I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do.
Parallel translations
- WEB I glorified you on the earth. I have accomplished the work which you have given me to do.
- BSB I have glorified You on earth by accomplishing the work You gave Me to do.
- NKJV I have glorified You on the earth. I have finished the work which You have given Me to do.
- NASB I glorified You on the earth by accomplishing the work which You have given Me to do.
- NLT I brought glory to you here on earth by completing the work you gave me to do.
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Jesus declares that he has glorified the Father on earth by finishing the work given to him. His obedient life and impending death accomplish the Father's saving purpose.
Overview
Spoken on the eve of the cross, this verse views his redemptive work as so certain that it is already as good as done. Jesus glorifies the Father not by avoiding the cross but by completing the mission of salvation. This anticipates his cry 'It is finished' (19:30) and assures believers that their redemption rests on a work fully accomplished by Christ.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 12
- John 4:34Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.
- Acts 20:24But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.
- 2 Tim 4:7I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:
- John 14:31But that the world may know that I love the Father; and as the Father gave me commandment, even so I do. Arise, let us go hence.
- John 19:30When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.
- John 13:31–32Therefore, when he was gone out, Jesus said, Now is the Son of man glorified, and God is glorified in him.
- John 15:10If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father’s commandments, and abide in his love.
- John 12:28Father, glorify thy name. Then came there a voice from heaven, saying, I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again.
- Luke 22:37For I say unto you, that this that is written must yet be accomplished in me, And he was reckoned among the transgressors: for the things concerning me have an end.
- John 9:3Jesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him.
- John 14:13And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
- John 5:36But I have greater witness than that of John: for the works which the Father hath given me to finish, the same works that I do, bear witness of me, that the Father hath sent me.
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