John 17:1

ἐπάρας for ἐπῆρε. Omit καί before εἶπεν and before ὁ υἱός, and omit σου after ὁ υἱός.

1. ἐπάρας. As before the raising of Lazarus (John 11:41), Jesus looks heavenwards in calm confidence as to the issue (John 16:33). The attitude is in marked contrast to His falling on His face in the garden (Matthew 26:39). Εἱς τ. οὐρ. does not prove that He was in the open air: comp. Acts 7:55; Luke 18:13.

πάτερ. This is His claim to be heard: the prayer throughout is the prayer of a son. Comp. ‘Abba, Father’ in Mark 14:36, and see Lightfoot on Galatians 4:6. For ἡ ὥρα see on John 2:4 and John 12:23. S. John loves to mark each great crisis in Christ’s life: this is the last.

δόξασον. By His return to glory (John 17:5); so that His human nature might share the Divine attributes, and thus glorify the Father by continuing with higher powers in heaven the work which He has completed on earth. Comp. Philippians 2:9-11. The tone from the first is one of triumph.