That the saying might be fulfilled, which he spake, Of them which thou gavest me have I lost none.
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Gill's Exposition
That the saying might be fulfilled which he spake,.... Joh 17:12;
of them which thou gavest me have I lost none; which though it has a peculiar respect to the apostles, is true of all the elect of…
Barnes' Notes
The saying - Joh 17:12. As he had kept them for more than three years, so he still sought their welfare, even when his death was near.
The hour was now come that the captain of our salvation, who was to be made perfect by sufferings, should engage the enemy. We have here his entrance upon the encounter. The day of recompence is in…
Cambridge Bible
thou gavest me have I lost Better, Thou hast given me I lost (see on Joh 17:4). The reference is to Joh 17:12, and is a strong, confirmation of the historical truth of chap. 17. If the prayer were the…