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The Glory of Christ in the Cross

1. God glorifying Jesus is what gives the glory weight John 8:54.

2. Jesus had glory with God before the creation of the world that he will be glorified with John 17:5.

God glorifies his name twice John 12:28.

3. Jesus glorifies God by doing his work on earth John 17:4.

4. Temporally, there is a time for Jesus to not be glorified and to be glorified John 12:23, 13:31, 17:1, 5.

5. God is glorified when Jesus’ disciples bear fruit in Jesus’ name John 15:8.

6. Jesus being glorified results in the giving of the Spirit John 7:39. Because the Spirit will declare all that is Christ’s John 16:14.

7. Jesus gives us this glory John 17:22.

Jesus is glorified by the Father by suffering on the cross.

John 1:14 comes to its climax as the suffering commences with the betrayal of Judas. The glory of the incarnation is now here. “NOW is the Son of Man glorified.” As John 17:5 says, Jesus will now be returning to the glory he had before the world began.

Context of John

Up to this point, the ‘hour’ has always been future (2:4; 4:21, 23; 7:30; 8:20), the ‘hour’ that is nothing less than the appointed time for Jesus’ death, resurrection and exaltation - in short, his glorification. Now dramatically, the request of the Greeks changes the parameters; The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. From now until the passion the ‘hour’ is in immediate prospect (12:27; 13:1; 17:1). “ D.A. Carson 437

The Son of Man

In the Synoptic Gospels, the ‘Son of Man’ title is most commonly used by Jesus either in connection with his sufferings or in connection with his coming in glory. Here the two are fused, not only because Jesus’ death (vv. 24, 32) is the first stage on his way to receiving glory (v. 16), i.e. on his way to returning to the glory he had with the Father before the world began (17:5), but also because Jesus’ death was itself the supreme manifestation of Jesus’ glory (cf. notes on 1:14; 8:50, 54; 12:28; 13:31-32).” D. A. Carson 437

“Outside the New Testament, the title is associated with glory (especially Dn. 7; 1 Enoch); within the Synoptics, the title is as frequently associated with suffering. In John, the two are dramatically brought together.” D.A. Carson 482

A New Commandment

Judas leaves, Christ acknowledges the time of glorification, and now he gives a charge to the disciples. Given the crucifixion and his glorification it provokes Jesus to give this new commandment to them concerning love.

John 15:8 might give a connection. Jesus is glorified, and the disciples can glorify him by loving and thus showing that they are genuine disciples.

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