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Selected Verse: John 17:5 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Joh 17:5 |
King James |
And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
And now--in return.
glorify thou me--The "I Thee" and "Thou Me" are so placed in the original, each beside its fellow, as to show that A PERFECT RECIPROCITY OF SERVICES of the Son to the Father first, and then of the Father to the Son in return, is what our Lord means here to express.
with the glory which I had with thee before the world was--when "in the beginning the Word was with God" (Joh 1:1), "the only-begotten Son in the bosom of the Father" (Joh 1:18). With this pre-existent glory, which He veiled on earth, He asks to be reinvested, the design of the veiling being accomplished--not, however, simply as before, but now in our nature. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
With thine own self - In heaven, granting me a participation of the same honor which the Father has. He had just said that he had glorified God on the earth, he now prays that God would glorify him in heaven.
With the glory - With the honor. This word also includes the notion of happiness, or everything which could render the condition blessed.
Before the world was - There could not be a more distinct and clear declaration of the pre-existence of Christ than this. It means before the creation of the world; before there was any world. Of course, the speaker here must have existed then, and this is equivalent to saying that he existed from eternity. See Joh 1:1-2; Joh 6:62; Joh 3:13; Joh 16:28. The glory which he had then was that which was proper to the Son of God, represented by the expression "being in the bosom of the Father" Joh 1:18, denoting intimacy, friendship, united felicity. The Son of God, by becoming incarnate, is represented as "humbling himself" (Greek: he "emptied himself"), Phi 2:8. He laid aside for a time the external aspect of honor, and consented to become despised, and to assume the form of a servant. He now prays that God would raise him up to the dignity and honor which he had before his incarnation. This is the state to which he is now exalted, with the additional honor of having made atonement for sin, and having opened the way to save a race of rebels from eternal death. The lowest condition on earth is frequently connected with the highest honors of heaven. Man looks on the outward appearance. God looks to him that is humble and of a contrite spirit. |
| Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
With Thyself (παρὰ σεαυτῷ)
In fellowship with Thyself. So with Thee (παρὰ σοί).
I had
Actually possessed. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| The glory which I had - He does not say received - He always had it, till he emptied himself of it in the days of his flesh. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Before the world was - That is, from eternity, before there was any creation - so the phrase, and others similar to it, are taken in the sacred writings; see Joh 17:24; Psa 90:2; Eph 1:4. See Joh 1:1. Let the glory of my eternal divinity surround and penetrate my humanity, in its resurrection, ascension, and in the place which it is to occupy at thy right hand, far above all creatures, Phi 2:6, Phi 2:9. |
18 No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
8 And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.
18 No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.
28 I came forth from the Father, and am come into the world: again, I leave the world, and go to the Father.
13 And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven.
62 What and if ye shall see the Son of man ascend up where he was before?
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
2 The same was in the beginning with God.
9 Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:
6 Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
4 According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:
2 Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.
24 Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.