unfoldingWord_en_tn/jhn/17/intro.md

# John 17 General Notes #

#### Structure and formatting ####

This chapter forms one long prayer.

#### Special concepts in this chapter ####

##### Glory #####

Scripture often speaks of God's glory as a great, brilliant light. When people see this light, they are afraid. In this chapter Jesus asks God to show his followers his true glory ([John 17:1](../../jhn/17/01.md)).

##### Jesus is eternal #####

Jesus existed before God created the world ([John 17:5](../../jhn/17/05.md)). John wrote about this in [John 1:1](../../jhn/01/01.md).

#### Other possible translation difficulties in this chapter ####

##### Prayer #####

Jesus is God's one and only Son ([John 3:16](../../jhn/03/16.md)), so he could pray differently from the way other people pray. He used many words that sounded like commands. Your translation should make Jesus sound like a son speaking with love and respect to his father and telling him what the father needs to do so that the father will be happy.

## Links: ##

* __[John 17:01 Notes](./01.md)__

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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# John 17 General Notes #`

			`#### Structure and formatting ####`

			`This chapter forms one long prayer.`

			`#### Special concepts in this chapter ####`

Changes from Trainer 2018-01-12 18:34:04 +00:00			`##### Glory #####`

Update intro file for verse links 2018-02-22 02:56:27 +00:00			`Scripture often speaks of God's glory as a great, brilliant light. When people see this light, they are afraid. In this chapter Jesus asks God to show his followers his true glory ([John 17:1](../../jhn/17/01.md)).`
Changes from Trainer 2018-01-12 18:34:04 +00:00
			`##### Jesus is eternal #####`

Update intro file for verse links 2018-02-22 02:56:27 +00:00			`Jesus existed before God created the world ([John 17:5](../../jhn/17/05.md)). John wrote about this in [John 1:1](../../jhn/01/01.md).`
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00
			`#### Other possible translation difficulties in this chapter ####`

			`##### Prayer #####`
Changes from Trainer 2018-01-12 18:34:04 +00:00
Update intro file for verse links 2018-02-22 02:56:27 +00:00			`Jesus is God's one and only Son ([John 3:16](../../jhn/03/16.md)), so he could pray differently from the way other people pray. He used many words that sounded like commands. Your translation should make Jesus sound like a son speaking with love and respect to his father and telling him what the father needs to do so that the father will be happy.`
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00
			`## Links: ##`

			`* __[John 17:01 Notes](./01.md)__`
Moves navigation of into out of bullet list 2017-07-24 15:51:42 +00:00
			`__[<<](../16/intro.md) \| [>>](../18/intro.md)__`