John 17:4

The Pulpit Commentary - John 17:4

He continues the prayer which he is offering for himself: I glorified thee on the earth, having finished £ the work which thou hast given me to do. Many expositors urge a proleptical or anticipatory assertion of the completion of his earthly work, as though the Passion were already over, and he were now uttering the consummatum est of the cross. This is, however, included in the next clause. The night has come when the earthly ministry is at an end. The Jesus Christ, whom the Father... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 17:4

The perfect work. Even good men, when they approach the close of life and take a retrospect of the past, are constrained in candour to admit that they have failed to realize their own ideal, to satisfy their own conscience, to approve themselves to their God. They have to lament and confess infirmities and negligences. Christ alone could look hack upon life without discovering any cause for reproach. Addressing the Father himself, he claimed to have accomplished the work which had been... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - John 17:4

Have 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 religion; he had given them his parting... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - John 17:4-5

John 17:4-5. I have glorified thee on earth My doctrine, example, and miracles have manifested thy glory here on earth. I have finished the work thou gavest me to do I have almost finished the work which I undertook for man’s redemption. And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thyself Or, in thine own presence, as Dr. Campbell translates παρα σεαυτω , observing, that the force of the Greek preposition, παρα , is not rightly expressed by the English with, which, as applied here, is... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - John 17:1-26

148. Jesus’ prayer (John 17:1-26)Having announced his victory over the world (see John 16:33), Jesus now offers a prayer that reflects the triumph of his completed work. He begins by speaking of his relationship with the Father. Jesus’ work was to reveal God to the world so that people might receive eternal life through him. He prays that by dying on the cross and successfully finishing his work, he will bring glory to his Father. At the same time, his death will bring glory to himself, for it... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - John 17:4

on. Greek. epi. App-104 . earth . App-129 . I have finished . The texts read "having finished". Compare John 4:34 ; John 5:36 ; John 19:30 . gavest = hast given. to do = in order that (Greek. hina, as in John 17:1 ) I should do it. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - John 17:4

I glorified thee on earth, having accomplished the work which thou hast given me to do. And now, Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.I glorified thee ... refers to Jesus' life of perfect trust and obedience, including his sufferings and death, here prophetically regarded as already accomplished.Glorify thou me ... refers to the receiving of Jesus back into the bosom of the Father where he had resided eternally. This necessarily... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - John 17:4-5

John 17:4-5. I have glorified thee on the earth, &c.— "I have all along invariably intended and displayed thy glory, in the whole of my doctrine, miracles, and life, and am ready to honour upon earth all thy perfections by my death, which I am so fully resolved upon, and which will be so certainly and so soon accomplished, that I may speak of it as if it were already over; and I have thereby perfected the great work of atonement, answerably to the utmost demands of thy justice, and to the... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - John 17:4

4, 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 this present scene (John 17:12, &c.),... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - John 17:1-5

1. Jesus’ requests for Himself 17:1-5 read more

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