John 17:5

“And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self, etc.] Not with his perfections, these he had, they dwelt bodily in him; or with his nature, in which he was one with him; but as Mediator, with his glorious presence in heaven, by setting him at his right hand, and crowning him with glory and honour. The Jews have a notion that God will give to the King Messiah, hl[m lç dwbkh ˆm, “of the supreme glory” f637: the glory Christ prays for is, as he says, the glory which I had with thee before the world was; the same phrase with µlw[l, or µlw[h µdwq, used by the Jews f638. This is not to be understood of the glory of the human nature of Christ, abstractly considered; for that is no person of…”

“And now--in return. glorify thou me--The "I Thee" and "Thou Me" are so placed in the original, each beside its fellow, as to show that A PERFECT RECIPROCITY OF SERVICES of the Son to the Father first, and then of the Father to the Son in return, is what our Lord means here to express. with the glory which I had with thee before the world was--when "in the beginning the Word was with God" (Joh 1:1), "the only-begotten Son in the bosom of the Father" (Joh 1:18). With this pre-existent glory, which He veiled on earth, He asks to be reinvested, the design of the veiling being accomplished--not, however, simply as before, but now in our nature.”

“With thine own self - In heaven, granting me a participation of the same honor which the Father has. He had just said that he had glorified God on the earth, he now prays that God would glorify him in heaven. With the glory - With the honor. This word also includes the notion of happiness, or everything which could render the condition blessed. Before the world was - There could not be a more distinct and clear declaration of the pre-existence of Christ than this. It means before the creation of the world; before there was any world. Of course, the speaker here must have existed then, and this is equivalent to saying that he existed from eternity. See John 1:1-2; John 6:62; John 3:13; John…”

“The glory which I had - He does not say received - He always had it, till he emptied himself of it in the days of his flesh. John 17:6”

“17:5 Jesus prayed to return to the position he had with God before the world began (1:1).”

“glorify: Joh 17:24, Joh 1:18, Joh 3:13, Joh 10:30, Joh 14:9; Pro 8:22-31; Phi 2:6; Col 1:15-17; Heb 1:3, Heb 1:10; Jo1 1:2; Rev 5:9-14 before: Joh 1:1-3; Mat 25:34; Pe1 1:20; Rev 13:8 John 17:6”