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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- 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.
- BSB Father, glorify Your name!” Then a voice came from heaven: “I have glorified it, and I 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.”
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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
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- John 13:31–32When he had gone out, Jesus said, “Now the Son of Man has been glorified, and God has been glorified in him.
- Matt 26:42Again, a second time he went away, and prayed, saying, “My Father, if this cup can’t pass away from me unless I drink it, your desire be done.”
- Rev 5:9–14They sang a new song, saying, “You are worthy to take the book, and to open its seals: for you were killed, and bought us for God with your blood, out of every tribe, language, people, and nation,
- John 11:40–44Jesus said to her, “Didn’t I tell you that if you believed, you would see God’s glory?”
- Phil 1:6–11being confident of this very thing, that he who began a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ.
- Matt 17:5While he was still speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them. Behold, a voice came out of the cloud, saying, “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 be glorified.”
- Matt 3:17Behold, a voice out of the heavens said, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased.”
- Eph 3:21to him be the glory in the assembly and in Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever. Amen.
- Mark 9:7A cloud came, overshadowing them, and a voice came out of the cloud, “This is my beloved Son. Listen to him.”
- Mark 14:36He said, “Abba, Father, all things are possible to you. Please remove this cup from me. However, not what I desire, but what you desire.”
- Luke 3:22and the Holy Spirit descended in a bodily form like a dove on him; and a voice came out of the sky, saying “You are my beloved Son. In you I am well pleased.”
- 2 Pet 1:17For he received from God the Father honor and glory, when the voice came to him from the Majestic Glory, “This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.”
- John 11:4But when Jesus heard it, he said, “This sickness is not to death, but for the glory of God, that God’s Son may be glorified by it.”
- John 9:3Jesus answered, “Neither did this man sin, nor his parents; but, that the works of God might be revealed in him.
- Mark 1:11A voice came out of the sky, “You are my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.”
- John 18:11Jesus therefore said to Peter, “Put the sword into its sheath. The cup which the Father has given me, shall I not surely drink it?”
- Eph 3:10to the intent that now through the assembly the manifold wisdom of God might be made known to the principalities and the powers in the heavenly places,
- Eph 2:7that in the ages to come he might show the exceeding riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus;
- Luke 9:35A voice came out of the cloud, saying, “This is my beloved Son. Listen to him!”
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