John 17:1-5

The High Priestly Prayer

1 When Jesus had spoken these words, m he lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, "Father, n the hour has come; o glorify your Son that the Son may p glorify you, 2 since q you have given him authority over all flesh, r to give eternal life to all s whom you have given him. 3 t And this is eternal life, u that they know you v the only w true God, and x Jesus Christ whom you have sent. 4 I y glorified you on earth, z having accomplished the work that you gave me to do. 5 And now, Father, a glorify me in your own presence with the glory b that I had with you c before the world existed.

  1. Cross References
    John 11:41
    So they took away the stone. And Jesus lifted up his eyes and said, "Father, I thank you that you have heard me.
  2. Cross References
    John 7:30
    So they were seeking to arrest him, but no one laid a hand on him, because his hour had not yet come.
    John 12:23
    And Jesus answered them, "The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified.
  3. Cross References
    John 7:39
    Now this he said about the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were to receive, for as yet the Spirit had not been given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.
  4. Cross References
    John 17:4
    I glorified you on earth, having accomplished the work that you gave me to do.
  5. Cross References
    Matthew 28:18
    And Jesus came and said to them, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.
    Revelation 2:26 - 27
    The one who conquers and who keeps my works until the end, to him I will give authority over the nations.
  6. Cross References
    John 10:28
    I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand.
    1 John 2:25
    And this is the promise that he made to us - eternal life.
  7. Cross References
    John 17:6
    I have manifested your name to the people whom ...
    John 17:9
    I am praying for them. I am not praying for the...
    John 17:24
    Father, I desire that they also, whom you have ...
    John 6:37
    All that the Father gives me will come to me, a...
    John 6:39
    And this is the will of him who sent me, that I...
    John 10:29
    My Father, who has given them to me, is greater...
    John 18:9
    This was to fulfill the word that he had spoken...
    Hebrews 2:13
    And again, "I will put my trust in him." And ag...
  8. Cross References
    1 John 5:20
    And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true; and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.
  9. Cross References
    Hosea 2:20
    I will betroth you to me in faithfulness. And you shall know the Lord.
    Hosea 6:3
    Let us know; let us press on to know the Lord ; his going out is sure as the dawn; he will come to us as the showers, as the spring rains that water the earth.
    2 Peter 1:2 - 3
    May grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.
  10. Cross References
    John 5:44
    How can you believe, when you receive glory from one another and do not seek the glory that comes from the only God?
  11. Cross References
    1 Thessalonians 1:9
    For they themselves report concerning us the kind of reception we had among you, and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God.
    1 John 5:20
    And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true; and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.
    Jeremiah 10:10
    But the Lord is the true God; he is the living God and the everlasting King. At his wrath the earth quakes, and the nations cannot endure his indignation.
  12. Cross References
    John 3:17
    For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.
  13. Cross References
    John 17:1
    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.
    John 13:31
    When he had gone out, Jesus said, "Now is the Son of Man glorified, and God is glorified in him.
  14. Cross References
    John 19:30
    When Jesus had received the sour wine, he said, "It is finished," and he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.
    Luke 22:37
    For I tell you that this Scripture must be fulfilled in me: 'And he was numbered with the transgressors.' For what is written about me has its fulfillment.
  15. Cross References
    John 13:32
    If God is glorified in him, God will also glorify him in himself, and glorify him at once.
  16. Cross References
    John 1:1 - 2
    In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
    Revelation 3:21
    The one who conquers, I will grant him to sit with me on my throne, as I also conquered and sat down with my Father on his throne.
  17. Cross References
    John 17:24
    Father, I desire that they also, whom you have given me, may be with me where I am, to see my glory that you have given me because you loved me before the foundation of the world.
    Proverbs 8:23
    Ages ago I was set up, at the first, before the beginning of the earth.
    John 8:58
    Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I am.
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