That the saying might be fulfilled, which he spake, Of them which thou gavest me have I lost none.
The saying belongs to the arrest that followed the agony in Gethsemane and the betrayal by Judas, one of the professed disciples, as Jesus approached the garden in profound sorrow and physical weakness supported by His disciples. At the arrest He stood in advance of His disciples to meet the mob and twice asked whom they sought. Divine glory with the angel between Him and the mob struck priests, elders, soldiers and Judas powerless to the ground, giving Him ample opportunity to escape, yet He remained as one glorified, calm and self-possessed.
After His first answer felled the mob, the angel withdrew and the light faded, leaving Him calm with the moon on His face while the men lay prostrate. When the soldiers with the priests and Judas rose ashamed and fearful that He would escape and gathered about Him, He asked again whom they sought, and when they answered Jesus of Nazareth He told them to let the disciples go their way while pointing to them. He arranged for the disciples to be released while allowing the soldiers to take Himself, so the disciples were spared and not included in the arrest. The priests had promised not to molest the disciples if Jesus were delivered up.
He did this knowing all that would come upon Him and voluntarily surrendering Himself even though He had power to deliver Himself, because He was sent to bear the sins of the world and must pay the penalty of transgression. In that hour of humiliation His thoughts were not for Himself but for His beloved disciples, because He knew how weak they were and was ready to sacrifice Himself for them in order to shield them and save them from any further trial of their strength, temptation and trial. In that act the earlier saying was fulfilled that of those given to Him He had lost none, showing His protection of the disciples.
He also kept the men given Him so that He lost none of them through betrayal, agony in Gethsemane, condemnation in the Judgment Hall, humiliation and crucifixion. He knew beforehand who were unbelieving and of weak faith and knew the coming trial when the multitude who had hailed Him as king would hiss and revile Him and call for His crucifixion. He therefore brought on a crisis earlier by introducing a hard, easily misunderstood subject that turned many professed followers away while He was still present to comfort and strengthen His chosen. Thus He sifted out the weak, undecided and faint-hearted so that their apostasy in the hour of horror would not overwhelm the twelve with surprise and grief, ruin their hopes and carry them away with the inconstant favor of the world. The faithful few thus learned the fickleness of those who once followed Him and would hang their faith not on the opinions of others when those professing to love Him turned from Him in His trouble.
The saying belongs to the arrest that followed the agony in Gethsemane and the betrayal by Judas, one of the professed disciples, as Jesus approached the garden in profound sorrow and physical weakness supported by His disciples. At the arrest He stood in advance of His disciples to meet the mob and twice asked whom they sought. Divine glory with the angel between Him and the mob struck priests, elders, soldiers and Judas powerless to the ground, giving Him ample opportunity to escape, yet He remained as one glorified, calm and self-possessed.
After His first answer felled the mob, the angel withdrew and the light faded, leaving Him calm with the moon on His face while the men lay prostrate. When the soldiers with the priests and Judas rose ashamed and fearful that He would escape and gathered about Him, He asked again whom they sought, and when they answered Jesus of Nazareth He told them to let the disciples go their way while pointing to them. He arranged for the disciples to be released while allowing the soldiers to take Himself, so the disciples were spared and not included in the arrest. The priests had promised not to molest the disciples if Jesus were delivered up.
He did this knowing all that would come upon Him and voluntarily surrendering Himself even though He had power to deliver Himself, because He was sent to bear the sins of the world and must pay the penalty of transgression. In that hour of humiliation His thoughts were not for Himself but for His beloved disciples, because He knew how weak they were and was ready to sacrifice Himself for them in order to shield them and save them from any further trial of their strength, temptation and trial. In that act the earlier saying was fulfilled that of those given to Him He had lost none, showing His protection of the disciples.
He also kept the men given Him so that He lost none of them through betrayal, agony in Gethsemane, condemnation in the Judgment Hall, humiliation and crucifixion. He knew beforehand who were unbelieving and of weak faith and knew the coming trial when the multitude who had hailed Him as king would hiss and revile Him and call for His crucifixion. He therefore brought on a crisis earlier by introducing a hard, easily misunderstood subject that turned many professed followers away while He was still present to comfort and strengthen His chosen. Thus He sifted out the weak, undecided and faint-hearted so that their apostasy in the hour of horror would not overwhelm the twelve with surprise and grief, ruin their hopes and carry them away with the inconstant favor of the world. The faithful few thus learned the fickleness of those who once followed Him and would hang their faith not on the opinions of others when those professing to love Him turned from Him in His trouble.