John Chapter 10 verse 29 Holy Bible
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.
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That which my Father has given to me has more value than all; and no one is able to take anything out of the Father's hand.
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My Father who has given [them] to me is greater than all, and no one can seize out of the hand of my Father.
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My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand.
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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.
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my Father, who hath given to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to pluck out of the hand of my Father;
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 29. - The last statement is sustained by a still loftier assumption. Before translating, it is necessary to notice the three readings of the text. (1) That of the T.R. and the Revisers' Text: My Father who gave (them) to me is greater than all the powers that can possibly be arrayed against them. (2) The reading of א, D, With reference to that which my Father, One greater than all, gave me, and no one is able to pluck from the hand of the Father. Meyer, however, translates this differently; he supposes the μεῖζον to refer to the Father "a something greater, a greater potence." Westcott and Hort prefer the reading with ὅ and μείζον; and Westcott translates, That which my Father has given me is greater than all, and regards it as a reference to the sheep as a collective unity. The internal reasons compel Luthardt, Godet, and Lange to fall back on T.R., and surely the extraordinary strain of the meaning justifies them. Our Lord would sustain with even stronger assurance the safety of his sheep. The Father's gift to himself, the Father's own eternal love and power, the Divine omnipotence of the Lord God himself, is pledged to their security. "My hand" becomes "my Father's hand." He seems to say, "If you question my capacity, you need not question his power. Sacrilegious violence may apparently nail my hands to the cross; the sword may awake against Jehovah's Shepherd. But none can outwit, surprise, crucify, conquer, my Father, none can invalidate his care."
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(29) My Father, which gave them me (better, hath given them Me), is greater than all.--For the thought that they are given by the Father, comp. Note on John 6:37. Here our version has rightly made no limiting addition to "all" (comp. last verse). In the width of the word, which extends to every creature and to every power, and even to the Son in His subordination to the Father, the Father is thought of as greater than all. Again the thought mounts with each succeeding sentence: (1) "None shall pluck them out of My hand;" (2) "They are My Father's gifts, and He is greater than all;" (3) "None shall pluck them out of My Father's hand."
