John 17:1
These words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee:
Cross-references
John 17:5 specifies the pre‑existent glory Jesus asks to return to; verse 1 requests that glory be manifested now.
John 17:4 states Jesus has already glorified the Father by finishing the work; this grounds the request for glorification in completed obedience.
John 12:28 has Jesus pray 'Father, glorify your name' — the same glorification theme as John 17:1's 'glorify your Son'.
John 12:27 shows Jesus troubled by the hour, while John 17:1 prays confidently — a contrast in attitude toward the same moment.
John 12:23 declares 'The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified' — the same theme Jesus prays in John 17:1.
John 13:32 promises God will glorify the Son at once; this prayer petitions that immediate glorification.
John 13:31 announces the Son of Man is now glorified after Judas leaves; this prayer opens the same moment of glorification.
John 13:1 introduces 'the hour had come' for Jesus to depart; here he prays that the hour for glorification has arrived.
John 8:20 repeats that his hour had not yet come — contrasting with the hour having now arrived in John 17:1.
John 7:30 states 'his hour had not yet come' — the opposite timing of John 17:1's 'the hour has come'.
John 7:39 explains the Spirit was not given because Jesus was not yet glorified; here the hour of glorification has come, enabling the Spirit.
In John 7:6, Jesus says His time is not yet come—here the hour has finally arrived, marking a shift from delay to fulfillment.
In John 8:54, Jesus says His Father glorifies Him—the same mutual glorification He prays for here.
John 11:4 says Lazarus's illness was for God's glory and the Son's glorification; this prayer continues that theme at the final hour.
John 16:32 predicts disciples' abandonment and the Father's presence; here Jesus prays as that hour arrives, relying on the Father.
1 Peter 1:21 states God raised Jesus and glorified Him, the direct answer to Jesus' prayer.
Acts 3:13 shows the fulfillment: God has glorified His servant Jesus, answering the prayer in John 17:1.
Philippians 2:9-11 describes Jesus' exaltation and every tongue confessing His lordship, fulfilling the mutual glorification prayed for.
Luke 18:13 shows the tax collector who would not lift his eyes to heaven — a direct contrast to Jesus lifting his eyes.
Mark 14:41 declares 'the hour has come' for betrayal; John uses the same phrase for Jesus' glorification through the cross.
Matthew 26:45 again says 'the hour is at hand,' reinforcing the same crucial moment Jesus prays about.
Matthew 26:18 has Jesus announcing 'my time is at hand,' directly paralleling 'the hour has come' here.
Isaiah 49:3 declares God's servant brings him glory, directly prefiguring Jesus' prayer for mutual glorification.
Psalm 21:5 describes God bestowing glory and majesty on the king — a messianic type of Christ's glorification requested in John 17.
Luke 22:53 calls the hour one of darkness; John 17:1 frames it as glorification, highlighting the dual nature of the cross.
In Ephesians 1:20, Paul describes God raising and exalting Christ—the very glorification Jesus asks for here.
In Hebrews 12:2, Jesus endured the cross for the joy set before Him—the same perspective of glory through suffering He prays for here.
Joshua 3:7 has God promising to exalt Joshua before Israel — a type of Christ's glorification as the new Joshua.
In Luke 22:15, Jesus longs to eat this Passover before suffering—the same 'hour' of glorification He prays about here.
In Philippians 2:11, confessing Jesus as Lord brings glory to the Father—echoing Jesus' prayer that His glorification glorifies the Father.