John 17 · Verse 11

John 17:11

And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are.

John 17:11, King James Version

John 17:11 in other translations

BSB	I will no longer be in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to You. Holy Father, protect them by Your name, the name You gave Me, so that they may be one as We are one.
WEB	I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, keep them through your name which you have given me, that they may be one, even as we are.
ASV	And I am no more in the world, and these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep them in thy name which thou hast given me, that they may be one, even as we are.
YLT	and no more am I in the world, and these are in the world, and I come unto Thee. Holy Father, keep them in Thy name, whom Thou hast given to me, that they may be one as we;
DARBY	And I am no longer in the world, and these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep them in thy name which thou hast given me, that they may be one as we.
BBE	And now I will be no longer in the world, but they are in the world and I come to you. Holy Father, keep them in your name which you have given to me, so that they may be one even as we are one.
Webster	And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thy own name those whom thou hast given to me, that they may be one, as we are.

What does John 17:11 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on John 17:9-14

9-14. I pray for them--not as individuals merely, but as representatives of all such in every succeeding age (see on Joh 17:20). not for the world--for they had been given Him "out of the world" (Joh 17:6), and had been already transformed into the very opposite of it. The things sought for them, indeed, are applicable only to such.

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Barnes' Notes

Verse 11. I am no more in the world. I have finished my work among men, and am about to leave the world. See Jn 17:4.

These are in the world. They will be among wicked men and malignant foes. They will be subject to trials and persecutions. They will need the same protection which I could give them if I were with them.

Keep. Preserve, defend, sustain them in trials, and save them from apostasy.

Through thine own name. Our translators seem to have understood this expression as meaning "keep by thy power," but this probably is not its meaning. It is literally "keep in thy name." And if the term name be taken to denote God himself and his perfections (Jn 17:6), it means "keep in the knowledge of thyself. Preserve them in obedience to thee and to thy cause. Suffer them not to fall away from thee and to become apostates."

That they may be one. That they may be united.

As we are. This refers not to a union of nature, but of feeling, plan, purpose. Any other union between Christians is impossible; but a union of affection is what the Saviour sought, and this he desired might be so strong as to be an illustration of the unchanging love between the Father and the Son. See Jn 17:21-23.

(r) "keep through" 1Pet 1:5, Jude 1:24 (s) "thine own name" Prov 18:10

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 11 I am no more in the world - I am just going to leave the world, and therefore they shall stand in need of peculiar assistance and support. They have need of all the influence of my intercession, that they may be preserved in thy truth. Keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me - Instead of οὑς δεδωκας μοι, Those whom thou hast given me, ABCEHLMS, Mt. BHV, and nearly one hundred others, read ᾡ, which refers to the τῳ ονοματι σου, thy name, immediately preceding. The whole passage should be read thus: Holy Father, keep them through thy own name Which thou hast given me, that they may be one, etc. By the name, here, it is evident that the doctrine or knowledge of the true God is intended; as if our Lord had said, Keep them in that doctrine Which thou hast given me, that they may be one, etc. This reading is supported by the most ample evidence and indisputable authority. Griesbach has admitted it into the text, and Professor White in his CRISEΩS says of it, Lectio indubie genuina, "It is, without doubt, the genuine reading." That they may be One - That they, and all that believe through their word, (the doctrine which I have given them), may be one body, united by one Spirit to me their living head. The union which Christ recommends here, and prays for, is so complete and glorious as to be fitly represented by that union which subsists between the Father and the Son.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on John 17:11-16

Christ does not pray that they might be rich and great in the world, but that they might be kept from sin, strengthened for their duty, and brought safe to heaven. The prosperity of the soul is the best prosperity. He pleaded with his holy Father, that he would keep them by his power and for his glory, that they might be united in affection and labours, even according to the union of the Father and the Son. He did not pray that his disciples should be removed out of the world, that they might escape the rage of men, for they had a great work to do for the glory of God, and the benefit of mankind. But he prayed that the Father would keep them from the evil, from being corrupted by the world, the remains of sin in their hearts, and from the power and craft of Satan. So that they might pass through the world as through an enemy's country, as he had done. They are not left here to pursue the same objects as the men around them, but to glorify God, and to serve their generation. The Spirit of God in true Christians is opposed to the spirit of the world.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

John 17:11 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

καὶkaiAndG2532

οὐκέτιouketino longerG3756

εἰμὶeimiI amG1510

ἐνeninG1722

τῷtōtheG3588

κόσμῳ,kosmōworld,G2889

καὶkaiand yetG2532

αὐτοὶautoithemselvesG846

ἐνeninG1722

τῷtōtheG3588

κόσμῳkosmōworldG2889

εἰσίν,eisinthey are,G1510

κἀγὼkagōand I myselfG1473

πρὸςprostoG4314

σὲseYouG4771

ἔρχομαι.¶erchomaiam coming.G2064

ΠάτερPaterFatherG3962

ἅγιε,hagieHoly,G40

τήρησονtērēsondo keepG5083

αὐτοὺςautousthemG846

ἐνeninG1722

τῷtōtheG3588

ὀνόματίonomatinameG3686

σουsouof YouG4771

ᾧhōwhich [name]G3739

δέδωκάςdedōkasYou have givenG1325

μοιmoito MeG3165

ἵναinathatG2443

ὦσινōsinthey may beG1510

ἓνhenoneG1520

καθὼςkathōseven asG2531

ἡμεῖς.hēmeiswe ourselves [are].G3165

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for John 17:11

Matthew 6:9
After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
Proverbs 18:10
The name of the Lord is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.
John 17:12-18
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. And now come I to thee; and these things I speak in the world, that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves. I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil. …
Hebrews 9:24
For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us:
John 10:29-30
My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father’s hand. I and my Father are one.
John 17:21-22
That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me. And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one:
Ephesians 4:4
There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling;
Philippians 2:9
Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:
Hebrews 1:3
Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;
Romans 15:5-6
Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be likeminded one toward another according to Christ Jesus: That ye may with one mind and one mouth glorify God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
1 Corinthians 12:12-13
For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ. For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.
John 17:25
O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee: but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

I am.
13; 13:1,3; 16:28; Ac 1:9-11; 3:21; Heb 1:3; 9:24
but.
14-18; 15:18-21; 16:33; Mt 10:16; Jas 4:4; 1Jo 3:12; 5:19
Holy.
25; Mt 5:48; 1Pe 1:15-17; Re 4:8; 15:4
keep.
12,15; 10:29,30; Ps 17:8,9; Isa 27:3; 1Pe 1:5; Jude 1:1,24
thine.
Ps 79:9; Pr 18:10; Isa 64:2; Jer 14:7,21; Eze 20:9,22,44; Mt 6:9
Ro 9:17
that.
21,22; 10:30; 14:20; Ro 15:5,6; 1Co 1:10; 12:12,13; Eph 4:4

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Context

John 17:10
And all mine are thine, and thine are mine; and I am glorified in them.
John 17:11
And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are.
John 17:12
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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John 17:11 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Y ya no estoy en el mundo; mas éstos están en el mundo, y yo á ti vengo. Padre santo, á los que me has dado, guárdalos por tu nombre, para que sean una cosa, como también nosotros.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	Et je ne suis plus dans le monde, et ceux-ci sont dans le monde, et moi, je viens à toi. Père saint, garde-les en ton nom que tu m’as donné, afin qu’ils soient un comme nous.
German Elberfelder 1871	Und ich bin nicht mehr in der Welt, und diese sind in der Welt, und ich komme zu dir. Heiliger Vater! bewahre sie in deinem Namen, den du mir gegeben hast, auf daß sie eins seien, gleichwie wir.
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Et jam non sum in mundo, et hi in mundo sunt, et ego ad te venio. Pater sancte, serva eos in nomine tuo, quos dedisti mihi: ut sint unum, sicut et nos.