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I glorified thee on the earth (egō se edoxasa epi tēs gēs). Joh 17:3 is parenthetical and so Joh 17:4 goes on after Joh 17:2. He had prayed for further glorification.
Having accomplished (teleiōsas). First aorist active participle of teleioō, old verb from teleios (perfect). Used in Joh 4:34 by Jesus with to ergon as here. That was Christ’s “food” (brōma) and joy. Now as he faces death he has no sense of failure as some modern critics say, but rather fulness of attainment as in Joh 19:30 (tetelestai). Christ does not die as a disappointed man, but as the successful messenger, apostle (apesteilās, Joh 17:3) of the Father to men.
Thou hast given (dedōkas). Perfect active indicative of didōmi, regarded as a permanent task.