Search Tools

And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.

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.

Now they have known that all things whatsoever thou hast given me are of thee.

For I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me; and they have received them, and have known surely that I came out from thee, and they have believed that thou didst send me.

New Defender's Study Bible Notes

John 17:4

17:4 finished the work. Jesus had finished His work of teaching and witness (John 12:46-50; 17:8,14; Revelation 1:5), but His great work of redemption and salvation had yet to be accomplished on the cross. Then, He would shout the great victory cry: “It is finished!” (John 19:30).

John 17:5

17:5 before the world was. Jesus was the eternal Word by whom God created the world (John 1:1-3; Ephesians 3:9; Hebrews 1:1-3), but Jesus laid aside His glory for a time (Philippians 2:6-8) to finish God’s work (John 17:4) with His creation.

John 17:6

17:6 manifested. Jesus “manifested”—that is, “openly declared”—God’s name as “Father” to all who would become His children through faith in the Lord Jesus. Compare John 1:18.

About the New Defender's Study Bible

Search Tools

New Defender's Study Bible Notes

ICR Menu