17:5 What glory is Jesus referring to here?
17:5 What glory is Jesus referring to here?
Jesus is referring here to His pre-incarnate glory which He shared as an equal member of the Godhead in the Old Testament with Jehovah and the Holy Spirit. The man we now know as Jesus was not eternally the Son of God as many think - He was God (CP Nu 21:4-9 with 1Cor 10:9; Psa 45:6-7; Isa 6:1-13 with Jn 12:37-41; Mic 5:2; Jn 1:1-2; 3:13; 8:56-58; 17:5; Php 2:5-8; 1Ti 3:16; Tit 2:13; He 1:8-12; 1Jn 1:1-2; Rev 1:8, 11, 17-18; 2:8; 3:14; 21:6; 22:13).
Every one of those scriptures teach that the pre-incarnate Jesus always existed as God. He was an equal member of the Godhead from all eternity. He became the Son at His incarnation - when He took on human form (CP Gen 49:10; Nu 24:17; Psa 2:7; Isa 7:14; 9:6-7; Mt 1:18-25; Lu 1:26-35; 2:11; Jn 1:14; Ga 4:4; Php 2:5-8; He 1:5-6; 5:5).
See also comments on Mt 1:18-21, 3:16-17; Lu 1:35(B); Jn 1:1, 5:16-23, 12:41; Ac 13:33, 20:28; Php 2:5-8; 1Ti 3:16; He 1:5, 5:5; 1Jn 5:6-9; Rev 1:8 and author's studies Jesus - Eternally God in his book Advanced Studies in the Christian Faith (Volume 1), Names and Titles of Jesus and The Doctrine of the Trinity in his book Advanced Studies in the Christian Faith (Volume 2).
17:12 See comments on Lu 26:14-26.
17:14 See comments on Jn 15:18-25.