More unexplainable eternal distinctions of GOD the Son
Joh 17:5 And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.
Joh 17:5 -
And now — in return.
glorify thou me — The “I Thee” and “Thou Me” are so placed in the original, each beside its fellow, as to show that A PERFECT RECIPROCITY OF SERVICES of the Son to the Father first, and then of the Father to the Son in return, is what our Lord means here to express.
with the glory which I had with thee before the world was — when “in the beginning the Word was with God” (
Joh_1:1), “the only-begotten Son in the bosom of the Father” (
Joh_1:18). With this pre-existent glory, which He veiled on earth, He asks to be reinvested, the design of the veiling being accomplished - not, however, simply as before, but now in our nature.
A Commentary on the Old and New Testaments by Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset and David Brown
Joh 17:5 -
Before the world was - That is, from eternity, before there was any creation - so the phrase, and others similar to it, are taken in the sacred writings; see
Joh_17:24;
Psa_90:2;
Eph_1:4. See
Joh_1:1. Let the glory of my eternal divinity surround and penetrate my humanity, in its resurrection, ascension, and in the place which it is to occupy at thy right hand, far above all creatures,
Phi_2:6,
Phi_2:9.
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible
Adam Clarke, LL.D., F.S.A., (1715-1832)
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