(this was to fulfil his own word: 'I did not lose a single one of those whom thou didst give me').
When I was with them, I kept them by the power of thy Name which thou hast given me; I guarded them, and not one of them perished — only the son of perdition, that the scripture might be fulfilled.
and the will of him who sent me is that I lose none of those who are his gift to me, but that I raise them all up on the last day.
he answered, "I told you that I am he; if it is me you are looking for, let these men get away"