John 18:9 This happened so that the words he had spoken would be fulfilled: "I have not lost one of those you gave me."

◄ John 18:9 ►

Parallel Verses

New International Version
This happened so that the words he had spoken would be fulfilled: "I have not lost one of those you gave me."

English Standard Version
This was to fulfill the word that he had spoken: “Of those whom you gave me I have lost not one.”

New American Standard Bible
to fulfill the word which He spoke, "Of those whom You have given Me I lost not one."

King James Bible
That the saying might be fulfilled, which he spake, Of them which thou gavest me have I lost none.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
This was to fulfill the words He had said: "I have not lost one of those You have given Me."

International Standard Version
This was to fulfill what he had said, "I did not lose a single one of those you gave me."

American Standard Version
that the word might be fulfilled which he spake, Of those whom thou hast given me I lost not one.

Douay-Rheims Bible
That the word might be fulfilled which he said: Of them whom thou hast given me, I have not lost any one.

Darby Bible Translation
that the word might be fulfilled which he spoke, As to those whom thou hast given me, I have not lost one of them.

Young's Literal Translation
that the word might be fulfilled that he said -- 'Those whom Thou hast given to me, I did not lose of them even one.'

Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

18:1-12 Sin began in the garden of Eden, there the curse was pronounced, there the Redeemer was promised; and in a garden that promised Seed entered into conflict with the old serpent. Christ was buried also in a garden. Let us, when we walk in our gardens, take occasion from thence to mediate on Christ's sufferings in a garden. Our Lord Jesus, knowing all things that should come upon him, went forth and asked, Whom seek ye? When the people would have forced him to a crown, he withdrew, ch.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

9. That the saying might be fulfilled which he spake, Of them which thou gavest me have I lost none—The reference is to such sayings as Joh 6:39; 17:12; showing how conscious the Evangelist was, that in reporting his Lord's former sayings, he was giving them not in substance merely, but in form also. Observe, also, how the preservation of the disciples on this occasion is viewed as part that deeper preservation undoubtedly intended in the saying quoted.