For I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me; and they have received them, and have known surely that I came out from thee, and they have believed that thou didst send me.
Ver. 8. For I have given unto them] A sweet and precious gift. It was the Jews' primary privilege that unto them were committed the oracles of God. There is a "chiefly" set upon it, Romans 3:2, πρωτον, Primarium quiddam et res magni momenti.