John 13:31-32

The Prediction of Peter’s Denial

13:31 When ¹  Judas ²  had gone out, Jesus said, “Now the Son of Man is glorified, and God is glorified in him. 13:32 If God is glorified in him, ³  God will also glorify him in himself, and he will glorify him right away. ⁴ 

John 17:4-5

17:4 I glorified you on earth by completing ⁵  the work you gave me to do. ⁶  17:5 And now, Father, glorify me at your side ⁷  with the glory I had with you before the world was created. ⁸ 

¹ tn Grk “Then when.”

² tn Grk “he”; the referent (Judas) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

³ tc A number of early mss (Ì⁶⁶ א* B C* D L W al as well as several versional witnesses) do not have the words “If God is glorified in him,” while the majority of mss have the clause (so א² A C² Θ Ψ Ë¹³ 33 Ï lat). Although the mss that omit the words are significantly better witnesses, the omission may have occurred because of an error of sight due to homoioteleuton (v. 31 ends in ἐν αὐτῷ [en autw, “in him”], as does this clause). Further, the typical step-parallelism found in John is retained if the clause is kept intact (TCGNT 205-6). At the same time, it is difficult to explain how such a wide variety of witnesses would have accidentally deleted this clause, and arguments for intentional deletion are not particularly convincing. NA²⁷ rightly places the words in brackets, indicating doubt as to their authenticity.

⁴ tn Or “immediately.”

⁵ tn Or “by finishing” or “by accomplishing.” Jesus now states that he has glorified the Father on earth by finishing (τελειώσας [teleiwsas] is best understood as an adverbial participle of means) the work which the Father had given him to do.

⁶ tn Grk “the work that you gave to me so that I may do it.”

⁷ tn Or “in your presence”; Grk “with yourself.” The use of παρά (para) twice in this verse looks back to the assertion in John 1:1 that the Word (the Λόγος [Logos], who became Jesus of Nazareth in 1:14) was with God (πρὸς τὸν θεόν, pro" ton qeon). Whatever else may be said, the statement in 17:5 strongly asserts the preexistence of Jesus Christ.

⁸ tn Grk “before the world was.” The word “created” is not in the Greek text but is implied.