John 17:4

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

biblegateway Joh 17:4

I have brought you glory on earth by completing the work you gave me to do.

biblegateway Joh 17:4

"I glorified You on the earth, having accomplished the work which You have given Me to do.

biblegateway Joh 17:4

I brought glory to you here on earth by doing everything you told me to do.

biblegateway Joh 17:4

I glorified you on earth By completing down to the last detail What you assigned me to do.

SABDAweb Joh 17:4

I have given you glory on the earth, having done all the work which you gave me to do.

bibleoremus Joh 17:4

I glorified you on earth by finishing the work that you gave me to do.

biblegateway Joh 17:4

"I have glorified You on the earth. I have finished the work which You have given Me to do.

biblegateway Joh 17:4

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

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.

¹ sn By completing the work. The idea of Jesus being sent into the world on a mission has been mentioned before, significantly in 3:17. It was even alluded to in the immediately preceding verse here (17:3). The completion of the “work” the Father had sent him to accomplish was mentioned by Jesus in 4:34 and 5:36. What is the nature of the “work” the Father has given the Son to accomplish? It involves the Son’s mission to be the Savior of the world, as 3:17 indicates. But this is accomplished specifically through Jesus’ sacrificial death on the cross (a thought implied by the reference to the Father “giving” the Son in 3:16). It is not without significance that Jesus’ last word from the cross is “It is completed” (19:30).

² tn Grk “the work that you gave to me so that I may do it.”