John 17:1

John 17:1. These words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee:

Jesus is going forth to die, and he knows it; yet he prays to his Father, "Glorify thy Son." There was no way of his coming to that glory except by passing through tears, and blood, and agony, and death. He only asks that he may be glorified in what he is about to do, and to suffer, and he is ready for it all: "Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee."