John 10:29

THE MESSAGE

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
My Father,

King James Version (1611)
My father which gaue them me, is greater then all: and no man is able to plucke them out of my fathers hand.

King James Version
My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand.

English Standard Version
My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father's hand.

New American Standard Bible
"My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father's hand.

New Century Version
My Father gave my sheep to me. He is greater than all, and no person can steal my sheep out of my Father's hand.

Amplified Bible
"My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater and mightier than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father's hand.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father's hand.

Legacy Standard Bible
My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father's hand.

Berean Standard Bible
My Father who has given them to Me is greater than all. No one can snatch them out of My Father's hand.

Contemporary English Version
My Father gave them to me, and he is greater than all others. No one can snatch them from his hands,

Complete Jewish Bible
My Father, who gave them to me, is greater than all; and no one can snatch them from the Father's hands.

Darby Translation
My Father who has given [them] to me is greater than all, and no one can seize out of the hand of my Father.

Easy-to-Read Version
My Father is the one who gave them to me, and he is greater than all. No one can steal my sheep out of his hand.

Geneva Bible (1587)
My Father which gaue them me, is greater then all, and none is able to take them out of my Fathers hand.

George Lamsa Translation
For my Father who gave them to me is greater than all; and no man can snatch anything from my Father''s hand.

Good News Translation
What my Father has given me is greater than everything, and no one can snatch them away from the Father's care.

Lexham English Bible
My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one can seize them from the Father's hand.

Literal Translation
My Father who has given them to Me is greater than all, and no one is able to pluck out of My Father's hand.

American Standard Version
My Father, who hath given them unto me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father's hand.

Bible in Basic English
That which my Father has given to me has more value than all; and no one is able to take anything out of the Father's hand.

Hebrew Names Version
My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all. No one is able to snatch them out of my Father's hand.

International Standard Version
What my Father has given me is greater than all else, and no one can snatch it from the Father's hand.John 14:28;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
For my Father who gave them to me than all is greater; and no man from the hand of my Father can snatch them.

Murdock Translation
For my Father, who gave [fn] to me, is greater than all; nor can any pluck from my Father's hand.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
My father which gaue them me, is greater then all: and no man is able to take them out of my fathers hande.

English Revised Version
My Father, which hath given them unto me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father's hand.

World English Bible
My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all. No one is able to snatch them out of my Father's hand.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
My Father, who gave them me, is greater than all; and none shall pluck them out of my Father's hand.

Weymouth's New Testament
What my Father has given me is more precious than all besides; and no one is able to wrest anything from my Father's hand.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
That thing that my fadir yaf to me, is more than alle thingis; and no man may rauysche fro my fadris hoond.

Update Bible Version
What my Father has given to me is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch out of the Father's hand.

Webster's Bible Translation
My Father, who gave [them to] me, is greater than all; and none is able to pluck [them] out of my Father's hand.

New English Translation
My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one can snatch them from my Father's hand.

New King James Version
My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of My Father's hand.

New Living Translation
for my Father has given them to me, and he is more powerful than anyone else. No one can snatch them from the Father's hand.

New Life Bible
My Father Who gave them to Me is greater than all. No one is able to take them out of My Father's hand.

New Revised Standard
What my Father has given me is greater than all else, and no one can snatch it out of the Father's hand.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
What, my Father, hath given me, is, something greater than all, and, no one, can carry off out of the hand of my Father: -

Douay-Rheims Bible
That which my Father hath given me is greater than all: and no one can snatch them out of the hand of my Father.

Revised Standard Version
My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father's hand.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
My father which gave the me is greatter then all and no man is able to take them out of my fathers honde.

Young's Literal Translation
my Father, who hath given to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to pluck out of the hand of my Father;

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
My father which gaue the me, is greater the all: & noman is able to plucke them out of my fathers hande.

Mace New Testament (1729)
my father who gave them me, is greater than all: so that no one is able to force them out of my father's hand.

Simplified Cowboy Version
My Father gave me each one. He is greater than everyone else, and no one could stand against Him and be able to steal one.

Contextual Overview

²²They were celebrating Hanukkah just then in Jerusalem. It was winter. Jesus was strolling in the Temple across Solomon's Porch. The Jews, circling him, said, "How long are you going to keep us guessing? If you're the Messiah, tell us straight out." ²⁵Jesus answered, "I told you, but you don't believe. Everything I have done has been authorized by my Father, actions that speak louder than words. You don't believe because you're not my sheep. My sheep recognize my voice. I know them, and they follow me. I give them real and eternal life. They are protected from the Destroyer for good. No one can steal them from out of my hand. The Father who put them under my care is so much greater than the Destroyer and Thief. No one could ever get them away from him. I and the Father are one heart and mind." ³¹Again the Jews picked up rocks to throw at him. Jesus said, "I have made a present to you from the Father of a great many good actions. For which of these acts do you stone me?" ³³ The Jews said, "We're not stoning you for anything good you did, but for what you said—this blasphemy of calling yourself God." ³⁴Jesus said, "I'm only quoting your inspired Scriptures, where God said, ‘I tell you—you are gods.' If God called your ancestors ‘gods'—and Scripture doesn't lie—why do you yell, ‘Blasphemer! Blasphemer!' at the unique One the Father consecrated and sent into the world, just because I said, ‘I am the Son of God'? If I don't do the things my Father does, well and good; don't believe me. But if I am doing them, put aside for a moment what you hear me say about myself and just take the evidence of the actions that are right before your eyes. Then perhaps things will come together for you, and you'll see that not only are we doing the same thing, we are the same—Father and Son. He is in me; I am in him."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

which: John 6:37, John 17:2, John 17:6, John 17:9, John 17:11

is greater: John 14:28, Exodus 18:11, Psalms 145:3, Daniel 4:3, Malachi 1:14

Reciprocal: Genesis 27:33 - yea Genesis 28:15 - for I Deuteronomy 33:3 - all his saints Deuteronomy 33:27 - thrust Psalms 119:117 - Hold Psalms 125:2 - the Lord Proverbs 2:8 - keepeth Song of Solomon 1:7 - thou feedest Matthew 7:21 - my John 2:16 - my John 8:53 - thou greater John 16:15 - General John 17:7 - are Romans 5:10 - we shall Romans 15:6 - the Ephesians 1:3 - God Ephesians 3:20 - able 2 Timothy 1:9 - which Hebrews 2:13 - which Hebrews 2:18 - he is Hebrews 7:25 - he is 1 John 3:20 - God

Cross-References

1 Samuel 15:7
Then Saul went after Amalek, from the canyon all the way to Shur near the Egyptian border. He captured Agag, king of Amalek, alive. Everyone else was killed under the terms of the holy ban. Saul and the army made an exception for Agag, and for the choice sheep and cattle. They didn't include them under the terms of the holy ban. But all the rest, which nobody wanted anyway, they destroyed as decreed by the holy ban.

1 Kings 22:48
Jehoshaphat built ocean-going ships to sail to Ophir for gold. But they never made it; they shipwrecked at Ezion Geber. During that time Ahaziah son of Ahab proposed a joint shipping venture, but Jehoshaphat wouldn't go in with him.

1 Chronicles 9:10
From the company of priests there were Jedaiah; Jehoiarib; Jakin; Azariah son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, who was in charge of taking care of the house of God; Adaiah son of Jeroham, the son of Pashhur, the son of Malkijah; also Maasai son of Adiel, the son of Jahzerah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Meshillemith, the son of Immer. The priests, all of them heads of families, numbered 1,760, skilled and seasoned servants in the work of worshiping God.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

My Father which gave [them] me,.... So the sheep came to be Christ's, and to be in his hand; the Father gave them to him, put them into his hands, and made them his care and charge:

is greater than all; than all gods, than all beings, than all creatures, angels and men, and than all the enemies of his people; this must be allowed: the Vulgate Latin version, and so some of the ancients read, "what my Father gave to me, is greater than all"; meaning, that the church given to him, and built on him, is stronger than all its enemies:

and none is able to pluck [them] out of my Father's hand; so that these sheep have a double security; they are in the hands of Christ, and they are in the hands of the Father of Christ; wherefore could it be thought, which ought not to be, that they could be plucked out of Christ's hands, yet it can never be imagined, that any can pluck them out of the hands of God the Father; and there is no more reason to think that they can be plucked out of the hands of the one, than there is that they can be plucked out of the hands of the other, as is clear from what follows in John 10:30; see the Apocrypha:

"But the souls of the righteous are in the hand of God, and there shall no torment touch them.'' (Wisdom 3:1)

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Which gave them me - See John 6:37.

Is greater - Is more powerful.

Than all - Than all others - men, angels, devils. The word includes everything - everything that could attempt to pluck them away from God; in other words, it means that God is supreme. It implies, further, that God will keep them, and will so control all other beings and things that they shall be safe.

None is able - None has power to do it. In these two verses we are taught the following important truths:

1.That Christians are given by God the Father to Christ.

2.That Jesus gives to them eternal life, or procures by his death and intercession, and imparts to them by his Spirit, that religion which shall result in eternal life.

3.That both the Father and the Son are pledged to keep them so that they shall never fall away and perish. It would be impossible for any language to teach more explicitly that the saints will persevere.

4.That there is no power in man or devils to defeat the purpose of the Redeemer to save his people. We also see our safety, if we truly, humbly, cordially, and daily commit ourselves to God the Saviour. In no other way can we have evidence that we are his people than by such a persevering resignation of ourselves to him, to obey his law, and to follow him through evil report or good report. If we do that we are safe. If we do not that we have no evidence of piety, and are not, cannot be safe.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 29. My Father - is greater than all — More powerful than all the united energies of men and demons. He who loves God must be happy; and he who fears him need fear nothing on this side eternity.