John 17:1

John 17:1. These words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come; -

That tremendous hour which was the very hinge of history, - that hour in which he must suffer, and bleed, and die, to pay up the ransom price for his people: "Father, the hour is come;" -

John 17:1. Glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee:

In the endurance of the cross, there was a mutual glorification. It was the time of the Saviour’s humiliation, and yet, in a certain sense, he was never so glorious as when he died upon the tree. Then, too, he glorified his Father, vindicating divine justice, and manifesting divine love.