John 17:4
I have glorified You on the earth. I have finished the work which You have given Me to do.
English Majority Text (NT)
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 said to them, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me, and to finish His work.
John 9:3Jesus answered, “Neither this man nor his parents sinned, but so that the works of God should be manifest in him.
John 13:31When he had gone out, Jesus said, “Now the Son of Man has been glorified, and God has been glorified in Him.
John 14:13And whatever you may ask in My name, this I will do, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
John 15:10If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love, just as I have kept My Father's commandments and I abide in His love.
Acts 20:24But I count myself as nothing; nor do I regard my life as valuable to myself, so that I may complete my course with joy, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to bear solemn testimony to the gospel 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 →