John 17:11

And I am no longer in the Olam Hazeh, but they are in the Olam Hazeh, and I am coming to You, Avi HaKadosh. Be shomer over them in Shmecha, which You have given me, that they may be Echad as we are Echad. + 17:11 Ps 133:1; Dt 6:4; Gn 2:24

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

10And all things that are mine are Yours, and Your things are mine, and I have been given kavod in them.

12When I was with them, I was keeping them in the Shem of You, which You have given me, and I kept shomer, and none of them perished or was lost, except the Ben HaAvaddon (the Son of Destruction, Perdition, the state of final spiritual ruin, Gehinnom), that the Kitvei Hakodesh might be fulfilled. + 17:12 Ps 41:9; 109:4,5 ,7,8

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Cross References

Psalms 17:8Be shomer over me as the apple of Thy eye; 1 hide me in the shadow of Thy wings, 1

Proverbs 18:10The Shem of Hashem is a strong migdal (tower), 1 the tzaddik runneth into it, and is safe. 1

Isaiah 64:2When Thou didst terrible things 1 which we looked not for, 1 Thou camest down, 1 the harim shook at Thy presence. 1

Jeremiah 14:21Do not abhor us, for the sake of Shimecha, 1 do not disgrace the Kisse Kevodecha (throne of Thy glory); 1 remember, annul not Thy Brit with us. 1

Ezekiel 20:22Nevertheless, I withdrew Mine yad, and acted for My Nameʼs sake, that it should not be profaned before the eyes of the Goyim, in whose sight I brought them forth.

Matthew 5:48Therefore, be shlemim (complete), even as is your Av sh'ba'Shomayim.

Matthew Henry on John 17:7-11

Christ's Intercessory Prayer. 6 I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them me; and they have kept thy word. 7 Now they have known that all things whatsoever thou hast given me are of thee. 8 For I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me; and they have received them, and have known surely that I came out from thee, and they have believed that thou didst send me. 9 I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou… Read the whole commentary →

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