^17:12When I was with them I kept them safe³⁷ and watched over them³⁸ in your name³⁹ that you have given me. Not one⁴⁰ of them was lost except the one destined for destruction,⁴¹ so that the scripture could be fulfilled.⁴²

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Footnotes

37 Or “I protected them”; Grk “I kept them.”
38 Grk “and guarded them.”
39 Or “by your name.”
40 Grk And not one.” The conjunction καί (kai, “and”) has not been translated here in keeping with the tendency of contemporary English style to use shorter sentences.
41 Grk “the son of destruction” (a Semitic idiom for one appointed for destruction; here it is a reference to Judas). The one destined to destruction refers to Judas. Clearly in John’s Gospel Judas is portrayed as a tool of Satan. He is described as “the devil” in 6:70. In 13:2 Satan put into Judas’ heart the idea of betraying Jesus, and 13:27 Satan himself entered Judas. Immediately after this Judas left the company of Jesus and the other disciples and went out into the realm of darkness (13:30). Cf. 2 Thess 2:3, where this same Greek phrase (“the son of destruction”; see above) is used to describe the man through whom Satan acts to rebel against God in the last days.
42 A possible allusion to Ps 41:9 or Prov 24:22 . The exact passage is not specified here, but in John 13:18, Ps 41:9 is explicitly quoted by Jesus with reference to the traitor, suggesting that this is the passage to which Jesus refers here. The previous mention of Ps 41:9 in John 13:18 probably explains why the author felt no need for an explanatory parenthetical note here. It is also possible that the passage referred to here is Prov 24:22 , where in the Greek text the phrase “son of destruction” appears.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

While I was with them, I kept them in your name, which you have given me. I have guarded them, and not one of them has been lost except the son of destruction, that the Scripture might be fulfilled.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

While I was with them, I protected them and kept them safe by that name you gave me. None has been lost except the one doomed to destruction so that Scripture would be fulfilled.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

While I was with them, I was protecting them by your name that you have given me. I guarded them and not one of them is lost, except the son of destruction, so that the Scripture may be fulfilled.

NLTNew Living Translation

During my time here, I protected them by the power of the name you gave me. I guarded them so that not one was lost, except the one headed for destruction, as the Scriptures foretold.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

When I was with them, I kept them in your name, which you have given to me, and guarded them, and none of them has perished except the son of destruction, in order that the scripture would be fulfilled.

KJV 1900King James Version

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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