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

3And this is life eternal, that they may know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent. 4I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do. And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thy own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was. 6I have manifested thy name to the men whom thou gavest to me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them to me; and they have kept thy word. 7Now they have known that all things whatever thou hast given me are from thee.

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

• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• nowνῦνnun · nowG3568
• Fatherπατήρpatēr · fatherG3962
• glorifyδοξάζωdoxazō · to glorifyG1392
• thouσύsu · youG4771
• meμέme · meG3165
• withπαράpara · from/with/besideG3844
• selfσεαυτοῦseautou seautō seauton sautou sautō sauton · yourselfG4572
• gloryδόξαdoxa · gloryG1391
• whichὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• hadἔχωechō · to have/beG2192
• theeσοίsoi · youG4671
• beforeπρόpro · beforeG4253
• worldκόσμοςkosmos · worldG2889
• wasεἶναιeinai · to existG1511

Cross-references for John 17:5

• John 17:24Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given to me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given to me: for thou didst love me before the foundation of the world.
• John 1:18No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him .
• John 3:13And no man hath ascended to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man who is in heaven.
• John 10:30I and my Father are one.
• John 14:9Jesus saith to him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Show us the Father?
• Proverbs 8:22The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old.
• Philippians 2:6Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:
• Colossians 1:15Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation:
• Hebrews 1:3Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;
• 1 John 1:2(For the life was revealed, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and show to you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was revealed to us;)
• Revelation 5:9And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open its seals: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, 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 shall the King say to them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
• 1 Peter 1:20Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was revealed in these last times for you,
• Revelation 13:8And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation 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