John 17:4
I have glorified yoʋ on earth. I have completed the work yoʋ have given me to do.
Text-Critical English 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
5And now, Father, glorify me in yoʋr presence with the glory I had with yoʋ before the world existed.
Cross References
John 4:34Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of him who sent me and to complete his work.
John 9:3Jesus answered, “Neither did this man sin nor his parents, but it happened so that the works of God might be revealed in him.
John 13:31When Judas had gone out, Jesus said, “Now the Son of Man is glorified, and God is glorified in him.
John 14:13Whatever you ask in my name 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 abide in his love.
Acts 20:24But I take no account of these things, nor do I regard my life as precious to myself, if only I may complete my course with joy and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify 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 →