“同”在这节里用了二次，有“同着”的意味。这就是说在得荣上，子与父完全相同。子与父同得荣耀，并且得父同样的荣耀。这辞加强一节所指关于主身位的神性。在未有世界以先，就是在已过的永远里，祂就与父同有神圣的荣耀，因此祂现在该与父同得那荣耀。祂与父原是一。主这样祷告，指明祂的身位，祂的神性。
父在子的得荣里得了荣耀。父在子以外，绝不能得荣耀，因为父已将祂一切的所是和所有交托子。父具体化身在子里面，因此父在子以外不能得荣耀，祂只能在子的得荣里得荣耀。我们已经看见，主在祂的复活里得了荣耀。只要主得着了彰显和荣耀，父也得着了彰显和荣耀。因为主与父是一，并且父在主里面，所以主的荣耀和美丽得释放，就彰显了父神的荣耀和美丽。因为祂们二者是一，父就在子的得荣里得荣耀。父既在子里面，主就说，“愿你荣耀你的儿子，使儿子也荣耀你。”
父的得荣也是藉着信子的人。对于葡萄树，父乃是源头、素质、元始和一切。但葡萄树若没有枝子，就绝不能得着彰显和荣耀。父是在子的得荣里得荣耀，而子的得荣是藉着所有信祂的人。
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The word with is used three times in John 17:5, the sense of this word is “along with”. This means that the Son is exactly the same as the Father in glorification. The Son is glorified along with the Father and with the same glory that the Father has. This word strengthens the indication in verse 17:1, concerning the deity of the Lord’s person, that he had the divine glory along with the Father before the world was, that is, in eternity past, so that he should be glorified along with the Father with that glory now. The Lord, by praying this way, indicates his person, his deity, showing that he is the same as the Father in the divine glory.
The Father is glorified in the Son’s glorification. The Father could never be glorified apart from the Son, because the Father has entrusted all that he is and has to the Son. The Father is embodied in the Son. Therefore, the Father cannot be glorified apart from the Son but only in the Son’s glorification. We have seen that the Lord was glorified in his resurrection. As long as the Lord is expressed and glorified, the Father is also expressed and glorified. Because the Lord is one with the Father and the Father is in the Lord, the release of the glory and beauty of the Lord manifests the glory and beauty of God the Father. Because they both are one, the Father is glorified in the glorification of the Son. Since the Father is in the Son, the Lord said, “Glorify Your Son that the Son may glorify You”.
The Father’s glorification is also through the Son’s believers. The Father is the source, essence, origin and everything to the vine tree. But the vine tree can never be expressed, glorified, without the branches. The Father is glorified in the Son’s glorification, and the Son’s glorification is through all his branches.