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John 17:4-5

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17:4 I glorified you on earth by completing 1  the work you gave me to do. 2  17:5 And now, Father, glorify me at your side 3  with the glory I had with you before the world was created. 4 

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[17:4]  1 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.

[17:4]  2 tn Grk “the work that you gave to me so that I may do it.”

[17:5]  3 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.

[17:5]  4 tn Grk “before the world was.” The word “created” is not in the Greek text but is implied.



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