John 17:4

17:4 I glorified you on earth by completing ¹  the work you gave me to do. ² 

John 17:6

Jesus Prays for the Disciples

17:6 “I have revealed ³  your name to the men ⁴  you gave me out of the world. They belonged to you, ⁵  and you gave them to me, and they have obeyed ⁶  your word.

John 17:9

17:9 I am praying ⁷  on behalf of them. I am not praying ⁸  on behalf of the world, but on behalf of those you have given me, because they belong to you. ⁹ 

[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.”

[17:6]  ³ tn Or “made known,” “disclosed.”

[17:6]  ⁴ tn Here “men” is retained as a translation for ἀνθρώποις (anqrwpoi") rather than the more generic “people” because in context it specifically refers to the eleven men Jesus had chosen as apostles (Judas had already departed, John 13:30). If one understands the referent here to be the broader group of Jesus’ followers that included both men and women, a translation like “to the people” should be used here instead.

[17:6]  ⁵ tn Grk “Yours they were.”

[17:6]  ⁶ tn Or “have kept.”

[17:9]  ⁵ tn Grk “I am asking.”

[17:9]  ⁶ tn Grk “I am not asking.”

[17:9]  ⁷ tn Or “because they are yours.”