| 4. Linguistic Exegesis The clause opens with the emphatic pronoun ego {ἐγώ | egṓ} ‘I’, which places personal agency at the front of the sentence. The direct object se {σε | se} ‘You’ immediately follows, so the act of glorifying is fixed on the Father before the verb appears. The aorist verb edoxasa {ἐδόξασα | edóxasa} ‘I glorified’ then states the completed action as a whole. The prepositional phrase epi tēs ges {ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς | epì tēs gēs} ‘on the earth’ locates that action within the sphere of Jesus’ earthly ministry. The object phrase to ergon {τὸ ἔργον | tò érgon} ‘the work’ is then expanded by the participle teleiosas {τελειώσας | teleiṓsas} ‘having completed’, which ties glorification to obedient fulfillment rather than to a separate event. The relative clause ho dedokas moi {ὃ δέδωκάς μοι | ho dedṓkas moi} ‘which You have given to Me’ identifies the work as a settled commission from the Father, with the perfect tense presenting that gift as enduring and in force. The hina-clause hina poieso {ἵνα ποιήσω | hína poiḗsō} ‘in order that I may do’ expresses the purpose for which the work was given. English rendering therefore compresses the participial and purpose structures into fluent phrases such as ‘by bringing ... to completion’ or ‘by finishing ...’ while preserving the close link between glory, obedience, and fulfilled commission. |