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John 18:9

This was to show the truth of what Jesus said earlier: "I have not lost anyone you gave me."

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Jesus, the Christ;   Prisoners;   Prophecy;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Gethsemane;   Judas;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Shepherd;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Gethsemane;   John, the Gospel of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Arrest ;   Consolation;   Endurance;   Foresight;   Fulfilment;   Gethsemane ;   John, Gospel of (Ii. Contents);   Manuscripts;   Mount of Olives ;   Salvation;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Officer;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
This was to fulfill the words he had said: “I have not lost one of those you have given me.”
King James Version (1611)
That the saying might be fulfilled which he spake, Of them which thou gauest me, haue I lost none.
King James Version
That the saying might be fulfilled, which he spake, Of them which thou gavest me have I lost none.
English Standard Version
This was to fulfill the word that he had spoken: "Of those whom you gave me I have lost not one."
New American Standard Bible
This took place so that the word which He spoke would be fulfilled: "Of those whom You have given Me I lost not one."
New Century Version
This happened so that the words Jesus said before would come true: "I have not lost any of the ones you gave me."
Amplified Bible
This was to fulfill and verify the words He had spoken, "Of those whom You have given Me, I have not lost even one."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
to fulfill the word which He spoke, "Of those whom You have given Me I lost not one."
Legacy Standard Bible
in order that the word which He spoke would be fulfilled, "Of those whom You have given Me, I lost not one."
Berean Standard Bible
This was to fulfill the word He had spoken: "I have not lost one of those You have given Me."
Contemporary English Version
Then everything will happen, just as I said, ‘I did not lose anyone you gave me.'"
Complete Jewish Bible
This happened so that what he had said might be fulfilled, "I have not lost one of those you gave me."
Darby Translation
that the word might be fulfilled which he spoke, [As to] those whom thou hast given me, I have not lost one of them.
Geneva Bible (1587)
This was that the worde might be fulfilled which hee spake, Of them which thou gauest me, haue I lost none.
George Lamsa Translation
That the word which he said might be fulfilled, Of those whom you gave me, I have lost not even one.
Good News Translation
(He said this so that what he had said might come true: "Father, I have not lost even one of those you gave me.")
Lexham English Bible
in order that the word that he had spoken would be fulfilled: "Those whom you have given to me—I have not lost anyone of them."
Literal Translation
(that the Word might be fulfilled which He said, "Of those whom You gave to Me, I lost not one of them)."
American Standard Version
that the word might be fulfilled which he spake, Of those whom thou hast given me I lost not one.
Bible in Basic English
(He said this so that his words might come true, I have kept safe all those whom you gave to me.)
Hebrew Names Version
that the word might be fulfilled which he spoke, "Of those whom you have given me, I have lost none."
International Standard Version
This was to fulfill the word that he had spoken, "I did not lose a single one of those you gave me."John 17:12;">[xr]
Etheridge Translation
That the word might be fulfilled which he spake, Of those whom thou hast given me I have not lost even one.
Murdock Translation
that the speech might be fulfilled, which he uttered: Of them, whom thou hast given me, I have lost not even one.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
That the saying myght be fulfylled which he spake: Of them which thou gauest me, haue I not lost one.
English Revised Version
that the word might be fulfilled which he spake, Of those whom thou hast given me I lost not one.
World English Bible
that the word might be fulfilled which he spoke, "Of those whom you have given me, I have lost none."
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
That the saying might be fulfilled which he had spoke, Of them whom thou hast given me, I have lost none.
Weymouth's New Testament
He made this request in order that the words He had spoken might be fulfilled, "As for those whom Thou hast given me, I have not lost one."
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
That the word which he seide schulde be fulfillid, For Y loste not ony of hem, whiche thou `hast youun to me.
Update Bible Version
that the word might be fulfilled which he spoke, Of those whom you have given me I lost not one.
Webster's Bible Translation
That the saying might be fulfilled which he spoke, Of them whom thou gavest to me, I have lost none.
New English Translation
He said this to fulfill the word he had spoken, "I have not lost a single one of those whom you gave me."
New King James Version
that the saying might be fulfilled which He spoke, "Of those whom You gave Me I have lost none."
New Living Translation
He did this to fulfill his own statement: "I did not lose a single one of those you have given me."
New Life Bible
He said this so the words He spoke might happen, "I have not lost one of those You gave Me."
New Revised Standard
This was to fulfill the word that he had spoken, "I did not lose a single one of those whom you gave me."
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
that the word might be fulfilled which he had said - As touching them whom thou hast given me, I lost from among them, not so much as one.
Douay-Rheims Bible
That the word might be fulfilled which he said: Of them whom thou hast given me, I have not lost any one.
Revised Standard Version
This was to fulfil the word which he had spoken, "Of those whom thou gavest me I lost not one."
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
That ye sayinge might be fulfilled which he spake: of the which thou gavest me have I not lost one.
Young's Literal Translation
that the word might be fulfilled that he said -- `Those whom Thou hast given to me, I did not lose of them even one.'
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
That the worde might be fulfylled, which he sayde: Of them who thou gauest me, haue I not lost one.
Mace New Testament (1729)
so that what he said was accomplished, "of those which thou gavest me, have I lost none."
Simplified Cowboy Version
This happened because Jesus had said, "I will not lose a single one you have given me."

Contextual Overview

1 When Jesus finished praying, he left with his followers and went across the Kidron Valley. He went into a garden there, his followers still with him. 2 Judas, the one responsible for handing Jesus over, knew where this place was. He knew because Jesus often met there with his followers. 3 So Judas led a group of soldiers to the garden, along with some guards from the leading priests and the Pharisees. They were carrying torches, lanterns, and weapons. 4 Jesus already knew everything that would happen to him. So he went out and asked them, "Who are you looking for?" 5 They answered, "Jesus from Nazareth." He said, "I am Jesus." (Judas, the one responsible for handing Jesus over, was standing there with them.) 6 When Jesus said, "I am Jesus," the men moved back and fell to the ground. 7 He asked them again, "Who are you looking for?" They said, "Jesus from Nazareth." 8 Jesus said, "I told you that I am Jesus. So if you are looking for me, let these other men go free." 9 This was to show the truth of what Jesus said earlier: "I have not lost anyone you gave me." 10 Simon Peter had a sword, which he pulled out. He struck the servant of the high priest and cut off his right ear. (The servant's name was Malchus.)

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Of: John 17:12

Reciprocal: Numbers 31:49 - lacketh 1 Samuel 22:23 - but with me 2 Samuel 17:22 - there lacked Jeremiah 23:4 - neither Zechariah 13:7 - I will turn Matthew 1:22 - that Matthew 26:56 - Then Luke 22:51 - Suffer John 6:39 - I should John 10:28 - they John 17:6 - the men Acts 8:32 - opened

Cross-References

Genesis 4:9
Later, the Lord said to Cain, "Where is your brother Abel?" Cain answered, "I don't know. Is it my job to watch over my brother?"
Genesis 24:67
Then Isaac brought the girl into his mother's tent. Rebekah became his wife that day. Isaac loved her very much. So he was comforted after his mother's death.
Genesis 31:33
So Laban went and looked through Jacob's camp. He looked in Jacob's tent and then in Leah's tent. Then he looked in the tent where the two slave women stayed, but he did not find the gods from his house. Then he went into Rachel's tent.
Titus 2:5
They will teach them to be wise and pure, to take care of their homes, to be kind, and to be willing to serve their husbands. Then no one will be able to criticize the teaching God gave us.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

That the saying might be fulfilled which he spake,....

John 17:12;

of them which thou gavest me have I lost none; which though it has a peculiar respect to the apostles, is true of all the elect of God; who are given to Christ, and shall none of them be lost, neither their souls nor bodies; for Christ's charge of them reaches to both: both were given to him, both are redeemed by him, and both shall be saved in him with an everlasting salvation: he saves their souls from an eternal death, and will raise their bodies from a corporeal one; wherefore that his care of his disciples, with respect to their bodies as well as souls, with respect to their temporal lives as well as eternal happiness, might be seen; he made this agreement with the Jews that came to take him, or rather laid this injunction on them, to dismiss them; and which it is very remarkable they did; they laid hands on none of them, even though Peter drew his sword and struck off the ear of one of them: and which is a very considerable instance of the power which Christ had over the spirits of these men, to restrain them; and so a proof of his proper deity, as well as of the care of Christ for the preservation of his apostles, whilst he was here on earth; for to that time only the words cited have a respect; in which Christ speaks of his keeping them whilst he was with them, and uses this as an argument with his Father to keep them, now he was removing from them: wherefore their losing their lives afterwards for his sake, as they all did excepting the Apostle John, is no contradiction to this expression of his; and besides, they were preserved by the power of God so long, until they had done the work which was appointed them to do, and for which they were given him, and chosen by him to be his apostles, and for which they were better furnished after his resurrection and ascension; for had they been, apprehended by the Jews at this time, in all probability, according to an human view of things, such was their weakness, they would have fallen most foully and shamefully, as the instance of Peter, the strongest of them, shows; and therefore to prevent such a temptation and to preserve them, our Lord took this method to deliver them out of the hands of the Jews; the saving clause, "but the son of perdition", is here left out, because Judas, who is designed by that character, was now openly declared to be what he was; he was no longer among the disciples; he was separated from them, and had betrayed his master, and was not of the number of those Christ insisted upon might be let go.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The saying - John 17:12. As he had kept them for more than three years, so he still sought their welfare, even when his death was near.


 
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