Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
I glorified thee on the earth (egw se edocasa epi thv ghv). Verse John 17:3 is parenthetical and so verse John 17:4 goes on after verse John 17:2. He had prayed for further glorification.
Having accomplished (teleiwsav). First aorist active participle of teleiow, old verb from teleiov (perfect). Used in John 4:34 by Jesus with to ergon as here. That was Christ's "food" (brwma) and joy. Now as he faces death he has no sense of failure as some modern critics say, but rather fulness of attainment as in John 19:30 (tetelestai). Christ does not die as a disappointed man, but as the successful messenger, apostle (apesteilav, verse John 17:3) of the Father to men.
Thou hast given (dedwkav). Perfect active indicative of didwmi, regarded as a permanent task.
Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing John 17:4:
John 4:34
John 5:36
John 17:1
John 17:4
John 17:6
John 17:23
James 1:4
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