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John 17:4
4I have glorified thee on the earth, I have completed the work which thou gavest me that I should do it;
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
2as thou hast given him authority over all flesh, that [as to] all that thou hast given to him, he should give them life eternal. 3And this is the eternal life, that they should know thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent. I have glorified thee on the earth, I have completed the work which thou gavest me that I should do it; 5and now glorify me, thou Father, along with thyself, with the glory which I had along with thee before the world was. 6I have manifested thy name to the men whom thou gavest me out of the world. They were thine, and thou gavest them me, and they have kept thy word.
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ἐγώ σε ἐδόξασα ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς τὸ ἔργον τελειώσας ὃ δέδωκάς μοι ἵνα ποιήσω.Read the interlinear
Cross-references for John 17:4
- John 12:28Father, glorify thy name. There came therefore a voice out of heaven, I both have glorified and will glorify [it] again.
- John 13:31When therefore he was gone out Jesus says, Now is the Son of man glorified, and God is glorified in him.
- John 14:13And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, this will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
- John 4:34Jesus says to them, My food is that I should do the will of him that has sent me, and that I should finish his work.
- John 5:36But I have the witness [that is] greater than [that] of John; for the works which the Father has given me that I should complete them, the works themselves which I do, bear witness concerning me that the Father has sent me.
- John 9:3Jesus answered, Neither has this [man] sinned nor his parents, but that the works of God should be manifested in him.
- John 14:31but that the world may know that I love the Father, and as the Father has commanded me, thus I do. Rise up, let us go hence.
- John 15:10If ye shall keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love, as I have kept my Father's commandments and abide in his love.
- John 19:30When therefore Jesus had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished; and having bowed his head, he delivered up his spirit.
- Acts 20:24But I make no account of [my] life [as] dear to myself, so that I finish my course, and the ministry which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the glad tidings of the grace of God.
- 2 Timothy 4:7I have combated the good combat, 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
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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
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