Tree of Life Version
John 17:12
12While I was with them, I was keeping them in Your name that You have given Me. I guarded them, and not one of them was lost except the son of destruction, so that the Scripture would be fulfilled.
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
10All Mine are Yours, and Yours are Mine; and I have been glorified in them. 11I am no longer in the world; but they are in the world, and I am coming to You. Holy Father, keep them in Your name that 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 that You have given Me. I guarded them, and not one of them was lost except the son of destruction, so that the Scripture would be fulfilled. 13“But now I am coming to You. I say these words while I am still in the world, so that they may have My joy made full in themselves. 14I have given them Your word; and the world hated them, because they are not of the world just as I am not of 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 the Father gives Me will come to Me, and anyone coming to Me I will never reject.
- John 10:27My sheep hear My voice. I know them, and they follow Me.
- Hebrews 2:13And again, “I will put My trust in Him.” And again, “Here am I and the children God has given Me.”
- John 13:18“I am not speaking to all of you—I know whom I have chosen. But so the Scripture may be fulfilled, ‘He who eats My bread has lifted up his heel against Me.’
- John 18:9This was so the word would be fulfilled that He spoke: “I did not lose one of those You have given Me.”
- Luke 4:26Elijah was not sent to any of them, but only to Zarephath in the land of Sidon, to a widowed woman.
- 1 John 2:19They left us, but they didn’t really belong to us. If they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us. But they left us so it became clear that none of them belongs to us.
- John 6:70Yeshua answered them, “Didn’t I choose you, the Twelve? Yet one of you is the adversary!”
- 2 Thessalonians 2:3Let no one deceive you in any way, for the Day will not come unless the rebellion comes first and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the one destined to be destroyed.
- Psalms 109:6Set a wicked man over him, let an accuser stand at his right hand.
- Acts 1:16“Brothers, the Scripture had to be fulfilled, which the Ruach ha-Kodesh foretold by the mouth of David, concerning Judah—who became a guide to those who seized Yeshua.
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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