John 17:4

I have clarified thee on the earth, I have ended the work, that thou hast given to me to do. (I have glorified thee on the earth, I have finished the work, that thou hast given me to do.)

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

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

3And this is everlasting life, that they know thee very God alone, and whom thou hast sent, Jesus Christ. (And this is eternal life, that they know thee, the true God alone, and whom thou hast sent, Jesus Christ.)

5And now, Father, clarify thou me at thyself, with the clearness that I had at thee, before the world was made. (And now, Father, glorify me before thee, or in thy presence, with the glory that I had with thee, before the world was made.)

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Cross References

John 4:34Jesus saith to them, My meat is that I do the will of him that sent me, [and] that I perform the work of him. (Jesus said to them, My food is that I do the will of him who sent me, until I finish his work.)

John 9:3Jesus answered, Neither this man sinned, neither his elders, [or Neither this man sinned, neither his father and mother]; but that the works of God be showed in him.

John 13:31Therefore when he was gone out, Jesus said, Now man’s Son is clarified, and God is clarified in him. (And so when Judas had gone out, Jesus said, Now man’s Son is glorified, and God is glorified in him.)

John 14:13And whatever thing ye ask the Father in my name, I shall do this thing, (so) that the Father be glorified in the Son.

John 15:10If ye keep my commandments, ye shall dwell in my love; as I have kept the commandments of my Father, and dwell in his love. (If ye obey my commandments, ye shall remain in my love; as I have obeyed my Father’s commandments, and remain in his love.)

Acts 20:24But I dread nothing of these, neither I make my life preciouser than myself, so that I end, [or fulfill], my course, and the ministry of the word, which I received of the Lord Jesus, to witness the gospel of the grace of God. (But I fear none of that, nor do I make my life of any great value, I only desire that I fulfill my course, and the ministry of the word, which I received from the Lord Jesus, yea, to testify to the Gospel, or the Good News, 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 →

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