King James Version
John 17:4 in the King James Version says “I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do.” — study this verse from John chapter 17 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do.”
John 17:4 · KJV
As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him.
And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.
I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do.
And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.
I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them me; and they have kept thy word.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“on”
G1909properly, meaning superimposition (of time, place, order, etc.), as a relation of distribution (with the genitive case), i.e., over, upon, etc.; of re
“the earth”
G1093soil; by extension a region, or the solid part or the whole of the terrene globe (including the occupants in each application)
“I have finished”
G5048to complete, i.e., (literally) accomplish, or (figuratively) consummate (in character)
“thou gavest”
G1325to give (used in a very wide application, properly, or by implication, literally or figuratively; greatly modified by the connection)
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