God’s Word Translation
John 17:12
12While I was with them, I kept them safe by the power of your name, the name that you gave me. I watched over them, and none of them, except one person, became lost. So Scripture came true.
John 17:12 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled.
- New International Version (NIV)While I was with them, I protected them and kept them safe by that name you gave me. None has been lost except the one doomed to destruction so that Scripture would be fulfilled.
- English Standard Version (ESV)While I was with them, I kept them in your name, which you have given me. I have guarded them, and not one of them has been lost except the son of destruction, that the Scripture might be fulfilled.
- New King James Version (NKJV)While I was with them in the world, I kept them in Your name. Those whom You gave Me I have kept; and none of them is lost except the son of perdition, that the Scripture might be fulfilled.
Context of John 17:12
10Everything I have is yours, and everything you have is mine. I have been given glory by the people you have given me. 11I won’t be in the world much longer, but they are in the world, and I’m coming back to you. Holy Father, keep them safe by the power of your name, the name that you gave me, so that their unity may be like ours. While I was with them, I kept them safe by the power of your name, the name that you gave me. I watched over them, and none of them, except one person, became lost. So Scripture came true. 13“But now, ⌞Father,⌟ I’m coming back to you. I say these things while I’m still in the world so that they will have the same joy that I have. 14I have given them your message. But the world has hated them because they don’t belong to the world any more than I belong to the world.
Read all of John 17John 17:12 word by word
ὅτε ἤμην μετ᾽ αὐτῶν ἐγὼ ἐτήρουν αὐτοὺς ἐν τῷ ὀνόματί σου ᾧ δέδωκάς μοι καὶ ἐφύλαξα, καὶ οὐδεὶς ἐξ αὐτῶν ἀπώλετο εἰ μὴ ὁ υἱὸς τῆς ἀπωλείας, ἵνα ἡ γραφὴ πληρωθῇ.Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Whileὅτεhote ho te hē te tō te · whenG3753
- I wasεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
- withμετάmeta · with/afterG3326
- themαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
- inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
- the worldὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- the worldκόσμοςkosmos · worldG2889
- Iἐγώegō · I/weG1473
- keptτηρέωtēreō · to keep: protectG5083
- thyσύsu · youG4771
- nameὄνομαonoma · nameG3686
- those thatὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
- thou gavestδίδωμιdidōmi · to giveG1325
- I have keptφυλάσσωphulassō · to keep/guard: protectG5442
- andκαίkai · andG2532
- noneοὐδείςoudeis · noneG3762
- ofἐκek ex · out fromG1537
- is lostἀπολλύωapollumi · to destroyG622
- butεἰei · if: notG1487
- ·μήmē · notG3361
- the sonυἱόςuihos · sonG5207
- of perditionἀπώλειαapōleia · destructionG684
- thatἵναhina · in order that/toG2443
- the scriptureγραφήgraphē · a writingG1124
- might be fulfilledπληρόωplēroō · to fulfillG4137
Cross-references for John 17:12
- John 6:37Everyone whom the Father gives me will come to me. I will never turn away anyone who comes to me.
- John 10:27My sheep respond to my voice, and I know who they are. They follow me,
- Hebrews 2:13In addition, Jesus says, “I will trust him.” And Jesus says, “I am here with the sons and daughters God has given me.”
- John 13:18“I’m not talking about all of you. I know the people I’ve chosen ⌞to be apostles⌟. However, I’ve made my choice so that Scripture will come true. It says, ‘The one who eats my bread has turned against me.’
- John 18:9In this way what Jesus had said came true: “I lost none of those you gave me.”
- Luke 4:26But God didn’t send Elijah to anyone except a widow at Zarephath in the territory of Sidon.
- 1 John 2:19They left us. However, they were never really part of us. If they had been, they would have stayed with us. But by leaving they made it clear that none of them were part of us.
- John 6:70Jesus replied, “I chose all twelve of you. Yet, one of you is a devil.”
- 2 Thessalonians 2:3Don’t let anyone deceive you about this in any way. ⌞That day cannot come unless⌟ a revolt takes place first, and the man of sin, the man of destruction, is revealed.
- Psalms 109:6⌞I said,⌟ “Appoint the evil one to oppose him. Let Satan stand beside him.
- Acts 1:16“Brothers, what the Holy Spirit predicted through David in Scripture about Judas had to come true. Judas led the men to arrest Jesus.
Commentaries on John 17:12
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12I kept them in thy name - In thy doctrine and truth. But the son of perdition - So we find that Judas, whom all account to have been lost, and whose case at best is extremely dubious, was first given by God to Christ? But why was he lost? Because, says St. Augustin, he would not be saved: and he farther adds, After the commission of his crime, he might have returned to God and have found mercy. Aug. Serm. 125; n. 5; Psalm 146:1-10. n. 20; Ser. 352, n. 8…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12While I was with them in the world - While I was engaged with them among other men - surrounded by the people and the temptations of the world. Jesus had now finished his work among the men of the world, and was performing his last offices with his disciples. I kept them - By my example, instructions, and miracles. I preserved them from apostasy. In thy name - In the knowledge and worship of thee. See John 17:6-11. Those that thou gavest me - The word…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 11-16Verses 11-16 Christ does not pray that they might be rich and great in the world, but that they might be kept from sin, strengthened for their duty, and brought safe to heaven. The prosperity of the soul is the best prosperity. He pleaded with his holy Father, that he would keep them by his power and for his glory, that they might be united in affection and labours, even according to the union of the Father and the Son. He did not pray that his disciples…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12-13Until now, Jesus had guarded his followers. Now he was concerned for their strength and survival in his absence, because the world would be hostile toward them and their mission of challenging the world by preaching the truth (15:18–27; 16:8–11). After Jesus departed to heaven, the Holy Spirit would protect them and bring them joy (15:26).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 9-149-14. I pray for them--not as individuals merely, but as representatives of all such in every succeeding age (see on Joh 17:20). not for the world--for they had been given Him "out of the world" (Joh 17:6), and had been already transformed into the very opposite of it. The things sought for them, indeed, are applicable only to such.Read the comment
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Commentaries on John 17
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Catena Aurea
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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