The beginning of the prayer of Jesus the Son of God, as He neared the time He would be offered without spot to the Father, for the sins of all the elect heirs of heaven.

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: 2. as thou hast given Him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given Him. 3. And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent. 4. I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do. 5. And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.

There is a lot to be said, about the twenty-six verses of this chapter of John, however, these first five verses echo the complete and glorious reason for which He came into the world; that He had finished the work the Father had given Him to do, and He prayed the Father, that He might return to His place in the glory of the only triune God, The Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

The hour was come in which the law would be completely fulfilled; the Kingdom of Heaven on Earth established, and all the elect given to Him by the Father shortly were to be redeemed through His finished work on the cross; and that of all the Father has given Him, not one would fall short of eternal life; and that they might know the joy and union of such in His Kingdom here.