Christ's a Great Work on Earth
T. Alexander, M. A. John 17:4-5 I have glorified you on the earth: I have finished the work which you gave me to do.… The Son glorified the Father on the earth by finishing the work which He had given Him to do. It was a great work. None but the Eternal Son could have finished it. The dignity of the eternal law, which man had broken, had to be vindicated and upheld; the full weight of an infinite curse had to be endured. Each of the sins of all His people, which cleaved to them as a leprosy, had to be borne and carried away. The prince of this world had to be met and conquered on his own ground, the battle-field of this world. All this work had to be done in the face of the full strength and opposition of hell and all the powers thereof; in face, and in spite of the apathy and indifference, the ignorance and folly of His own, and the rage and antagonism of the powers of this world. The work had to be done, moreover, in man's nature. The nature that sinned behoved also to be the nature that suffered. (T. Alexander, M. A.) Parallel Verses KJV: I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do. WEB: I glorified you on the earth. I have accomplished the work which you have given me to do.