John 17:11

“And I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, keep them in your name, which you have given me, so that they may be one, as we are.”

John 17:11 · direct translation from the Greek
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John 17:11, word by word

I amεἰμὶeimi

be present

To be in a place or with someone.

Where else “eimi” appears
the worldκόσμῳkosmōi

creation

Everything God made.

Where else “kosmōi” appears
and Iκἀγὼkagō

and I, I also

And I, I too.

Where else “kagō” appears
am comingἔρχομαιerchomai

come

To move to where someone is or to a place, and be present there.

Where else “erchomai” appears
Holyἅγιεhagie

holy

Holy, like God: pure and majestic; or what is his.

Where else “hagie” appears
Fatherπάτερpater

Father

God, who gives life and cares for his own; the Father of Jesus.

Where else “pater” appears
keepτήρησονtērēson

guard

To protect, watch over, or set aside for later.

Where else “tērēson” appears
your nameὀνόματίonomati

name

The word by which a person or thing is called, which often says who they are.

Where else “onomati” appears
you have givenδέδωκάςdedōkas

give

To hand something to another freely, as a gift.

Where else “dedōkas” appears
oneἓνhen

one

The quantity one, or a single one within a group.

Where else “hen” appears

The context

10and all that is mine is yours, and yours is mine, and I have been glorified in them.

11 · This verse (above)

12When I was with them, I kept them in your name, which you have given me; and I guarded them, and none of them was lost except the son of destruction, so that the Scripture might be fulfilled.

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To study John 17 in a group

  1. 1. What it says

    In his prayer, what does Jesus say eternal life is, and for whom does he pray? (vv. 3, 9, 20)

  2. 2. What it means

    Jesus asks that all his own be one, as the Father and he are one (vv. 21-23). What does he say the world will know when that happens?

  3. 3. How I live it

    Jesus prays for those who would believe through his disciples' word (v. 20). Whom could you pray for today with the same tenderness?

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