John 17:1

These things Jesus spake, and when he had cast [or (had) lifted] up his eyes into heaven, he said, Father, the hour cometh, clarify thy Son, that thy Son clarify thee. (Jesus spoke these things, and when he had lifted up his eyes unto heaven, he said, Father, the time cometh, glorify thy Son, so that thy Son can glorify thee.)

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In The King James Version

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:

In Context

2As thou hast given to him power on each flesh, [or man], (so) that (to) all (the) thing (s) that thou hast given to him, he give to them everlasting life. (For thou hast given him authority over everyone, so that to all those whom thou hast given to him, he can give them eternal life.)

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Cross References

Psalms 123:1The song of degrees. To thee I have raised mine eyes; that dwellest in heavens. ( A song for steps of ascending. I raise up my eyes to thee; who livest in heaven.)

Mark 14:41And he came the third time, and said to them, Sleep ye now, and rest ye; it sufficeth. The hour is come; lo! man’s Son shall be betrayed into the hands of sinful men.

Luke 22:53When I was each day with you in the temple, ye stretched not out (your) hands into me; but this is your hour, and the power of darknesses.

John 7:39But he said this thing of the (Holy) Spirit [or of the Holy Ghost], whom men that believed in him should take (or which those who believed in him would receive later); for the Spirit was not yet given, for Jesus was not yet glorified.

John 11:4And Jesus heard, and said to them, This sickness is not to the death, but for the glory of God, (so) that man’s Son be glorified by him [or (so) that God’s Son be glorified by it].

John 12:23And Jesus answered to them, and said, The hour cometh, that man’s Son be clarified, (or The time hath come, for man’s Son to be glorified).

Matthew Henry on John 17:1

This chapter is a prayer, it is the Lord's prayer, the Lord Christ's prayer. There was one Lord's prayer which he taught us to pray, and did not pray himself, for he needed not to pray for the forgiveness of sin; but this was properly and peculiarly his, and suited him only as a Mediator, and is a sample of his intercession, and yet is of use to us both for instruction and encouragement in prayer. Observe, I. The circumstances of the prayer, ver. 1 . II. The prayer itself. 1. He prays for himself, ver. 1-5 . 2. He… Read the whole commentary →

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