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# John 17 General Notes
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### Structure and formatting
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This chapter forms one long prayer.
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### Special concepts in this chapter
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#### Glory
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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)).
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#### Jesus is eternal
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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).
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### Other possible translation difficulties in this chapter
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#### Prayer
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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.
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## Links:
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* __[John 17:1 Notes](./01.md)__
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__[<<](../16/intro.md) | [>>](../18/intro.md)__
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