I have glorified you on earth by[a] completing the work that you have given me to do.[b] And now, Father, you glorify me at your side[c] with the glory that I had at your side[d] before the world existed.

Jesus Prays for His Disciples

“I have revealed your name to the men whom you gave me out of the world. They were yours, and you have given them to me, and they have kept your word.

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Footnotes

  1. John 17:4 Here “by” is supplied as a component of the participle (“completing”) which is understood as means
  2. John 17:4 Literally “that I may do it”
  3. John 17:5 Literally “by the side of yourself”
  4. John 17:5 Literally “by the side of you”

I have brought you glory(A) on earth by finishing the work you gave me to do.(B) And now, Father, glorify me(C) in your presence with the glory I had with you(D) before the world began.(E)

Jesus Prays for His Disciples

“I have revealed you[a](F) to those whom you gave me(G) out of the world. They were yours; you gave them to me and they have obeyed your word.

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Footnotes

  1. John 17:6 Greek your name

I 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 thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.

I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them me; and they have kept thy word.

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