Father, glorify Your name!” Then a voice came from heaven: “I have glorified it, and I will glorify it again.”
Parallel translations
- WEB Father, glorify your name!” Then there came a voice out of the sky, saying, “I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again.”
- KJV Father, glorify thy name. Then came there a voice from heaven, saying, I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again.
- NKJV Father, glorify Your name.” Then a voice came from heaven, saying, “I have both glorified it and will glorify it again.”
- NASB Father, glorify Your name.” Then a voice came out of heaven: “I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again.”
- NLT Father, bring glory to your name.” Then a voice spoke from heaven, saying, “I have already brought glory to my name, and I will do so again.”
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Jesus prays, 'Father, glorify your name,' and a heavenly voice answers. The Father affirms his Son's mission.
Overview
Jesus' supreme desire is the Father's glory, even through his own death. The voice from heaven, declaring the name already glorified and to be glorified again, confirms divine approval of the whole work, including the cross. This is one of the rare moments the Father audibly speaks over the Son's ministry.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 20
- John 13:31–32When Judas had gone out, Jesus said, “Now the Son of Man is glorified, and God is glorified in Him.
- Matt 26:42A second time He went away and prayed, “My Father, if this cup cannot pass unless I drink it, may Your will be done.”
- Rev 5:9–14And they sang a new song: “Worthy are You to take the scroll and open its seals, because You were slain, and by Your blood You purchased for God those from every tribe and tongue and people and nation.
- John 11:40–44Jesus replied, “Did I not tell you that if you believed, you would see the glory of God?”
- Phil 1:6–11being confident of this, that He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.
- Matt 17:5While Peter was still speaking, a bright cloud enveloped them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Listen to Him!”
- Isa 49:3–7He said to Me, “You are My Servant, Israel, in whom I will display My glory.”
- Matt 3:17And a voice from heaven said, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased!”
- Eph 3:21to Him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen.
- Mark 9:7Then a cloud appeared and enveloped them, and a voice came from the cloud: “This is My beloved Son. Listen to Him!”
- Mark 14:36“Abba, Father,” He said, “all things are possible for You. Take this cup from Me. Yet not what I will, but what You will.”
- Luke 3:22and the Holy Spirit descended on Him in a bodily form like a dove. And a voice came from heaven: “You are My beloved Son; in You I am well pleased.”
- 2 Pet 1:17For He received honor and glory from God the Father when the voice came to Him from the Majestic Glory, saying, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.”
- John 11:4When Jesus heard this, He said, “This sickness will not end in death. No, it is for the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it.”
- John 9:3Jesus answered, “Neither this man nor his parents sinned, but this happened so that the works of God would be displayed in him.
- Mark 1:11And a voice came from heaven: “You are My beloved Son; in You I am well pleased.”
- John 18:11“Put your sword back in its sheath!” Jesus said to Peter. “Shall I not drink the cup the Father has given Me?”
- Eph 3:10His purpose was that now, through the church, the manifold wisdom of God should be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly realms,
- Eph 2:7in order that in the coming ages He might display the surpassing riches of His grace, demonstrated by His kindness to us in Christ Jesus.
- Luke 9:35And a voice came from the cloud, saying, “This is My Son, whom I have chosen. Listen to Him!”
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