He did this to fulfill his own statement: “I did not lose a single one of those you have given me.”
During my time here, I protected them by the power of the name you gave me. I guarded them so that not one was lost, except the one headed for destruction, as the Scriptures foretold.
“I told you that I Am he,” Jesus said. “And since I am the one you want, let these others go.”
And this is the will of God, that I should not lose even one of all those he has given me, but that I should raise them up at the last day.