John 17:4
I have glorified thee on the earth; the work which thou gavest me to do, I have finished.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
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, my Father, glorify thou me, with that glory which I had with thee before the world was.
Cross References
John 4:34Jesus said to them: My food is to do the pleasure of him that sent me, and to accomplish his work.
John 9:3Jesus said to them: Neither did he sin, nor his parents; but that the works of God might be seen in him.
John 13:31And Jesus said: Now is the Son of man glorified; and God is glorified in him.
John 14:13And what ye shall ask in my name, I will do for you; that the Father may be glorified in his Son.
John 15:10If ye shall keep my commands, ye will abide in the love of me, as I have kept the commands of my Father, and abide in his love.
Acts 20:24But my life is accounted by me as nothing, so that I may but finish my course, and the ministration which I have received from our Lord Jesus, to bear 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 →