Bible Strands
John 17:5
And now, Father, glorify Me in Your presence with the glory I had with You before the world existed.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Jesus addresses the Father in prayer, immediately after declaring the work on earth complete (v.4) and before revealing the Father's name to the disciples (v.6). The moment is the hinge between his finished earthly ministry and the events that follow.
The words — δοξασών (doxason) is the aorist imperative: "do glorify," a direct command issued to the Father. The intensive σεαυτῷ (seautō), "Yourself," pins the request to the Father's own person rather than a general sense of honor.
The thread — John 1:1 places the Word "with God" before the beginning; Colossians 1:15 calls the Son "firstborn over all creation." John 10:30's "I and the Father are one" is the same claim stated in the first person.
Why it lands — The verse presents a claim to pre-existence and shared glory that a reader must either accept or reject. It leaves no middle ground: the speaker either is who he says he is, or he is not.
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The Greek words
King James Version
And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.
Cross-references
- John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
- Colossians 1:15 The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.
- John 10:30 I and the Father are one.”
- 1 Peter 1:20 He was known before the foundation of the world, but was revealed in the last times for your sake.
- Philippians 2:6 Who, existing in the form of God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped,
- Hebrews 1:3 The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of His nature, upholding all things by His powerful word. After He had provided purification for sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high.
- Revelation 5:9 And 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 17:24 Father, I want those You have given Me to be with Me where I am, that they may see the glory You gave Me because You loved Me before the foundation of the world.
- Hebrews 1:10 And: “In the beginning, O Lord, You laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of Your hands.
- Proverbs 8:22 The LORD created me as His first course, before His works of old.