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Prayer for the Son

John 17:4

In 9 translations

BSB
I have glorified You on earth by accomplishing the work You gave Me to do.
KJV
I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do.
WEB
I glorified you on the earth. I have accomplished the work which you have given me to do.
ASV
I glorified thee on the earth, having accomplished the work which thou hast given me to do.
LSV
I glorified You on the earth, having completed the work that You have given Me, that I should do.
YLT
I did glorify Thee on the earth, the work I did finish that Thou hast given me, that I may do [it].
DBY
I have glorified thee on the earth, I have completed the work which thou gavest me that I should do it;
DRC
I have glorified thee on the earth; I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do.
GNV
I haue glorified thee on the earth: I haue finished the worke which thou gauest me to doe.

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Where the editions differ

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  • NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read τελειώσας (“having completed”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read ἐτελείωσα (“I completed”).
SBLGNT apparatus (1)

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  • SBLGNT: τελειώσας. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read τελειώσας; Robinson–Pierpont read ἐτελείωσα.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
ἐγώ σε ἐδόξασα ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, τὸ ἔργον τελειώσας ὃ δέδωκάς μοι ἵνα ποιήσω·
RP2018
Ἐγώ σε ἐδόξασα ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς· τὸ ἔργον ἐτελείωσα ὃ δέδωκάς μοι ἵνα ποιήσω.
TR-Boyd
Ἐγώ σε ἐδόξασα ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς· τὸ ἔργον ἐτελείωσα ὃ δέδωκάς μοι ἵνα ποιήσω.
SCR1894
εγω σε εδοξασα επι της γης το εργον ετελειωσα ο δεδωκας μοι ινα ποιησω

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Cross-references most cited first

  • John 4:34Jesus explained, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to finish His work.
  • Acts 20:24But I consider my life of no value to me, if only I may finish my course and complete the ministry I have received from the Lord Jesus—the ministry of testifying to the good news of God’s grace.
  • 2 Timothy 4:7I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.
  • John 14:31But I do exactly what the Father has commanded Me, so that the world may know that I love the Father. Get up! Let us go on from here.
  • John 19:30When Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, “It is finished.” And bowing His head, He yielded up His spirit.
  • John 13:31–32When Judas had gone out, Jesus said, “Now the Son of Man is glorified, and God is glorified in Him. If God is glorified in Him, God will also glorify the Son in Himself—and will glorify Him at once.
  • John 15:10If you keep My commandments, you will remain in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and remain in His love.
  • John 12:28Father, glorify Your name!” Then a voice came from heaven: “I have glorified it, and I will glorify it again.”
  • 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.
  • Luke 22:37For I tell you that this Scripture must be fulfilled in Me: ‘And He was numbered with the transgressors.’ For what is written about Me is reaching its fulfillment.”
  • John 14:13And I will do whatever you ask in My name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
  • John 5:36But I have testimony more substantial than that of John. For the works that the Father has given Me to accomplish—the very works I am doing—testify about Me that the Father has sent Me.

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