John 17:1
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
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John 17:1. These words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven,-
Not his hands, as we do who are poor suppliants; but his eyes, indicating whither his thoughts went. He "lifted up his eyes to heaven,"-
John 17:1.And said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee.
No mere man would have dared to pray such a prayer as this. Jesus asks that he may be gloried by his Father that he also may glorify his Father, he put the two things together: "Father, glorify thy Son that thy Son may also glorify thee." This is not a plea that is fit for merely human lips. It is Jesus the Son of God who, in receiving glory from his Father, is also able to return it to his Father.