The Nature of the Divine Keeping
John 17:11
And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to you. Holy Father…


"Have guarded," not the same word as that rendered "kept" in the first clause. This is an intensified expression of His vigilant care. "Kept as with a military guard." The first "kept" points to their preservation in the truth revealed to them; the second to the watchfulness by means of which the result was obtained. The former may be compared to the feeding of a flock, the latter to the care which protects from the wild beasts around.

(W. H. Van Doren, D. D.)



Parallel Verses
KJV: 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.

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.




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