John 17:5

John 17:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.
• New International Version (NIV)And now, Father, glorify me in your presence with the glory I had with you before the world began.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And now, Father, glorify me in your own presence with the glory that I had with you before the world existed.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And now, O Father, glorify Me together with Yourself, with the glory which I had with You before the world was.

Context of John 17:5

3This is eternal life: that they may know you, the only true God, and the one you have sent — Jesus Christ. 4I have glorified you on the earth by completing the work you gave me to do. Now, 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. 7Now they know that everything you have given me is from you,

John 17:5 word by word

καὶ νῦν δόξασόν με σύ, πάτερ, παρὰ σεαυτῷ τῇ δόξῃ ᾗ εἶχον πρὸ τοῦ τὸν κόσμον εἶναι παρὰ σοί.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• nowνῦνnun · nowG3568
• O Fatherπατήρpatēr · fatherG3962
• glorifyδοξάζωdoxazō · to glorifyG1392
• thouσύsu · youG4771
• meἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• withπαράpara · from/with/besideG3844
• thine own selfσεαυτοῦseautou seautō seauton sautou sautō sauton · yourselfG4572
• with the gloryδόξαdoxa · gloryG1391
• whichὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• I hadἔχωechō · to have/beG2192
• beforeπρόpro · beforeG4253
• the worldκόσμοςkosmos · worldG2889
• wasεἰμίeimi · to beG1510

Cross-references for John 17:5

• John 17:24“Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am, so that they will see my glory, which you have given me because you loved me before the world’s foundation.
• John 1:18No one has ever seen God. The one and only Son, who is himself God and is at the Father’s side — he has revealed him.
• John 3:13No one has ascended into heaven except the one who descended from heaven — the Son of Man.
• John 10:30I and the Father are one.”
• John 14:9Jesus said to him, “Have I been among you all this time and you do not know me, Philip? The one who has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?
• Proverbs 8:22“The Lord acquired me at the beginning of his creation, before his works of long ago.
• Philippians 2:6who, existing in the form of God, did not consider equality with God as something to be exploited.
• Colossians 1:15He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.
• Hebrews 1:3The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact expression of his nature, sustaining all things by his powerful word. After making purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high.
• 1 John 1:2that life was revealed, and we have seen it and we testify and declare to you the eternal life that was with the Father and was revealed to us —
• Revelation 5:9And they sang a new song: You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals, because you were slaughtered, and you purchased people for God by your blood from every tribe and language and people and nation.
• John 1:1In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
• Matthew 25:34Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.
• 1 Peter 1:20He was foreknown before the foundation of the world but was revealed in these last times for you.
• Revelation 13:8All those who live on the earth will worship it, everyone whose name was not written from the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb who was slaughtered.

Commentaries on John 17:5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5Before the world was - That is, from eternity, before there was any creation - so the phrase, and others similar to it, are taken in the sacred writings; see John 17:24; Psalm 90:2; Ephesians 1:4. See John 1:1. Let the glory of my eternal divinity surround and penetrate my humanity, in its resurrection, ascension, and in the place which it is to occupy at thy right hand, far above all creatures, Philemon 2:6, Philemon 2:9.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5With thine own self - In heaven, granting me a participation of the same honor which the Father has. He had just said that he had glorified God on the earth, he now prays that God would glorify him in heaven. With the glory - With the honor. This word also includes the notion of happiness, or everything which could render the condition blessed. Before the world was - There could not be a more distinct and clear declaration of the pre-existence of Christ…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5Jesus prayed to return to the position he had with God before the world began (1:1).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 17:5

• God
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• Jesus, the Christ
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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