John Chapter 17 verse 4 Holy Bible
I glorified thee on the earth, having accomplished the work which thou hast given me to do.
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I have given you glory on the earth, having done all the work which you gave me to do.
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I have glorified *thee* on the earth, I have completed the work which thou gavest me that I should do it;
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I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do.
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I glorified you on the earth. I have accomplished the work which you have given me to do.
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I did glorify Thee on the earth, the work I did finish that Thou hast given me, that I may do `it'.
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John 17 : 4 Bible Verse Songs
Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 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 has sent, has completed his task. The whole work of the earthly manifestation of the Word was at an. end. Suffering remains, the issues of the conflict with evil have to be encountered; but the die is cast - the thing is done. The godly life, as well as the atoning death, are correlative parts of the merits and work of Christ, and have glorified the Father. But what a self-consciousness beams forth in these simple words! St. Paul, on the verge of his martyrdom, in the midst of the horrors of the Neronian persecution, exclaimed, "I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course." But our Lord is unconscious of any coming short of the glory of God; and he even counts on higher power to glorify God by returning to a position which he had for a while vacated.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(4) I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work . . .--Better, I glorified Thee on earth: I finished the work . . . The former sentence is .explained by the latter. God was glorified in the completion of the Messianic work of Christ. For this conception of the work of life, which includes the whole life as manifesting God to man, comp. Notes on John 5:36; John 9:4; John 10:25 et al.
