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None has been lost except the one doomed to destruction so that Scripture would be fulfilled. <a href="/nlt/john/17.htm">New Living Translation</a> During my time here, I protected them by the power of the name you gave me. I guarded them so that not one was lost, except the one headed for destruction, as the Scriptures foretold. <a href="/esv/john/17.htm">English Standard Version</a> 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. <a href="/bsb/john/17.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> While I was with them, I protected and preserved them by Your name, the name You gave Me. Not one of them has been lost, except the son of destruction, so that the Scripture would be fulfilled. <a href="/blb/john/17.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> When I was with them, I was keeping them in Your name, which You have given Me. And I guarded them, and none of them has perished, except the son of destruction, that the Scripture might be fulfilled. <a href="/kjv/john/17.htm">King James Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nkjv/john/17.htm">New King James Version</a> 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. <a href="/nasb_/john/17.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nasb/john/17.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220While 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 but the son of perdition, so that the Scripture would be fulfilled. <a href="/nasb77/john/17.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “While I was with them, I was keeping them in Thy name which Thou hast given Me; and I guarded them, and not one of them perished but the son of perdition, that the Scripture might be fulfilled. <a href="/lsb/john/17.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> 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 but the son of perdition, so that the Scripture would be fulfilled. <a href="/amp/john/17.htm">Amplified Bible</a> While I was with them, I was keeping them in Your name which You have given Me; and I guarded them and protected them, and not one of them was lost except the son of destruction, so that the Scripture would be fulfilled. <a href="/csb/john/17.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> While I was with them, I was protecting them by your name that you have given me. I guarded them and not one of them is lost, except the son of destruction, so that the Scripture may be fulfilled. <a href="/hcsb/john/17.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> While I was with them, I was protecting them by Your name that You have given Me. I guarded them and not one of them is lost, except the son of destruction, so that the Scripture may be fulfilled. <a href="/asv/john/17.htm">American Standard Version</a> While I was with them, I kept them in thy name which thou hast given me: and I guarded them, and not one of them perished, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled. <a href="/cev/john/17.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> While I was with them, I kept them safe by the power you have given me. I guarded them, and not one of them was lost, except the one who had to be lost. This happened so that what the Scriptures say would come true. <a href="/erv/john/17.htm">English Revised Version</a> While I was with them, I kept them in thy name which thou hast given me: and I guarded them, and not one of them perished, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled. <a href="/gwt/john/17.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> 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. <a href="/gnt/john/17.htm">Good News Translation</a> While I was with them, I kept them safe by the power of your name, the name you gave me. I protected them, and not one of them was lost, except the man who was bound to be lost--so that the scripture might come true. <a href="/isv/john/17.htm">International Standard Version</a> While I was with them, I protected them by the authority that you gave me. I guarded them, and not one of them became lost except the one who was destined for destruction, so that the Scripture might be fulfilled. <a href="/msb/john/17.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> While I was with them in the world, I protected and preserved by Your name those You gave Me. Not one of them has been lost, except the son of destruction, so that the Scripture would be fulfilled. <a href="/net/john/17.htm">NET Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nheb/john/17.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> While I was with them, I kept them in your name which you have given me, and I guarded them, and not one of them perished, except the son of destruction, that the Scripture might be fulfilled. <a href="/wbt/john/17.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest to me I have kept, and none of them is lost but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled. <a href="/wey/john/17.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> While I was with them, I kept them true to Thy name--the name Thou hast given me to bear--and I kept watch over them, and not one of them is lost but only he who is doomed to destruction--that the Scripture may be fulfilled. <a href="/web/john/17.htm">World English Bible</a> While I was with them in the world, I kept them in your name. I have kept those whom you have given me. None of them is lost except the son of destruction, that the Scripture might be fulfilled. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/john/17.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> when I was with them in the world, I was keeping them in Your Name; I guarded those whom You have given to Me, and none of them were destroyed, except the son of the destruction, that the Writing may be fulfilled. <a href="/blb/john/17.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> When I was with them, I was keeping them in Your name, which You have given Me. And I guarded them, and none of them has perished, except the son of destruction, that the Scripture might be fulfilled. <a href="/ylt/john/17.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> when I was with them in the world, I was keeping them in Thy name; those whom Thou hast given to me I did guard, and none of them was destroyed, except the son of the destruction, that the Writing may be fulfilled. <a href="/slt/john/17.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> When I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those thou hast given me I watched, and not one of them perished, except the son of perdition; that the writing might be completed.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/john/17.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> While I was with them, I kept them in thy name. Those whom thou gavest me have I kept; and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition, that the scripture may be fulfilled. <a href="/cpdv/john/17.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> While I was with them, I preserved them in your name. I have guarded those whom you have given to me, and not one of them is lost, except the son of perdition, so that the Scripture may be fulfilled. <a href="/nabre/john/17.htm">New American Bible</a> When I was with them I protected them in your name that you gave me, and I guarded them, and none of them was lost except the son of destruction, in order that the scripture might be fulfilled. <a href="/nrsvce/john/17.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> While I was with them, I protected them in your name that you have given me. I guarded them, and not one of them was lost except the one destined to be lost, so that the scripture might be fulfilled.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/john/17.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> While I was with them in the world, I protected them in your name; those you gave me I protected, and not one of them is lost, except the son of perdition, that the scripture might be fulfilled. <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/john/17.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> “When I was with them in the world, I kept them in your Name; I have kept those whom you gave me, and no man among them has perished, except The Son of Destruction, that the scripture should be fulfilled.”<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/john/17.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name. Those whom thou gavest me, I have kept; and none of them is lost but the son of perdition, that the scripture may be fulfilled. <a href="/godbey/john/17.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> <FR>When I was with them, I was keeping them in thy name whom thou hast given unto me. And I guarded them, and no one of them perished, except the son of perdition; that the Scripture may be fulfilled.<Fr> <a href="/haweis/john/17.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> When I was with them in the world, I preserved them by thy name: those whom thou hast given me have I guarded, and not one of them is perished, except the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled. <a href="/mace/john/17.htm">Mace New Testament</a> by your authority I have kept them, during my being with them in the world: those that you gave me I have kept, and not one of them is lost, except the son of perdition: according as the scripture foretold. <a href="/wey/john/17.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> While I was with them, I kept them true to Thy name--the name Thou hast given me to bear--and I kept watch over them, and not one of them is lost but only he who is doomed to destruction--that the Scripture may be fulfilled. <a href="/worrell/john/17.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> <FR>While I was with them, I was keeping, in Thy name, those Whom Thou hast given Me; and I guarded them, and no one of them perished, except the son of perdition, that the Scripture might be fulfilled.<Fr> <a href="/worsley/john/17.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> <FR>While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name; I have preserved <Fr>those<FR> whom Thou gavest me, and none of them is lost; except the son of perdition, that the scripture might be fulfilled.<Fr> <a href="/parallel/john/17-12.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ixy2bchmXZ0?start=6084" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/john/17.htm">Prayer for the Disciples</a> …11I will no longer be in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to You. Holy Father, protect them by Your name, the name You gave Me, so that they may be one as We are one. 12<a href="/greek/3753.htm" title="3753: hote (Adv) -- When, at which time. From hos and te; at which too, i.e. When.">While</a> <a href="/greek/1510.htm" title="1510: ēmēn (V-IIM-1S) -- I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.">I was</a> <a href="/greek/3326.htm" title="3326: met’ (Prep) -- (a) gen: with, in company with, (b) acc: (1) behind, beyond, after, of place, (2) after, of time, with nouns, neut. of adjectives. ">with</a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: autōn (PPro-GM3P) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.">them,</a> <a href="/greek/1473.htm" title="1473: egō (PPro-N1S) -- I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.">I</a> <a href="/greek/5083.htm" title="5083: etēroun (V-IIA-1S) -- From teros; to guard, i.e. To note; by implication, to detain; by extension, to withhold; by extension, to withhold.">protected</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">and</a> <a href="/greek/5442.htm" title="5442: ephylaxa (V-AIA-1S) -- Probably from phule through the idea of isolation; to watch, i.e. Be on guard; by implication, to preserve, obey, avoid.">preserved</a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: autous (PPro-AM3P) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.">them</a> <a href="/greek/1722.htm" title="1722: en (Prep) -- In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; in, at, on, by, etc.">by</a> <a href="/greek/4771.htm" title="4771: sou (PPro-G2S) -- You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.">Your</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tō (Art-DNS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/3686.htm" title="3686: onomati (N-DNS) -- Name, character, fame, reputation. From a presumed derivative of the base of ginosko; a name.">name,</a> <a href="/greek/3739.htm" title="3739: hō (RelPro-DNS) -- Who, which, what, that. ">the name</a> <a href="/greek/1325.htm" title="1325: dedōkas (V-RIA-2S) -- To offer, give; I put, place. A prolonged form of a primary verb; to give.">You gave</a> <a href="/greek/1473.htm" title="1473: moi (PPro-D1S) -- I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.">Me.</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. "></a> <a href="/greek/3762.htm" title="3762: oudeis (Adj-NMS) -- No one, none, nothing. ">Not one</a> <a href="/greek/1537.htm" title="1537: ex (Prep) -- From out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards. A primary preposition denoting origin, from, out.">of</a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: autōn (PPro-GM3P) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.">them</a> <a href="/greek/622.htm" title="622: apōleto (V-AIM-3S) -- From apo and the base of olethros; to destroy fully, literally or figuratively.">has been lost,</a> <a href="/greek/1487.htm" title="1487: ei (Conj) -- If. A primary particle of conditionality; if, whether, that, etc.">except</a> <a href="/greek/3361.htm" title="3361: mē (Adv) -- Not, lest. A primary particle of qualified negation; not, lest; also (whereas ou expects an affirmative one) whether."></a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: ho (Art-NMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the</a> <a href="/greek/5207.htm" title="5207: huios (N-NMS) -- A son, descendent. Apparently a primary word; a son, used very widely of immediate, remote or figuratively, kinship.">son</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tēs (Art-GFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/684.htm" title="684: apōleias (N-GFS) -- Destruction, ruin, loss, perishing; eternal ruin. From a presumed derivative of apollumi; ruin or loss.">of destruction,</a> <a href="/greek/2443.htm" title="2443: hina (Conj) -- In order that, so that. Probably from the same as the former part of heautou; in order that.">so that</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: hē (Art-NFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the</a> <a href="/greek/1124.htm" title="1124: graphē (N-NFS) -- (a) a writing, (b) a passage of scripture; plur: the scriptures. A document, i.e. Holy Writ.">Scripture</a> <a href="/greek/4137.htm" title="4137: plērōthē (V-ASP-3S) -- From pleres; to make replete, i.e. to cram, level up, or to furnish, satisfy, execute, finish, verify, etc.">would be fulfilled.</a> 13But now I am coming to You; and I am saying these things while I am in the world, so that they may have My joy fulfilled within them.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/john/6-39.htm">John 6:39</a> And this is the will of Him who sent Me, that I shall lose none of those He has given Me, but raise them up at the last day. <a href="/john/10-28.htm">John 10:28-29</a> I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one can snatch them out of My hand. / My Father who has given them to Me is greater than all. No one can snatch them out of My Father’s hand. <a href="/john/18-9.htm">John 18:9</a> This was to fulfill the word He had spoken: “I have not lost one of those You have given Me.” <a href="/john/13-18.htm">John 13:18</a> I am not speaking about all of you; I know whom I have chosen. But this is to fulfill the Scripture: ‘The one who shares My bread has lifted up his heel against Me.’ <a href="/john/6-70.htm">John 6:70-71</a> Jesus answered them, “Have I not chosen you, the Twelve? Yet one of you is a devil!” / He was speaking about Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot. For although Judas was one of the Twelve, he was later to betray Jesus. <a href="/acts/1-16.htm">Acts 1:16-20</a> “Brothers, the Scripture had to be fulfilled that the Holy Spirit foretold through the mouth of David concerning Judas, who became a guide for those who arrested Jesus. / He was one of our number and shared in this ministry.” / (Now with the reward for his wickedness Judas bought a field; there he fell headlong and burst open in the middle, and all his intestines spilled out. ... <a href="/psalms/41-9.htm">Psalm 41:9</a> Even my close friend whom I trusted, the one who shared my bread, has lifted up his heel against me. <a href="/2_thessalonians/2-3.htm">2 Thessalonians 2:3</a> Let no one deceive you in any way, for it will not come until the rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessness—the son of destruction—is revealed. <a href="/matthew/26-24.htm">Matthew 26:24</a> The Son of Man will go just as it is written about Him, but woe to that man by whom He is betrayed. It would be better for him if he had not been born.” <a href="/mark/14-21.htm">Mark 14:21</a> The Son of Man will go just as it is written about Him, but woe to that man by whom He is betrayed! It would be better for him if he had not been born.” <a href="/luke/22-3.htm">Luke 22:3</a> Then Satan entered Judas Iscariot, who was one of the Twelve. <a href="/luke/22-31.htm">Luke 22:31-32</a> Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to sift all of you like wheat. / But I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith will not fail. And when you have turned back, strengthen your brothers.” <a href="/1_john/2-19.htm">1 John 2:19</a> They went out from us, but they did not belong to us. For if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us. But their departure made it clear that none of them belonged to us. <a href="/psalms/109-8.htm">Psalm 109:8</a> May his days be few; may another take his position. <a href="/zechariah/11-12.htm">Zechariah 11:12-13</a> Then I told them, “If it seems right to you, give me my wages; but if not, keep them.” So they weighed out my wages, thirty pieces of silver. / And the LORD said to me, “Throw it to the potter”—this magnificent price at which they valued me. So I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw them to the potter in the house of the LORD.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>While I was with them in the world, I kept them in your name: those that you gave me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled.I kept.<a href="/john/6-37.htm">John 6:37,39,40</a> All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out… <a href="/john/10-27.htm">John 10:27,28</a> My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: … <a href="/hebrews/2-13.htm">Hebrews 2:13</a> And again, I will put my trust in him. And again, Behold I and the children which God hath given me.and.<a href="/john/13-18.htm">John 13:18</a> I speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen: but that the scripture may be fulfilled, He that eateth bread with me hath lifted up his heel against me.<a href="/john/18-9.htm">John 18:9</a> That the saying might be fulfilled, which he spake, Of them which thou gavest me have I lost none.<a href="/luke/4-26.htm">Luke 4:26,27</a> But unto none of them was Elias sent, save unto Sarepta, a city of Sidon, unto a woman that was a widow… the son.<a href="/john/6-70.htm">John 6:70,71</a> Jesus answered them, Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of you is a devil? … <a href="/john/13-18.htm">John 13:18</a> I speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen: but that the scripture may be fulfilled, He that eateth bread with me hath lifted up his heel against me.<a href="/2_thessalonians/2-3.htm">2 Thessalonians 2:3</a> Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;that.<a href="/psalms/109-6.htm">Psalm 109:6-19</a> Set thou a wicked man over him: and let Satan stand at his right hand… <a href="/acts/1-16.htm">Acts 1:16-20,25</a> Men and brethren, this scripture must needs have been fulfilled, which the Holy Ghost by the mouth of David spake before concerning Judas, which was guide to them that took Jesus… <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/john/17-11.htm">Bear</a> <a href="/john/12-25.htm">Care</a> <a href="/luke/17-29.htm">Destroyed</a> <a href="/john/11-50.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/zechariah/11-7.htm">Doomed</a> <a href="/john/15-4.htm">Except</a> <a href="/john/15-25.htm">Fulfilled</a> <a href="/john/17-8.htm">Gavest</a> <a href="/matthew/27-64.htm">Guarded</a> <a href="/john/14-21.htm">Keeping</a> <a href="/john/17-6.htm">Kept</a> <a href="/john/6-12.htm">Lost</a> <a href="/psalms/18-4.htm">Perdition</a> <a href="/luke/11-51.htm">Perished</a> <a href="/mark/6-20.htm">Protected</a> <a href="/luke/17-33.htm">Safe</a> <a href="/john/13-18.htm">Scripture</a> <a href="/john/17-11.htm">True.</a> <a href="/luke/21-36.htm">Watch</a> <a href="/john/17-11.htm">World</a> <a href="/john/15-25.htm">Writing</a> <a href="/john/13-18.htm">Writings</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/john/18-23.htm">Bear</a> <a href="/acts/5-35.htm">Care</a> <a href="/acts/3-23.htm">Destroyed</a> <a href="/acts/2-27.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/2-6.htm">Doomed</a> <a href="/john/19-11.htm">Except</a> <a href="/john/17-13.htm">Fulfilled</a> <a href="/john/17-22.htm">Gavest</a> <a href="/acts/12-4.htm">Guarded</a> <a href="/john/18-17.htm">Keeping</a> <a href="/john/18-9.htm">Kept</a> <a href="/john/18-9.htm">Lost</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/1-18.htm">Perdition</a> <a href="/acts/5-37.htm">Perished</a> <a href="/1_peter/1-5.htm">Protected</a> <a href="/john/18-9.htm">Safe</a> <a href="/john/19-24.htm">Scripture</a> <a href="/john/17-17.htm">True.</a> <a href="/acts/9-24.htm">Watch</a> <a href="/john/17-13.htm">World</a> <a href="/john/19-19.htm">Writing</a> <a href="/john/19-28.htm">Writings</a><div class="vheading2">John 17</div>1. <a href="/john/17-1.htm">Jesus prays to his Father.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/john/17.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/john/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/john/17.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>While I was with them This phrase refers to Jesus' earthly ministry, during which He was physically present with His disciples. It highlights the period when Jesus taught, guided, and nurtured His followers. This time was crucial for the disciples' spiritual formation and understanding of Jesus' mission. The presence of Jesus among His disciples fulfilled Old Testament prophecies about the Messiah dwelling among His people (<a href="/isaiah/7-14.htm">Isaiah 7:14</a>).I protected and preserved them by Your name Jesus emphasizes His role as the Good Shepherd, safeguarding His disciples from spiritual harm. The "name" refers to God's authority and power, which Jesus wielded to protect His followers. This protection is reminiscent of the divine protection seen throughout the Old Testament, such as God's protection of Israel (<a href="/psalms/121-7.htm">Psalm 121:7-8</a>).the name You gave Me This phrase underscores the divine authority and mission given to Jesus by the Father. The name represents God's character and essence, which Jesus embodied. It connects to the concept of Jesus being the "I AM" (<a href="/john/8-58.htm">John 8:58</a>), reflecting His divine nature and unity with the Father.Not one of them has been lost Jesus reassures that He has kept all His disciples safe, except for one. This reflects the security of believers in Christ, as seen in <a href="/john/10-28.htm">John 10:28-29</a>, where Jesus speaks of His sheep never being snatched from His hand. It also highlights the fulfillment of His mission to preserve those given to Him by the Father.except the son of destruction This refers to Judas Iscariot, who betrayed Jesus. The term "son of destruction" indicates his destined role in the divine plan. Judas' betrayal was foreseen in Scripture, such as in <a href="/psalms/41-9.htm">Psalm 41:9</a>, which speaks of a close friend lifting his heel against the Messiah.so that the Scripture would be fulfilled This phrase points to the fulfillment of Old Testament prophecies regarding the Messiah's betrayal. It underscores the sovereignty of God in orchestrating events according to His divine plan. Scriptures like <a href="/zechariah/11-12.htm">Zechariah 11:12-13</a> and <a href="/psalms/69-25.htm">Psalm 69:25</a> are seen as prophetic references to Judas' actions and their consequences.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/j/jesus_christ.htm">Jesus Christ</a> The speaker of this verse, who is praying to God the Father. He is reflecting on His earthly ministry and His role as the protector of His disciples. 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_disciples.htm">The Disciples</a> The group of followers whom Jesus protected during His ministry. They are the primary recipients of His care and teaching. 3. <a href="/topical/j/judas_iscariot.htm">Judas Iscariot</a> Referred to as "the one doomed to destruction," he is the disciple who betrayed Jesus, fulfilling the prophecy of Scripture. 4. <a href="/topical/g/god_the_father.htm">God the Father</a> The one to whom Jesus is praying, acknowledging the divine authority and the name given to Jesus for protection. 5. <a href="/topical/s/scripture_fulfillment.htm">Scripture Fulfillment</a> The event of Judas' betrayal is seen as a fulfillment of Old Testament prophecy, highlighting the divine plan and foreknowledge.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/d/divine_protection.htm">Divine Protection</a> Jesus emphasizes His role in protecting His disciples, which reassures believers of Christ's ongoing protection in their lives through His name. <a href="/topical/f/fulfillment_of_scripture.htm">Fulfillment of Scripture</a> The mention of Judas' betrayal as a fulfillment of Scripture underscores the reliability and divine inspiration of the Bible, encouraging believers to trust in God's Word. <a href="/topical/t/the_sovereignty_of_god.htm">The Sovereignty of God</a> The events surrounding Judas' betrayal highlight God's sovereignty and the unfolding of His divine plan, reminding believers that God is in control even in difficult circumstances. <a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_faithfulness.htm">The Importance of Faithfulness</a> While Jesus protected His disciples, Judas' choice to betray Him serves as a warning about the dangers of unfaithfulness and the consequences of turning away from Christ. <a href="/topical/t/the_power_of_jesus'_name.htm">The Power of Jesus' Name</a> Jesus protected His disciples by the name given to Him by the Father, illustrating the power and authority inherent in the name of Jesus, which believers can call upon for strength and protection.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_john_17.htm">Top 10 Lessons from John 17</a> <a href="/q/how_does_john_17_12_align_with_universal_salvation.htm">In John 17:12, how does losing only the “son of perdition” align with texts suggesting God desires everyone to be saved? </a> <a href="/q/who_is_the_son_of_perdition.htm">Who is referred to as the son of perdition?</a> <a href="/q/what_is_'pleading_the_blood'.htm">What does 'pleading the blood of Jesus' mean?</a> <a href="/q/what_does_'by_and_by'_mean_biblically.htm">What does 'overcome by the Blood of the Lamb' mean?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/john/17.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(12) While I was with them in the world.--Comp. the opening words of <a href="/john/17-11.htm" title="And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to you. Holy Father, keep through your own name those whom you have given me, that they may be one, as we are.">John 17:11</a>. During His presence with them there was not this special need for commending them to the Father's care. His relation to them now is as that of a parent blessing and praying for His children before He is taken away from them. (Comp. <a href="/john/13-33.htm" title="Little children, yet a little while I am with you. You shall seek me: and as I said to the Jews, Where I go, you cannot come; so now I say to you.">John 13:33</a>.)I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept.--Better (comp. previous verse), I kept them in Thy name which Thou gavest Me, and guarded them. The pronoun is emphatic. "While I was in the world I kept them. I am now praying that Thou wouldest keep them." The words "kept" and "guarded" differ slightly in meaning, the former pointing to the preservation in the truth revealed to them, and the latter to the watchfulness by means of which this result was obtained. The former may be compared to the feeding of the flock, the latter to the care which protects from the wild beasts around. (Comp. <a href="/context/john/10-28.htm" title="And I give to them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.">John 10:28-30</a>.)And none of them is lost, but the son of perdition.--Better, None of them perished, except the son of perdition. The tense is the same as that of the word "guarded." The Good Shepherd watched His flock, and such was His care that none perished but the "son of perdition." Of him the words carefully state that "he perished." He, then, was included in "them which Thou gavest Me." For him there was the same preservation and the same guardianship as for those who remained in the fold. The sheep wandered from the flock, and was lost by his own act. (Comp. especially Notes on <a href="/context/john/6-37.htm" title="All that the Father gives me shall come to me; and him that comes to me I will in no wise cast out.">John 6:37-39</a>; <a href="/john/6-71.htm" title="He spoke of Judas Iscariot the son of Simon: for he it was that should betray him, being one of the twelve.">John 6:71</a>. See also <a href="/john/18-9.htm" title="That the saying might be fulfilled, which he spoke, Of them which you gave me have I lost none.">John 18:9</a>.) . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/john/17.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 12. - While I was with them (in the world). He speaks of the earthly ministry as completed, and reviews the whole of his influence over them. I kept them in thy Name which thou hast given me. The very process that I can no longer pursue, and the cessation of which becomes the ground of the plea for the Father's τηρήσις. This an earthly father might say, without irreverence, of children whom he was about to leave, but the quality of the keeping is characterized by the Divine Name which was given him, and that manifested the Sonship which carried with it all the revelation of the Father. And I guarded (them) - ἐτήρουν signifies watchful observation; ἐφύλαξα, guardianship as behind the walls of a fortress - and not one perished - went to destruction - except that the son of perdition (has perished). Christ does not say that the son of perdition was given him by the Father and guarded from the evil one, and yet had gone to his own place; the exception refers simply to the "not one perished." Αἰ μὴ has occasionally a meaning not exactly equal to ἀλλὰ, but expresses an exception which does not cover the whole of the ideas involved in the previous clause (see <a href="/matthew/12-4.htm">Matthew 12:4</a>; <a href="/luke/4-26.htm">Luke 4:26, 27</a>; <a href="/galatians/1-19.htm">Galatians 1:19</a>, etc.). This awful Hebraistic phrase is used by St. Paul (<a href="/2_thessalonians/2-3.htm">2 Thessalonians 2:3</a>; cf. <a href="/2_samuel/12-5.htm">2 Samuel 12:5</a>) for antichrist, and numerous phrases of the kind show how a genitive following υἱὸς or τέκνον expresses the full characteristic or the chief feature of certain persons (thus cf. υἱὸς γεένης τέκνα φῶτος κατάρας, etc.). This victim of perdition, this child of hell, has completed his course; even now he has laid his plans for my destruction and his own. He has so perished in order that the Scripture might be fulfilled. Even if the full telic force of ἵνα is preserved here, he does not free the "son of perdition" from the responsibility of his own destruction. The Scripture portraiture of Messiah has been realized. <a href="/psalms/41-9.htm">Psalm 41:9</a>, which has already been quoted by our Lord in <a href="/john/13-18.htm">John 13:18</a>, is probably still in his mind (cf. also <a href="/isaiah/57-12.htm">Isaiah 57:12, 13</a>). Some commentators - Arch-deacon Watkins, Dean Alford - press the fact that the "son of perdition" must have been among those who were given to Christ by the Father, who were watched, guarded, taught by God; but that Judas nevertheless took his own way and went to his own place. Thoma compares the lost disciple with the lost sheep of the synoptists, as though we had a reference to a true reprobate, a son of Belial, Apollyon, and the like. Moulton justly protests against any countenance being found here for the irrevocable decree. But if the interpretation of the εἰ μὴ given above is sound, there is no inclusion of the traitor among those who are "of the truth," etc.; but he was one who, notwithstanding boundless opportunity, went to his own place in the perversity of his own will. <a href="/commentaries/john/17-12.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>While ὅτε (hote) Adverb <a href="/greek/strongs_3753.htm">Strong's 3753: </a> When, at which time. From hos and te; at which too, i.e. When. I was ἤμην (ēmēn) Verb - Imperfect Indicative Middle - 1st Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1510.htm">Strong's 1510: </a> I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist. with μετ’ (met’) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_3326.htm">Strong's 3326: </a> (a) gen: with, in company with, (b) acc: (1) behind, beyond, after, of place, (2) after, of time, with nouns, neut. of adjectives. them, αὐτῶν (autōn) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_846.htm">Strong's 846: </a> He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. I ἐγὼ (egō) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 1st Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1473.htm">Strong's 1473: </a> I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I. protected ἐτήρουν (etēroun) Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_5083.htm">Strong's 5083: </a> From teros; to guard, i.e. To note; by implication, to detain; by extension, to withhold; by extension, to withhold. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> And, even, also, namely. preserved ἐφύλαξα (ephylaxa) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_5442.htm">Strong's 5442: </a> Probably from phule through the idea of isolation; to watch, i.e. Be on guard; by implication, to preserve, obey, avoid. them αὐτοὺς (autous) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_846.htm">Strong's 846: </a> He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. by ἐν (en) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1722.htm">Strong's 1722: </a> In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc. Your σου (sou) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_4771.htm">Strong's 4771: </a> You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou. name, ὀνόματί (onomati) Noun - Dative Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3686.htm">Strong's 3686: </a> Name, character, fame, reputation. From a presumed derivative of the base of ginosko; a 'name'. [the name] ᾧ (hō) Personal / Relative Pronoun - Dative Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3739.htm">Strong's 3739: </a> Who, which, what, that. You gave δέδωκάς (dedōkas) Verb - Perfect Indicative Active - 2nd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1325.htm">Strong's 1325: </a> To offer, give; I put, place. A prolonged form of a primary verb; to give. Me. μοι (moi) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 1st Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1473.htm">Strong's 1473: </a> I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I. Not one οὐδεὶς (oudeis) Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3762.htm">Strong's 3762: </a> No one, none, nothing. of ἐξ (ex) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1537.htm">Strong's 1537: </a> From out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards. A primary preposition denoting origin, from, out. them αὐτῶν (autōn) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_846.htm">Strong's 846: </a> He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. has been lost, ἀπώλετο (apōleto) Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_622.htm">Strong's 622: </a> From apo and the base of olethros; to destroy fully, literally or figuratively. except εἰ (ei) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_1487.htm">Strong's 1487: </a> If. A primary particle of conditionality; if, whether, that, etc. the ὁ (ho) Article - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. son υἱὸς (huios) Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_5207.htm">Strong's 5207: </a> A son, descendent. Apparently a primary word; a 'son', used very widely of immediate, remote or figuratively, kinship. of destruction, ἀπωλείας (apōleias) Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_684.htm">Strong's 684: </a> Destruction, ruin, loss, perishing; eternal ruin. From a presumed derivative of apollumi; ruin or loss. so that ἵνα (hina) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2443.htm">Strong's 2443: </a> In order that, so that. Probably from the same as the former part of heautou; in order that. the ἡ (hē) Article - Nominative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. Scripture γραφὴ (graphē) Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1124.htm">Strong's 1124: </a> (a) a writing, (b) a passage of scripture; plur: the scriptures. A document, i.e. Holy Writ. would be fulfilled. πληρωθῇ (plērōthē) Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Passive - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_4137.htm">Strong's 4137: </a> From pleres; to make replete, i.e. to cram, level up, or to furnish, satisfy, execute, finish, verify, etc. <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/john/17-12.htm">John 17:12 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/john/17-12.htm">John 17:12 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/john/17-12.htm">John 17:12 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/john/17-12.htm">John 17:12 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/john/17-12.htm">John 17:12 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/john/17-12.htm">John 17:12 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/john/17-12.htm">John 17:12 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/john/17-12.htm">John 17:12 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/john/17-12.htm">John 17:12 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/john/17-12.htm">John 17:12 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/john/17-12.htm">NT Gospels: John 17:12 While I was with them (Jhn Jo Jn) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/john/17-11.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="John 17:11"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="John 17:11" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/john/17-13.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="John 17:13"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="John 17:13" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>