John 17:12

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

10and all things that are Mine are Yours, and Yours are Mine; and I have been glorified in them. 11I am no longer going to be in the world; and yet they themselves are in the world, and I am coming to You. Holy Father, keep them in Your name, the name which You have given Me, so that they may be one just as We are. While I was with them, I was keeping them in Your name, which You have given Me; and I guarded them, and not one of them perished except the son of destruction, so that the Scripture would be fulfilled. 13But now I am coming to You; and these things I speak in the world so that they may have My joy made full in themselves. 14I have given them Your word; and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.

John 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

• Whileὅτεhote ho te hē te tō te · whenG3753
• I was with them, I was keepingτηρέωtēreō · to keep: protectG5083
• them in Your nameὄνομαonoma · nameG3686
• whichὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• You have givenδίδωμιdidōmi · to giveG1325
• Me; and I guardedφυλάσσωphulassō · to keep/guard: protectG5442
• not oneοὐδείςoudeis · noneG3762
• of them perishedἀπολλύωapollumi · to destroyG622
• exceptεἰ μήei mē · exceptG1508
• sonυἱόςuihos · sonG5207
• of destructionἀπώλειαapōleia · destructionG684
• soἵναhina · in order that/toG2443
• Scriptureγραφήgraphē · a writingG1124
• would be fulfilledπληρόωplēroō · to fulfillG4137

Cross-references for John 17:12

• John 6:37Everything that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I certainly will not cast out.
• John 10:27My sheep listen to My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me;
• Hebrews 2:13And again, “I will put My trust in Him.” And again, “Behold, I and the children whom God has given Me.”
• John 13:18I am not speaking about all of you. I know the ones whom I have chosen; but this is happening so that the Scripture may be fulfilled, ‘He who eats My bread has lifted up his heel against Me.’
• John 18:9This took place so that the word which He spoke would be fulfilled: “Of those whom You have given Me I lost not one.”
• Luke 4:26and yet Elijah was sent to none of them, but only to Zarephath, in the land of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow.
• 1 John 2:19They went out from us, but they were not really of us; for if they had been of us, they would have remained with us; but they went out, so that it would be evident that they all are not of us.
• John 6:70Jesus answered them, “Did I Myself not choose you, the twelve? And yet one of you is a devil.”
• 2 Thessalonians 2:3No one is to deceive you in any way! For it will not come unless the apostasy comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction,
• Psalms 109:6Appoint a wicked person over him, And may an accuser stand at his right hand.
• Acts 1:16“Brothers, the Scripture had to be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit foretold by the mouth of David concerning Judas, who became a guide to those who arrested 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

Topics related to John 17:12

• Grace of God
• Jesus Continued
• Jesus, the Christ
• Judas (Jude)
• Prayer
• Reprobacy
• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

• Sanctify
• Truth
• Wherewith
• Atonement
• Christ, Offices of
• Damn; Damnation; Damnable
• Holy Spirit
• Inspiration
• Intercession
• Intercession of Christ

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