John 17:12

While. When. with. Greek. meta. App-104.

in the world. All the texts omit.

those that. As in John 17:11, all the texts put the relative in the singular, and read "in Thy name that Thou gayest Me, and. kept them".

have kept. kept (Greek. phulasso), i.e. guarded. Compare Luke 2:8 (keep watch). 1 John 5:21. Not the same word as in former clause and John 17:6.

of. out of. Greek. ek. App-104.

lost. Greek apollumi. Occurs twelve times in John: John 6:12; John 6:39; John 12:25; John 17:12; John 18:9 (lose); John 3:15; John 3:16; John 6:27; John 10:28; John 11:50 (perish); John 10:10 (destroy); John 18:14 (die). Used of the doom of the sinner. One of the strongest words in the Greek language to express final and irretrievable destruction.

but. except. Greek. ei me.

the son, &c. This expression occurs here and 2 Thessalonians 2:3 (the Antichrist). Used in the Septuagint in Isaiah 57:4, "children of transgression". Compare Matthew 9:16; Matthew 13:38; Matthew 23:15.Luke 16:8; Acts 13:10; Ephesians 2:2, in all which passages "child "should be "son".

perdition. Greek. apoleia,. kindred word to apollumi. Occurs twenty times. Only here in John. First occurance. Matthew 7:13.

the scripture, &c. This expression occurs five times in John, here, John 13:18; John 19:24; John 19:28; John 19:36.

might be. may be, expressing certainty.

fulfilled. See on John 15:11.