John 17:12

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. WHILE I WAS WITH THEM IN THE WORLD, I KEPT THEM IN THY NAME - `I preserved them from defection through the revelation to their souls of that "grace and truth" of Thine which, whenever they were staggered and ready to give way, held them fast.' THOSE THAT THOU GAVEST ME I HAVE KEPT - `Those whom Thou hast given Me I kept,' or 'guarded' [ dedookas (G1325) ... efulaxa (G5442)], AND NONE ('NOT ONE') OF THEM IS LOST, BUT THE SON OF PERDITION. If we take the expressions, "children of this world," "child of the devil," "the man of sin," "children of light,...

12._While I was with them in the world. _Christ says that he hath kept them in the name of his Father; for he represents himself to be only a servant, who did nothing but by the power, and under the protection, of God. He means, therefore, that it were most unreasonable to suppose that they would now perish, as if by his departure the power of God had been extinguished or dead. But it may be thought very absurd that Christ surrenders to God the office of keeping them, as if, after having finished the course of his life, he ceased to be the guardian of his people. The reply is obvious. He speaks here of visible guardianship only which ended at the death of Christ; for, while he dwelt on earth, he needed not to borrow power from another, in order to _keep _his disciples; but all this relates to the person of the Mediator, who appeared, for a time, under the form of a servant. But now he bi...

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 should be removed out of the world, that they might escape the rage of men, for they had a great work to do for the glory of God, and the benefit of mankind. But he prayed that the Father would keep them from the evil, from being corrupted by the world, the remains of sin in their hearts, and from the power and craft of Satan. So that they might pass through the world as through an enemy's country, as he had done. They are not left here to pur...

Verse John 17:12. _I 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; Psalms 146 n. 20; Ser. 352, n. 8; and in Psalms 108 See _Calmet_, who remarks: Judas only became the _son of perdition_ because of his wilful malice, his abuse of the grace and instructions of Christ, and was condemned through his

WHILE 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. THOSE THAT THOU GAVEST ME ... - The word “gavest” is evidently used by the Saviour to denote not only to give to him to be his real followers, but also as apostles. It is used here, probably, in the sense of giving as apostles. God had so ordered it by his providence that they had been given to him to be his apostles and followe

EXPOSITION JOHN 17:1 4. The _high-priestly intercession_._ Audible communion of the Son with the Father_._ _The prayer which now follows reveals, in the loftiest and sublimest form, the Divine humanity of the Son of man, and the fact that, in the consciousness of Jesus as the veritable Christ of God, there was actually blended the union of the Divine and human, and a perfect exercise of the prerogatives of both. The illimitable task which writers of the second century must have set themselves to accomplish, if they had by some unknown process conceived such a stupendous idea without any historical basis to support it, has actually been so effected, that a representation is given which adequately conveys such a synthesis. The author of the Gospel does, however, draw rather upon his memory of that night than upon his phi

WHILE I WAS WITH THEM IN THE WORLD,.... This does not imply that Christ was not in the world now, for he was; but signifies that he was just going out of it; and that his continuance in it was very short: nor that he was, and would be no longer with his disciples; for this is to be understood of his bodily, not of his spiritual presence; in which respect Christ is with his people whilst they are on earth, and they are with him when he is in heaven: I KEPT THEM IN THY NAME; by his Father's authority and power, in his doctrine: THOSE THAT THOU GAVEST ME I HAVE KEPT; that is, those that were given him to be his apostles; AND NONE OF THEM IS LOST; these he kept close to himself, and from the evil of the world, and from temporal and eternal ruin: BUT THE SON OF PERDITION; Judas, a child of Satan, whose name is Apollyon the destroyer, who was now about to betray his Lord and master; and wa...

John 17:1. _These words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come;_ This is in a very special sense our Lord's prayer. What a word that is from the lips of Jesus, «Father»! This was the night of his deepest sorrow and his heaviest woe, but he begins his prayer with this tender expression, «Father, the hour is come;» the hour of darkness, the hour of his passion and death, had now arrived. John 17:1. _Glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee:_ Did Jesus look upon his suffering as his glory? He does not merely pray, «Sustain thy Son,» but, «Glorify thy Son.» In truth, our Lord's lowest stoop was his highest glory. He was never more resplendent than when he hung upon the cross, that was his true spiritual throne, so he prayed, «Glor

WORLD Greek, "kosmos", means "mankind". (_ See Scofield) - (Matthew 4:8). _...

JOHN 17:12 w|- de,dwka,j moi( kai, {B} See the comment on ver. 11....