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.
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Gill's Exposition
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…
Barnes' Notes
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…
Adam Clarke
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…
After the general pleas with which Christ recommended his disciples to his Father's care follow the particular petitions he puts up for them; and, 1. They all relate to spiritual blessings in heavenly…
Cambridge Bible
in the world These words are omitted by the best authorities.
I kept Literally, I was keeping:Christ's continual watching over His disciples is expressed. -I" is emphatic, implying -now that I am…
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