John 17:4

John 17:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do.
• New International Version (NIV)I have brought you glory on earth by finishing the work you gave me to do.
• English Standard Version (ESV)I glorified you on earth, having accomplished the work that you gave me to do.
• New King James Version (NKJV)I have glorified You on the earth. I have finished the work which You have given Me to do.

Context of John 17:4

2since you gave him authority over all people, so that he may give eternal life to everyone you have given him. 3This is eternal life: that they may know you, the only true God, and the one you have sent — Jesus Christ. I have glorified you on the earth by completing the work you gave me to do. 5Now, Father, glorify me in your presence with that glory I had with you before the world existed. 6“I have revealed your name to the people you gave me from the world. They were yours, you gave them to me, and they have kept your word.

John 17:4 word by word

ἐγώ σε ἐδόξασα ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς τὸ ἔργον τελειώσας ὃ δέδωκάς μοι ἵνα ποιήσω.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Iἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• have glorifiedδοξάζωdoxazō · to glorifyG1392
• theeσύsu · youG4771
• onἐπίepi · upon/to/againstG1909
• the earthὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the earthγῆgē · earth: planetG1093
• I have finishedτελειόωteleioō · to perfectG5048
• the workἔργονergon · workG2041
• whichὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• thou gavestδίδωμιdidōmi · to giveG1325
• toἵναhina · in order that/toG2443
• doποιέωpoieō · to do/make: doG4160

Cross-references for John 17:4

• John 12:28Father, glorify your name.” Then a voice came from heaven: “I have glorified it, and I will glorify it again.”
• John 13:31When he had left, 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 it so that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
• John 4:34“My food is to do the will of him who sent me and to finish his work,” Jesus told them.
• John 5:36“But I have a greater testimony than John’s because of the works that the Father has given me to accomplish. These very works I am doing testify about me that the Father has sent me.
• John 9:3“Neither this man nor his parents sinned,” Jesus answered. “This came about so that God’s works might be displayed in him.
• John 14:31On the contrary, so that the world may know that I love the Father, I do as the Father commanded me. “Get up; let’s leave this place.
• John 15:10If you keep my commands you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commands and remain in his love.
• John 19:30When Jesus had received the sour wine, he said, “It is finished.” Then bowing his head, he gave up his spirit.
• Acts 20:24But I consider my life of no value to myself; my purpose is to finish my course and the ministry I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of God’s grace.
• 2 Timothy 4:7I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.

Commentaries on John 17:4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4I have glorified thee - Our Lord, considering himself as already sacrificed for the sin of the world, speaks of having completed the work which God had given him to do: and he looks forward to that time when, through the preaching of his Gospel, his sacrifice should be acknowledged, and the true God should be known and worshipped by the whole world.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4Have glorified thee - In my instructions and life. See his discourses everywhere, the whole tendency of which is to put honor on God. I have finished the work - Compare John 19:30. When he says “I have finished,” he probably means to include also his death. All the preparations for that death were made. He had preached to the Jews; he had given them full proof that he was the Messiah; he had collected his disciples; he had taught them the nature of his…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4The miracles of Jesus displayed God's glory to the world (1:14). This task was finished. The life and obedience of Jesus glorified God.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 4-54-5. I have glorified thee on the earth--rather, "I glorified" (for the thing is conceived as now past). I have finished--I finished. the work which thou gavest me to do--It is very important to preserve in the translation the past tense, used in the original, otherwise it might be thought that the work already "finished" was only what He had done before uttering that prayer; whereas it will be observed that our Lord speaks throughout as already beyond…Read the comment

Topics related to John 17:4

• Glorifying God
• Jesus Continued
• Obedience
• Prayer
• Salvation

In the dictionaries

• Covenant
• Glorify
• Perseverance of the saints
• Sanctify
• Truth
• Wherewith
• Atonement
• Children of God
• Christ, Offices of
• Christ, the Exaltation of

Commentaries on John 17

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings