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I am praying[a] on behalf of them. I am not praying[b] on behalf of the world, but on behalf of those you have given me, because they belong to you.[c] 10 Everything[d] I have belongs to you,[e] and everything you have belongs to me,[f] and I have been glorified by them.[g] 11 I[h] am no longer in the world, but[i] they are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, keep them safe[j] in your name[k] that you have given me, so that they may be one just as we are one.[l]

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  1. John 17:9 tn Grk “I am asking.”
  2. John 17:9 tn Grk “I am not asking.”
  3. John 17:9 tn Or “because they are yours.”
  4. John 17:10 tn Grk And all things.” The conjunction καί (kai, “and”) has not been translated here in keeping with the tendency of contemporary English style to use shorter sentences.
  5. John 17:10 tn Or “Everything I have is yours.”
  6. John 17:10 tn Or “everything you have is mine.”
  7. John 17:10 tn Or “I have been honored among them.”sn The theme of glory with which Jesus began this prayer in 17:1-5 now recurs. Jesus said that he had been glorified by his disciples, but in what sense was this true? Jesus had manifested his glory to them in all of the sign-miracles which he had performed, beginning with the miracle at the wedding feast in Cana (2:11). He could now say that he had been glorified by them in the light of what he had already said in vv. 7-8, that the disciples had come to know that he had come from the Father and been sent by the Father. He would, of course, be glorified by them further after the resurrection, as they carried on his ministry after his departure.
  8. John 17:11 tn Grk And I.” The conjunction καί (kai, “and”) has not been translated here in keeping with the tendency of contemporary English style to use shorter sentences.
  9. John 17:11 tn The context indicates that this should be translated as an adversative or contrastive conjunction.
  10. John 17:11 tn Or “protect them”; Grk “keep them.”
  11. John 17:11 tn Or “by your name.”sn See the note on name in John 17:6.
  12. John 17:11 tn The second repetition of “one” is implied, and is supplied here for clarity.