which gave them Better, which hath given them. Comp. John 17:6; John 17:24. This enforces the previous assertion. -To snatch them out of My hand, he must snatch them out of My Father's hand; and My Father is greater than all:" even than the Son (John 14:28). But the reading is not certain. The most probable text gives, that which the Father hath given Me is greater than all. The unity of the Church is strength invincible.

out of my Father's hand The better reading is, out of the Father's hand. -Out of His hand" would have sufficed; but -Father" is repeated for emphasis.

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