John 17:5 BSB — MannaFest

John 17:5

And now, Father, glorify Me in Your presence with the glory I had with You before the world existed.

BSB

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ASV

And now, Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.

KJV

And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.

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Commentary

5 voices

Irenaeus

Against Heresies 4.14.1 (202)

In the beginning, therefore, did God form Adam, not as if He stood in need of man, but that He might have [some one] upon whom to confer His benefits. For not alone antecedently to Adam, but also before all creation, the Word glorified His Father, remaining in Him; and was Himself glorified by the Father, as He did Himself declare, "Father, glorify Thou Me with the glory which I had with Thee before the world was." Nor did He stand in need of our service when He ordered us to follow Him; but He thus bestowed salvation upon ourselves.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self,.... Not with his perfections, these he had, they dwelt bodily in him; or with his nature, in which he was one with him; but as Mediator, with his glorious presence in heaven, by setting him at his right hand, and crowning him with glory and honour.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

The word signifies his performing every part of his undertaking in the most complete and perfect manner. Herein he glorified his Father; he pleased him, he praised him. It is the glory of God that his work is perfect, and the same is the glory of the Redeemer; what he is the author of he will be the finisher of.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

With thine own self - In heaven, granting me a participation of the same honor which the Father has. He had just said that he had glorified God on the earth, he now prays that God would glorify him in heaven. With the glory - With the honor. This word also includes the notion of happiness, or everything which could render the condition blessed. Before the world was - There could not be a more distinct and clear declaration of the pre-existence of Christ than this. It means before the creation of the world; before there was any world.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

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Original language & word study

19 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καὶ	kai	And	G2532 →
νῦν	nun	now	G3568 →
δόξασόν	doxason	do glorify	G1392 →
με	me	Me	G3165 →
σύ,	su	You yourself,	G4771 →
πάτερ,	pater	Father,	G3962 →
παρὰ	para	with	G3844 →
σεαυτῷ	seautō	Yourself	G4771 →
τῇ	tēa	with the	G3588 →
δόξῃ	doxē	glory	G1391 →
ᾗ	hē	that	G3739 →
εἶχον	eichon	I had	G2192 →
πρὸ	pro	before	G4253 →
τοῦ	tou	<the>	G3588 →
τὸν	ton	the	G3588 →
κόσμον	kosmon	world	G2889 →
εἶναι	einai	existing	G1511 →
παρὰ	para	with	G3844 →
σοί.¶	soi	You.	G4771 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
John 10:30
I and the Father are one.”
leads to
- John 1:1–2
  In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
- John 14:9
  Jesus replied, “Philip, I have been with you all this time, and still you do not know Me? Anyone who has seen Me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the…
- John 17:21–23
  that all of them may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I am in You. May they also be in Us, so that the world may believe that You sent Me.
- John 5:23
  so that all may honor the Son just as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him.
Through
Philippians 2:6
Who, existing in the form of God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped,
leads to
- John 5:18
  Because of this, the Jews tried all the harder to kill Him. Not only was He breaking the Sabbath, but He was even calling God His own Father, making Himself equal with God.
- 2 Corinthians 4:4
  The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers so they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.
- Hebrews 1:3
  The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of His nature, upholding all things by His powerful word. After He had provided purification for sins, He sat down at the…
Through
1 Peter 1:20
He was known before the foundation of the world, but was revealed in the last times for your sake.
leads to
- Ephesians 1:4
  For He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless in His presence. In love

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01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About John

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About John