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George Lamsa Translation

John 17:4

I have already glorified you on the earth; for the work which you had given to me to do, I have finished it.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Glorifying God;   Jesus Continued;   Obedience;   Prayer;   Salvation;   Thompson Chain Reference - Ask;   Christ;   Christ's;   Church;   Completion;   Family;   Glorified, God;   Glorifying God;   God;   Importunity;   Life's Purpose;   Prayer;   Purpose;   Secret Prayer;   Task, Christ's;   United Prayer;   Unwise Prayers;   Wicked, the;   Work, Religious;   Work-Workers, Religious;   The Topic Concordance - Belief;   Belonging;   Declaration;   Disciples/apostles;   Giving and Gifts;   Glory;   Hate;   Jesus Christ;   Judas Iscariot;   Knowledge;   Losing and Things Lost;   Love;   Manifestation;   Sanctification;   Sending and Those Sent;   Truth;   Unity;   Will of God;   Word of God;   World;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Devotedness to God;   Glorifying God;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Consecration;   Holy spirit;   Jesus christ;   Son of god;   Transfiguration;   Work;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Mediator, Mediation;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Commentary;   Covenant;   Intercession of Christ;   Pre-Existence of Jesus Christ;   Predestination;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Covenant;   Glorify;   Perseverance of the Saints;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Children (Sons) of God;   John, the Gospel of;   Unity;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Children (Sons) of God;   Ephesians, Epistle to;   Ethics;   Prayer;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Attributes of Christ;   Complacency;   Death of Christ;   Devotion;   Eunuch ;   Fulfilment;   Hopefulness ;   Ideas (Leading);   Merit;   Miracles;   Mission;   Names and Titles of Christ;   Old Testament (I. Christ as Fulfilment of);   Providence;   Reverence;   Self-Control;   Simple, Simplicity ;   Son of God;   Temperance;   Work;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Offerings, the;   Son, the;   ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Body;   Finish;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Glorify;   Pre-Existence of Jesus Christ;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Jesus of Nazareth;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Children of God;   Christ, the Exaltation of;   Eunuch;   Finish;   James;   Prayers of Jesus;  

Devotionals:

- Daily Light on the Daily Path - Devotion for August 4;   Every Day Light - Devotion for October 10;   My Utmost for His Highest - Devotion for September 13;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
I have glorified you on the earth by completing the work you gave me to do.
King James Version (1611)
I haue glorified thee on the earth: I haue finished the worke which thou gauest me to doe.
King James Version
I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do.
English Standard Version
I glorified you on earth, having accomplished the work that you gave me to do.
New American Standard Bible
"I glorified You on the earth by accomplishing the work which You have given Me to do.
New Century Version
Having finished the work you gave me to do, I brought you glory on earth.
Amplified Bible
"I have glorified You [down here] on the earth by completing the work that You gave Me to do.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"I glorified You on the earth, having accomplished the work which You have given Me to do.
Legacy Standard Bible
I glorified You on the earth, having finished the work which You have given Me to do.
Berean Standard Bible
I have glorified You on earth by accomplishing the work You gave Me to do.
Contemporary English Version
I have brought glory to you here on earth by doing everything you gave me to do.
Complete Jewish Bible
"I glorified you on earth by finishing the work you gave me to do.
Darby Translation
I have glorified *thee* on the earth, I have completed the work which thou gavest me that I should do it;
Easy-to-Read Version
I finished the work you gave me to do. I brought you glory on earth.
Geneva Bible (1587)
I haue glorified thee on the earth: I haue finished the worke which thou gauest me to doe.
Good News Translation
I have shown your glory on earth; I have finished the work you gave me to do.
Lexham English Bible
I have glorified you on earth by completing the work that you have given me to do.
Literal Translation
I have glorified You on the earth. I finished the work that You gave Me to do.
American Standard Version
I glorified thee on the earth, having accomplished the work which thou hast given me to do.
Bible in Basic English
I have given you glory on the earth, having done all the work which you gave me to do.
Hebrew Names Version
I glorified you on the eretz. I have accomplished the work which you have given me to do.
International Standard Version
I glorified you on earth by completing the task you gave me to do.John 4:34; 5:36; 9:3; 13:31; 15:10; 19:30;">[xr]
Etheridge Translation
I have glorified thee on the earth; the work which thou didst give me to do, I have finished it.
Murdock Translation
I have glorified thee on the earth; the work which thou gavest me to do, I have finished.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
I haue glorified thee on the earth: I haue finished ye worke, which thou gauest me to do.
English Revised Version
I glorified thee on the earth, having accomplished the work which thou hast given me to do.
World English Bible
I glorified you on the earth. I have accomplished the work which you have given me to do.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
I have glorified thee on earth. I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do.
Weymouth's New Testament
I have glorified Thee on earth, having done perfectly the work which by Thine appointment has been mine to do.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Y haue clarified thee on the erthe, Y haue endid the werk, that thou hast youun to me to do.
Update Bible Version
I glorified you on the earth, having accomplished the work which you have given me to do.
Webster's Bible Translation
I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do.
New English Translation
I glorified you on earth by completing the work you gave me to do.
New King James Version
I have glorified You on the earth. I have finished the work which You have given Me to do.
New Living Translation
I brought glory to you here on earth by completing the work you gave me to do.
New Life Bible
I honored You on earth. I did the work You gave Me to do.
New Revised Standard
I glorified you on earth by finishing the work that you gave me to do.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
I, glorified thee on the earth, The work, finishing, which thou hast given me that I should do.
Douay-Rheims Bible
I have glorified thee on the earth; I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do.
Revised Standard Version
I glorified thee on earth, having accomplished the work which thou gavest me to do;
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
I have glorified ye on the erth. I have fynysshed ye worke which thou gavest me to do.
Young's Literal Translation
I did glorify Thee on the earth, the work I did finish that Thou hast given me, that I may do [it].
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
I haue glorified ye vpo earth, & fynished ye worke, yt thou gauest me to do.
Mace New Testament (1729)
I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do.
Simplified Cowboy Version
I've honored you by finishing the work you gave me to do.

Contextual Overview

1 JESUS spoke these things, and then he lifted up his eyes to heaven and said, O my Father, the hour has come; glorify your Son, so that your Son may glorify you. 2 Since you have given him power over all flesh, so that to all whom you have given him, he may give life eternal. 3 And this is life eternal, that they might know you, that you are the only true God, even the one who sent Jesus Christ. 4 I have already glorified you on the earth; for the work which you had given to me to do, I have finished it. 5 So now, O my Father, glorify me with you, with the same glory which I had with you before the world was made.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

glorified: John 12:28, John 13:31, John 13:32, John 14:13

finished: John 4:34, John 5:36, John 9:3, John 14:31, John 15:10, John 19:30, Acts 20:24, 2 Timothy 4:7

Reciprocal: Exodus 40:33 - So Moses Numbers 6:20 - and after 1 Samuel 2:30 - them Psalms 2:8 - Ask Isaiah 42:4 - shall not Isaiah 42:21 - it Isaiah 49:3 - General Isaiah 49:4 - yet Mark 1:38 - for Mark 16:19 - he was Luke 2:14 - Glory Luke 13:32 - I shall John 5:30 - because John 5:43 - come John 6:62 - General John 7:18 - seeketh his glory John 8:29 - for John 8:49 - but John 9:4 - must John 10:17 - General John 10:36 - sent John 16:5 - I John 17:1 - glorify Hebrews 3:2 - faithful Hebrews 5:7 - and Revelation 11:7 - when

Cross-References

Genesis 12:2
And I will make of you a great people, and I will bless you, and make your name great; and you shall be a blessing;
Genesis 13:16
And I will make your descendants like the dust of the earth; so that if you can number the dust of the earth, then shall your descendants also be numbered.
Genesis 16:10
And again the angel of the LORD said to her, I will greatly multiply your descendants, that they can not be numbered because of their multitude.
Genesis 17:1
WHEN Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him, and said to him, I am the Almighty God; walk well before me, and be faultless.
Genesis 17:11
And you shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of the covenant between me and you.
Genesis 17:18
And Abraham said to God, O that Ishmael might live in thy presence!
Genesis 22:17
I will surely bless you, and I will surely multiply your descendants as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is on the sea shore; and your descendants shall inherit the lands of their enemies;
Genesis 32:12
And thou didst say, I will surely do you good, and make your descendants numerous as the sand of the sea which cannot be numbered for multitude.
Genesis 35:11
And God said to him. I am God Almighty; be fruitful and multiply: a people and a multitude of peoples shall come from you, and kings shall come out of your loins;
Genesis 48:19
But his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know it; he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: but his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his descendants shall become a multitude of peoples.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

I have glorified thee on the earth,.... This is made use of as a reason and argument, why the Father should glorify him: Christ glorified his Father personally, as he held forth and expressed the glory of his person; and verbally, by ascribing, on all occasions, praise and glory to him; and really, or by deeds, and that by various ways: as in and by his ministry; by asserting he had his mission, qualifications, and doctrine, from him as a prophet; his principal work was to declare his Father's mind and will, his love and grace; nor did he seek his own, but his Father's glory: and by his miracles: for though these were proofs of his deity and Messiahship, and displays of his own glory; yet the glory of his Father, especially of his power, was eminently seen in them, for he referred them to him; and these were often the means of men's glorifying the God of Israel: and by his whole life and conversation, which was entirely according to the will of God; and every action of it was directed to his glory; particularly he glorified him by his early regard to his will, and the business he sent him about; by his zeal for his Father's house; and by the exercise of the various graces of faith, hope, and love upon him: and as by his life, so at his death, even all the while he was "on the earth"; where God had been dishonoured by the sin of men; where Christ now was debased in human nature, and even that was for the glory of God; and this is said in distinction from heaven, where God is glorified by the angels, and where Christ would shortly be glorified in his human nature:

I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do; by "the work" is meant obedience to the will of God; the destruction of all spiritual enemies, as sin, Satan, the world, and death; and the redemption and salvation of his people, which was "given" him to do: he did not take it upon himself, but being called to it he readily accepted of it; it was appointed, and cut out for him, in the council and covenant of grace; he was thoroughly acquainted with it; and though it was difficult, it was pleasant and delightful to him; nor did he leave it till he could say it is "finished"; as it was by himself alone, without the help of man; and is so complete that nothing can be added to it; and so firmly done, that it cannot be unravelled by men and devils: he speaks of it as done, because the time was come to finish it, and he was sure of the accomplishment of it.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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 counsel, and there was nothing remaining to be done but to return to God. We see here that Jesus was careful that his great and important work should be done before his dying hour. He did not postpone it to be performed just as he was leaving the world. So completely had he done his work, that even before his death he could I say, “I have finished the work.” How happy would it be if men would imitate his example, and not leave their great work of life to be done on a dying bed? Christians should have their work accomplished, and when that hour approaches, have nothing to do but to die, and return to their Father in heaven.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse John 17:4. I have glorified thee — Our Lord, considering himself as already sacrificed for the sin of the world, speaks of having completed the work which God had given him to do: and he looks forward to that time when, through the preaching of his Gospel, his sacrifice should be acknowledged, and the true God should be known and worshipped by the whole world.


 
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