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John 17 General Notes
Structure and formatting
This chapter forms one long prayer.
Special concepts in this chapter
Glory
Scripture often speaks of God's glory as a great, brilliant light. When people see this light, they are afraid. In this chapter Jesus asks God to show his followers his true glory (John 17:1).
Jesus is eternal
Jesus existed before God created the world (John 17:5). John wrote about this in John 1:1.
Other possible translation difficulties in this chapter
Prayer
Jesus is God's one and only Son (John 3:16), so he could pray differently from the way other people pray. He used many words that sounded like commands. Your translation should make Jesus sound like a son speaking with love and respect to his father and telling him what the father needs to do so that the father will be happy.