John 17:4
I have glorified *thee* on the earth, I have completed the work which thou gavest me that I should do it;
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do.
In Context
Cross References
John 4:34Jesus says to them, My food is that I should do the will of him that has sent me, and that I should finish his work.
John 9:3Jesus answered, Neither has this [man] sinned nor his parents, but that the works of God should be manifested in him.
John 13:31When therefore he was gone out Jesus says, Now is the Son of man glorified, and God is glorified in him.
John 14:13And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, this will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
John 15:10If ye shall keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love, as I have kept my Father's commandments and abide in his love.
Acts 20:24But I make no account of [my] life [as] dear to myself, so that I finish my course, and the ministry which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the glad tidings of the grace of God.
Matthew Henry on John 17:2-6
Christ's Intercessory Prayer. 1 These words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee: 2 As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him. 3 And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent. 4 I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do. 5 And now, O Father,… Read the whole commentary →