John 17:1-5

The High Priestly Prayer

1 When Jesus had spoken these words, ¹he lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, "Father, ²the hour has come; ³glorify your Son that the Son may ⁴glorify you,

2 since ⁵you have given him authority over all flesh, ⁶to give eternal life to all ⁷whom you have given him.

3 ⁸And this is eternal life, ⁹that they know you ¹⁰the only ¹¹true God, and ¹²Jesus Christ whom you have sent.

4 I ¹³glorified you on earth, ¹⁴having accomplished the work that you gave me to do.

5 And now, Father, ¹⁵glorify me in your own presence with the glory ¹⁶that I had with you ¹⁷before the world existed.

John 17:1-5 In-Context

1 When Jesus had spoken these words, he lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, "Father, the hour has come; glorify your Son that the Son may glorify you,

2 since you have given him authority over all flesh, to give eternal life to all whom you have given him.

3 And this is eternal life, that they know you the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.

4 I glorified you on earth, having accomplished the work that you gave me to do.

5 And now, Father, glorify me in your own presence with the glory that I had with you before the world existed.

6 "I have manifested your name to the people whom you gave me out of the world. Yours they were, and you gave them to me, and they have kept your word.

7 Now they know that everything that you have given me is from you.

8 For I have given them the words that you gave me, and they have received them and have come to know in truth that I came from you; and they have believed that you sent me.

9 I am praying for them. I am not praying for the world but for those whom you have given me, for they are yours.

Cross References

• 1. John 11:41
• 2. [John 7:30]; See John 12:23
• 3. See John 7:39
• 4. ver. 4
• 5. See Matthew 28:18; Revelation 2:26, 27
• 6. John 10:28; 1 John 2:25
• 7. ver. 6, 9, 24; John 6:37, 39; John 10:29; John 18:9; Hebrews 2:13
• 8. [1 John 5:20]
• 9. Hosea 2:20; Hosea 6:3; 2 Peter 1:2, 3
• 10. John 5:44
• 11. 1 Thessalonians 1:9; 1 John 5:20; [Jeremiah 10:10]
• 12. See John 3:17
• 13. ver. 1; See John 13:31
• 14. [John 19:30; Luke 22:37]
• 15. John 13:32
• 16. John 1:1, 2; [Revelation 3:21]
• 17. ver. 24; Proverbs 8:23; See John 8:58