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

2You gave me authority over all people. You did this so that I could give people life for ever. Those are the people that you gave to me. 3What does it mean for people to live with you for ever? It means that they know you, the one who is the only true God. They also know me, Jesus Christ, the one that you have sent. I have shown people here on the earth how great you are. In that way, I have finished the work that you gave to me to do. 5So, Father, now that I return to you, show people how great I am. Before the world began, I had great glory with you. Show again that I am great like that.’ 6‘You gave some people to me who were from this world. I have shown them who you are. They were yours and you gave them to me. They have obeyed your message.

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 12:28So I will say, “Father, show how great and how good you are.” ’ Then a voice spoke from heaven and said, ‘I have shown how great and how good I am. And I will do it again.’
• John 13:31When Judas had left, Jesus said, ‘Now people will see how great the Son of Man is. Because of him, they will also see how great God is.
• John 14:13Ask me to help you. If you ask anything in my name, I will do it for you. In that way, the Son will show everyone how great the Father is.
• John 4:34Jesus said to them, ‘My Father has sent me. I must do the things he wants me to do. I must finish the work that he has given to me to do. That is my food.
• John 5:36But it is not only John who shows who I am. There are other things that show it more strongly. My Father has given work to me so that I could finish it. These are the things that I do, and they show who I am. They show clearly that the Father has sent me.
• John 9:3Jesus answered, ‘It was not because either this man or his parents did something wrong. It happened so that God could show his great work in this man.
• John 14:31But the people who belong to this world must learn about me. They must know that I love the Father. I do everything that he tells me to do. I must show that to them. Now get up, we must go from here.’
• John 15:10If you obey what I have told you, you will be living in my love. In the same way, I have obeyed what my Father has told me to do. In that way, I live in his love.
• John 19:30Jesus drank the wine. Then he said, ‘Everything is finished.’ He bent his head down and he let his spirit go.
• Acts 20:24But even if people kill me, this is not important to me. The Lord Jesus gave me some work to do. It is important that I finish his work. I must tell people the good news about how kind and good God is.
• 2 Timothy 4:7I have worked to serve Christ well. I have finished everything that God wanted me to do. I am like a runner who has run to the end of the race. I have continued to believe God's true message.

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
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• Perseverance of the saints
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• 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