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

10Everything I have belongs to you, and everything you have belongs to me, and I have been glorified by them. 11I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, keep them safe in your name that you have given me, so that they may be one just as we are one. When I was with them I kept them safe and watched over them in your name that you have given me. Not one of them was lost except the one destined for destruction, so that the scripture could be fulfilled. 13But now I am coming to you, and I am saying these things in the world, so they may experience my joy completed in themselves. 14I have given them your word, and the world has hated them, because they do not belong to the world, just as I do not belong to 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

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, and the one who comes to me I will never send away.
• John 10:27My sheep listen to my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.
• Hebrews 2:13Again he says, “I will be confident in him,” and again, “Here I am, with the children God has given me.”
• John 13:18“What I am saying does not refer to all of you. I know the ones I have chosen. But this is to fulfill the scripture, ‘The one who eats my bread has turned against me.’
• John 18:9He said this to fulfill the word he had spoken, “I have not lost a single one of those whom you gave me.”
• Luke 4:26Yet Elijah was sent to none of them, but only to a woman who was a widow at Zarephath in Sidon.
• 1 John 2:19They went out from us, but they did not really belong to us, because if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us. But they went out from us to demonstrate that all of them do not belong to us.
• John 6:70Jesus replied, “Didn’t I choose you, the twelve, and yet one of you is the devil?”
• 2 Thessalonians 2:3Let no one deceive you in any way. For that day will not arrive until the rebellion comes and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction.
• Psalms 109:6Appoint an evil man to testify against him! May an accuser stand at his right side!
• Acts 1:16“Brothers, the scripture had to be fulfilled that the Holy Spirit foretold through David concerning Judas – who became the guide for 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