of all who believe in the mission of the Son.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
As
καθὼς (kathōs)
Adverb
Strong's 2531: According to the manner in which, in the degree that, just as, as. From kata and hos; just as, that.

You sent
ἀπέστειλας (apesteilas)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 2nd Person Singular
Strong's 649: From apo and stello; set apart, i.e. to send out literally or figuratively.

Me
ἐμὲ (eme)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 1st Person Singular
Strong's 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.

into
εἰς (eis)
Preposition
Strong's 1519: A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases.

the
τὸν (ton)
Article - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

world,
κόσμον (kosmon)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's 2889: Probably from the base of komizo; orderly arrangement, i.e. Decoration; by implication, the world (morally).

I {have} also
κἀγὼ (kagō)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 1st Person Singular
Strong's 2504: To also, I too, but I. From kai and ego; so also the dative case kamoi, and accusative case kame and I, me.

sent
ἀπέστειλα (apesteila)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular
Strong's 649: From apo and stello; set apart, i.e. to send out literally or figuratively.

them
αὐτοὺς (autous)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

into
εἰς (eis)
Preposition
Strong's 1519: A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases.

the
τὸν (ton)
Article - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

world.
κόσμον (kosmon)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's 2889: Probably from the base of komizo; orderly arrangement, i.e. Decoration; by implication, the world (morally).


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