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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Now, Father, bring me into the glory we shared before the world began.

Context of John 17:5

3Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent. 4I have brought you glory on earth by finishing the work you gave me to do. And now, Father, glorify me in your presence with the glory I had with you before the world began. 6“I have revealed you to those whom you gave me out of the world. They were yours; you gave them to me and they have obeyed your word. 7Now they know that everything you have given me comes 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, and to see my glory, the glory you have given me because you loved me before the creation of the world.
• John 1:18No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is himself God and is in closest relationship with the Father, has made him known.
• John 3:13No one has ever gone into heaven except the one who came from heaven—the Son of Man.
• John 10:30I and the Father are one.”
• John 14:9Jesus answered: “Don’t you know me, Philip, even after I have been among you such a long time? Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?
• Proverbs 8:22“The Lord brought me forth as the first of his works, before his deeds of old;
• Philippians 2:6Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage;
• Colossians 1:15The Son 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 representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word. After he had provided purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven.
• 1 John 1:2The life appeared; we have seen it and testify to it, and we proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and has appeared to us.
• Revelation 5:9And they sang a new song, saying: “You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals, because you were slain, and with your blood you purchased for God persons 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 25:34“Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world.
• 1 Peter 1:20He was chosen before the creation of the world, but was revealed in these last times for your sake.
• Revelation 13:8All inhabitants of the earth will worship the beast—all whose names have not been written in the Lamb’s book of life, the Lamb who was slain from the creation of the world.

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

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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