2"Father, the time has come. Glorify your Son, that your Son may glorify you. For you granted him authority over all people that he might give eternal life to all those you have given him.


In Context

1 After Jesus said this, he looked toward heaven and prayed:

2 "Father, the time has come. Glorify your Son, that your Son may glorify you. For you granted him authority over all people that he might give eternal life to all those you have given him.

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

4 I have brought you glory on earth by completing the work you gave me to do.

John 17:2 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

17:2As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

17:2As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he may give eternal life to all whom thou hast given him.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

17:2even as thou gavest him authority over all flesh, that to all whom thou hast given him, he should give eternal life.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:2as thou hast given him authority over all flesh, that as to all that thou hast given to him, he should give them life eternal.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

17:2even as thou gavest him authority over all flesh, that whatsoever thou hast given him, to them he should give eternal life.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:2As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:2even as you gave him authority over all flesh, he will give eternal life to all whom you have given him.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

17:2according as Thou didst give to him authority over all flesh, that — all that Thou hast given to him — he may give to them life age-during;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

17:2As you have given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as you have given him.