―I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which you have given me; for they are yours. And all
mine are yours, and yours are mine; and I am glorified in them. And now I am no more in the world, but these
are in the world, and I come to you. Holy Father, keep through your own name those whom you have given
me, that they may be one, as we are. While I was with them in the world, I kept them in your name: those
that you gave me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be
fulfilled" (verses 9-12).
Here, Y‘shua specifically asks Avinu the Father to protect the eleven from harm in order that they, too, may
become a part of the Heavenly Family.
―And now come I to you; and these things I speak in the world, that they might have my joy fulfilled in
themselves. I have given them your word; and the world have hated them, because they are not of the world,
even as I am not of the world. I pray not that you should take them out of the world, but that you should keep
them from the evil. They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world" (verses 13-16).
Because these eleven had been selected by the Father for the purpose of learning about the Family of
YHWH and His purpose for humanity, they were considered a part of the spiritual family of YHWH as Y‘shua
was. Therefore, these people needed Avinu the Father to protect them from the evil that rules the earth.
―Sanctify them through your truth: your word is truth. As you have sent me into the world, even so have I also
sent them into the world. And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the
truth" (verses 17-19).
Y‘shua asks that these eleven be set apart for the holy purpose of carrying on the work of preaching and
teaching YHWH's truth and his coming Kingdom, which will bring peace and establish YHWH's rule on earth.
He then asks that the same consideration be afforded to all those who, in the future, would believe in him
through the efforts of these eleven.
―Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word; That they all
may be one; as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be one in us: that the world may
believe that you have sent me. And the glory which you gave me I have given them; that they may be one,
even as we are one: I in them, and you in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may
know that you have sent me, and have loved them, as you have loved me" (verses 20-23).
Here, Y‘shua speaks of all those whom the Father has called and will call to be in the first resurrection. He
also expresses His desire for their success, so that they may also experience the awesome glory of life as a
son in the Family of YHWH:
―Father, I will that they also, whom you have given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my
glory, which you have given me: for you loved me before the foundation of the world. O righteous Father, the
world have not known you: but I have known you, and these have known that you have sent me. And I have
declared to them your name, and will declare it: that the love wherewith you have loved me may be in them,
and I in them" (verses 24-26).
The GardenAfter finishing His prayers to his Father, Y‘shua allowed the disciples to sleep a little longer. Then, hearing a
crowd approaching and knowing that the time of his betrayal was at hand, He woke the eleven to wait for his
betrayal and arrest. See Matt 26:45-46; Mark 14:41-42; John18:1.
26:45-49 Rise, let us be going: behold, he is at hand that doth betray me―(45) Then cometh he to his disciples, and saith unto them, Sleep on now, and take your rest: behold, the
hour is at hand, and the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners. (46) Rise, let us be going:
behold, he is at hand that doth betray me. (47) And while he yet spake, lo, Judas, one of the twelve,
came, and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priests and elders of the people.
(48) Now he that betrayed him gave them a sign, saying, Whomsoever I shall kiss, that same is he: hold him
fast. (49) And forthwith he came to Jesus, and said, Hail, master; and kissed him.‖
The betrayal―(1) ―When Jesus had spoken these words, he went forth with his disciples over the brook Cedron, where
there was a garden, into which he entered, and his disciples.