What Does John 17:6 Mean in the King James?
I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them me; and they have kept thy word.
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
The Father’s name is the Father’s nature made visible through Jesus.
THE MEANING
The Father’s nature comes into view through Jesus. Those entrusted to the Son already belong to the Father, and they hold to the word through which that nature is revealed.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
This undoes the belief that God’s name is only a title to recite; here, it is made visible.
THE ROOT
ὄνομα
ónoma
GROWS FROM
ὀνομ- (stem ὀνοματ-)
Name, designation, or recognized identity.
Here, the Father’s name is more than a label: it is the nature by which the Father is recognized. Jesus makes that nature perceptible in what he reveals.
ALSO GROWS
onomázō: To name or call by name.
ὀνομάζω
Naming identifies who is being revealed; in this verse, the Father’s identity is made known through the Son.
onomastós: Named or renowned.
ὀνομαστός
A name carries a recognized identity, pointing beyond a sound to the one known by it.
πεφανέρωκα
pephanérōka
GROWS FROM
φανερ- (from φαίνω, phaínō)
To make visible, bring into the open, or cause to appear.
“manifested” in this verse is pephanérōka. The verb presents revelation as something brought into view, not merely stated. Joined to “name,” it shows the Father’s nature becoming perceptible through the Son.
ALSO GROWS
phanerós: Visible or manifest.
φανερός
The Father’s name is made visible through the Son’s life and words.
phanérōsis: Manifestation or disclosure.
φανέρωσις
The verse describes disclosure that lets the Father’s identity be known.
THE PATTERN
A name becomes knowable when the character carried by it is revealed.
And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth,And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father?THE THREAD
And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it: that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them.This repeats the same word for “name” (ὄνομα, ónoma) and makes its disclosure ongoing. The Father’s nature is not only information passed to them; the verse connects it with the Father’s love dwelling in them.
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