John 10:29
27 My sheep listen to My voice; I know them, and they follow Me.
28 I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one can snatch them out of My hand.
My Father who has given them to Me is greater than all. No one can snatch them out of My Father’s hand.
30 I and the Father are one.”
31 At this, the Jews again picked up stones to stone Him.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- My Father who has given them to Me is greater than all. No one can snatch them out of My Father’s hand.
- KJV
- My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father’s hand.
- WEB
- My Father who has given them to me is greater than all. No one is able to snatch them out of my Father’s hand.
- ASV
- My Father, who hath given [them] unto me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch [them] out of the Father`s hand.
- DARBY
- My Father who has given [them] to me is greater than all, and no one can seize out of the hand of my Father.
- BLB
- My Father, who has given [them] to Me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch [them] out of the hand of the Father.
- ÅB
- Min Far, som har gitt meg dem, er større enn alle, og ingen kan rive dem ut av min Fars hånd;
- OTB
- Min Far, som har gitt dem til meg, er større enn alle; ingen kan ta dem fra min Fars hånd.
- B1930
- Min Fader, som har gitt mig dem, er større enn alle, og ingen kan rive dem ut av min Faders hånd;
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
John 6:37
Everyone the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will never drive away.
Read in contextJohn 17:2
For You granted Him authority over all people, so that He may give eternal life to all those You have given Him.
Read in contextJohn 17:9
I ask on their behalf. I do not ask on behalf of the world, but on behalf of those You have given Me; for they are Yours.
Read in contextJohn 14:28
You heard Me say, ‘I am going away, and I am coming back to you.’ If you loved Me, you would rejoice that I am going to the Father, because the Father is greater than I.
Read in contextJohn 17:6
I have revealed Your name to those You have given Me out of the world. They were Yours; You gave them to Me, and they have kept Your word.
Read in contextMalachi 1:14
“But cursed is the deceiver who has an acceptable male in his flock and vows to give it, but sacrifices a defective animal to the Lord. For I am a great King,” says the LORD of Hosts, “and My name is to be feared among the nations.
Read in contextJohn 17:11
I will no longer be in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to You. Holy Father, protect them by Your name, the name You gave Me, so that they may be one as We are one.
Read in contextExodus 18:11
Now I know that the LORD is greater than all other gods, for He did this when they treated Israel with arrogance.”
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