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John 17:4 KJV
John · chapter 17 · verse 4
I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do.John 17:4 · King James Version
John 17:4 in context
2As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him.
3And this is life eternal, that they might 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.
5And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.
6I 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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Key words (Strong's)
- glorifieddoxazōto think, suppose, be of opinion, to praise, extol, magnify, celebrate, to honour, do…G1392 →
- finishedteleioōto make perfect, complete, to carry through completely, to accomplish, finish, bring to…G5048 →
- gavestdidōmito give, to give something to someone, of one s own accord to give one something, to his…G1325 →
- earthgēarable land, the ground, the earth as a standing place, the main land as opposed to the…G1093 →
- workergonbusiness, employment, that which any one is occupied, that which one undertakes to do…G2041 →
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Here we have, I. The circumstances of this prayer, Joh 17:1. Many a solemn prayer Christ made in the days of his flesh (sometimes he continued all night in prayer), but none of his prayers are recorded so fully as this. Observe, 1. The time when he prayed this prayer;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-5