John 17:1

These words More exactly, these things, as in John 16:1; John 16:4; John 16:6; John 16:25; John 16:33.

lifted up his eyes in calm confidence and in the assurance of victory (John 16:33). The attitude is in marked contrast to His falling on His face in the garden (Matthew 26:39). -To heaven" does not prove that He was in the open air: comp. Acts 7:55; Luke 18:13.

Father This is His claim to be heard. Comp. -Abba, Father" in Mark 14:36, and see Lightfoot on Galatians 4:6.

the hour See on John 2:4 and John 12:27. S. John loves to mark each great crisis in Christ's life; this is the last.

glorify thy Son By His return to glory (John 17:5) through suffering and death. Comp. Philippians 2:9-11.

that thy Son also may glorify By making known the glory of God, through the Son. To make God known is to glorify Him. -Also" must be omitted, and for - ThySon" we ought perhaps to read - theSon."