John 18:9

Bible in Basic English (1941)

(He said this so that his words might come true, I have kept safe all those whom you gave to me.)

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  • John 17:12 : 12 While I was with them I kept them safe in your name which you have given to me: I took care of them and not one of them has come to destruction, but only the son of destruction, so that the Writings might come true.

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  • John 17:6-13
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    6 I have given knowledge of your name to the men whom you gave me out of the world: yours they were, and you gave them to me, and they have kept your words.

    7 Now it is clear to them that whatever you have given to me comes from you:

    8 Because I have given them the words which you gave to me; and they have taken them to heart, and have certain knowledge that I came from you, and they have faith that you sent me.

    9 My prayer is for them: my prayer is not for the world, but for those whom you have given to me, because they are yours

    10 (All mine are yours, and yours are mine) and I have glory in them.

    11 And now I will be no longer in the world, but they are in the world and I come to you. Holy Father, keep them in your name which you have given to me, so that they may be one even as we are one.

    12 While I was with them I kept them safe in your name which you have given to me: I took care of them and not one of them has come to destruction, but only the son of destruction, so that the Writings might come true.

    13 And now I come to you; and these things I say in the world so that they may have my joy complete in them.

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    10 Then Simon Peter, who had a sword, took it out and gave the high priest's servant a blow, cutting off his right ear. The servant's name was Malchus.

    11 Then Jesus said to Peter, Put back your sword: am I not to take the cup which my Father has given to me?

  • John 18:7-8
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    7 So again he put the question to them, Who are you looking for? And they said, Jesus the Nazarene.

    8 Jesus made answer, I have said that I am he; if you are looking for me, let these men go away.

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    46 And they put their hands on him, and took him.

    47 But a certain one of those who were near took out his sword, and gave the servant of the high priest a blow, cutting off his ear.

    48 And Jesus said to them, Have you come out as against a thief, with swords and sticks to take me?

    49 I was with you every day in the Temple teaching, and you did not take me; but this is done so that the Writings may come true.

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    51 And one of those who were with Jesus put out his hand, and took out his sword and gave the servant of the high priest a blow, cutting off his ear.

    52 Then says Jesus to him, Put up your sword again into its place: for all those who take the sword will come to death by the sword.

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    49 And when those who were with him saw what was coming, they said, Lord, may we not make use of our swords?

    50 And one of them gave a blow to the servant of the high priest, cutting off his right ear.

    51 But Jesus, answering, said, Put up with this, at least. And touching his ear, he made it well.

  • 26 One of the servants of the high priest, a relation of him whose ear had been cut off by Peter, said, Did I not see you with him in the garden?

  • 39 And this is the pleasure of him who sent me, that I am not to let out of my hands anything which he has given me, but I am to give it new life on the last day.

  • John 18:4-5
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    4 Then Jesus, having knowledge of everything which was coming on him, went forward and said to them, Who are you looking for?

    5 Their answer was, Jesus the Nazarene. Jesus said, I am he. And Judas, who was false to him, was there at their side.

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    18 I am not talking of you all: I have knowledge of my true disciples, but things are as they are, so that the Writings may come true, The foot of him who takes bread with me is lifted up against me.

    19 From this time forward, I give you knowledge of things before they come about, so that when they come about you may have belief that I am he.

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    54 But how then would the Writings come true, which say that so it has to be?

    55 In that hour Jesus said to the people, Have you come out as against a thief with swords and sticks to take me? I was teaching every day in the Temple and you took me not.

    56 But all this has taken place so that the writings of the prophets might come true. Then all his disciples went from him in flight.

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    21 May they all be one! Even as you, Father, are in me and I am in you, so let them be in us, so that all men may come to have faith that you sent me.

    22 And the glory which you have given to me I have given to them, so that they may be one even as we are one;

    23 I in them, and you in me, so that they may be made completely one, and so that it may become clear to all men that you have sent me and that they are loved by you as I am loved by you.

    24 Father, it is my desire that these whom you have given to me may be by my side where I am, so that they may see my glory which you have given to me, because you had love for me before the world came into being.

  • 29 That which my Father has given to me has more value than all; and no one is able to take anything out of the Father's hand.

  • 21 Why are you questioning me? put questions to my hearers about what I have said to them: they have knowledge of what I said.

  • 18 No one takes it away from me; I give it up of myself. I have power to give it up, and I have power to take it again. These orders I have from my Father.

  • 12 And when they had had enough, Jesus said to his disciples, Take up the broken bits which are over, so that nothing may be wasted.

  • 18 Even as you have sent me into the world, so I have sent them into the world.

  • 2 Even as you gave him authority over all flesh, to give eternal life to all those whom you have given to him.

  • 32 See, a time is coming, yes, it is now here, when you will go away in all directions, every man to his house, and I will be by myself: but I am not by myself, because the Father is with me.

  • 27 And Jesus said to them, You will all be turned away from me: for it is in the Writings, I will put the keeper of the sheep to death, and the sheep will be put to flight.

  • 32 (That the word of Jesus might come true, pointing to the sort of death he would have.)

  • 20 Jesus said these words in the place where the offerings were stored, while he was teaching in the Temple: but no man took him because his time was still to come.

  • 31 But he comes so that the world may see that I have love for the Father, and that I am doing as I am ordered by the Father. Get up, and let us go.

  • 47 And while he was still talking, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a band armed with swords and sticks, from the chief priests and those in authority over the people.

  • 17 So that what was said by Isaiah the prophet might come true,

  • 31 Then said Jesus to them, All of you will be turned away from me this night: for it is said in the Writings, I will put to death the keeper of the sheep, and the sheep of the flock will be put to flight.

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    43 And straight away, while he was still talking, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a great band with swords and sticks, from the chief priests and the scribes and those in authority.

    44 Now he who had been false to him had given them a sign, saying, The one to whom I give a kiss, that is he; take him, and get him away safely.