Joh 7:17, Eph 1:17 | JFB | STEP | 16-18. doctrine ... not mine, &c.-- that is, from Myself unauthorized; I am here by commission.

‏ John 7:17

16-18. doctrine ... not mine, &c.--that is, from Myself unauthorized; I am here by commission.

‏ Ephesians 1:17

17. A fit prayer for all Christians.

the God of our Lord Jesus--appropriate title here; as in Ep 1:20-22 he treats of God's raising Jesus to be Head over all things to the Church. Jesus Himself called the Father "My God" (Mt 27:46).

the Father of glory--(Compare Ac 7:2). The Father of that infinite glory which shines in the face of Christ, who is "the glory" (the true Shekinah); through whom also "the glory of the inheritance" (Ep 1:18) shall be ours (Joh 17:24; 2Co 3:7-4:6).

the spirit of wisdom--whose attribute is infinite wisdom and who works wisdom in believers (Is 11:2).

and revelation--whose function it is to reveal to believers spiritual mysteries (Joh 16:14, 15; 1Co 2:10).

in the knowledge--rather, as Greek (see on 1Co 13:12), "in the full knowledge of Him," namely, God.