I have glorified you on earth by[a] completing the work that you have given me to do.[b] And now, Father, you glorify me at your side[c] with the glory that I had at your side[d] before the world existed.

Jesus Prays for His Disciples

“I have revealed your name to the men whom you gave me out of the world. They were yours, and you have given them to me, and they have kept your word.

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Footnotes

  1. John 17:4 Here “by” is supplied as a component of the participle (“completing”) which is understood as means
  2. John 17:4 Literally “that I may do it”
  3. John 17:5 Literally “by the side of yourself”
  4. John 17:5 Literally “by the side of you”