John 17:15
I am asking you, not that you take them out of this world, but instead that you protect them from Satan, the evil one.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
In Context
16They do not belong to those who are opposed to you [MTY], just like I also do not belong to them.
Cross References
Genesis 48:16The angel whom he sent has kept me from being harmed in any way. I pray that God will bless these boys. I pray that people will never forget about me and about Abraham and Isaac because of what God does for these boys. I pray that they will have many descendants who will live all over the earth.”
Psalms 30:9I said, “Yahweh, ◄what will you gain if I die?/ you won’t gain anything if I die► [MTY]. ◄In what way will it benefit you?/it won’t benefit you at all► if I go to the place where the dead people are [RHQ]. Dead people are certainly not able to praise you [RHQ], and they are not able to tell others that you are trustworthy [RHQ]!
Ecclesiastes 9:10Whatever you are able to do, do it with all your energy, because some time you will die, and in the place of the dead where you are going, no one works or plans to do anything or knows anything or is wise.
Isaiah 57:1Righteous people sometimes die when they are still young, and no one is concerned about it. Godly people sometimes die because of disasters, and no one understands why. They are taken away in order that they will not endure more calamities,
Matthew 6:13Do not let us(exc) do wrong things when we(exc) are tempted {someone or something tempts us}, and rescue us (exc) when Satan the evil one tempts us to do evil things.”
Luke 11:4Forgive us for the wrong things that we have done, because we forgive people for the wrong things that they do to us. Do not let us do wrong things when we are tempted { someone or something tempts us}.’”
Matthew Henry on John 17:12-17
Christ's Intercessory Prayer. 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. 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. 13 And now come I to thee; and these things I speak in the world, that they might have my joy fulfilled… Read the whole commentary →