New American Standard Bible 1995

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John

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"I am no longer in the world; and yet they themselves are in the world, and I come to You. Holy Father, keep them in Your name, the name which You have given Me, that they may be one even as We are.

Lexicon

Verse part Definition: Part of speech: Strong's: Greek: Transliteration:
"I am I exist, I am V-PSA-3P H1510 εἰμὶ eimi
no longer no longer, no more Adv H3765 οὐκέτι ouketi
in the world; order, the world N-DMS H2889 κόσμῳ kosmō
and [yet] they themselves (1) self (emphatic) (2) he, she, it (used for the third pers. pron.) (3) the same PPro-AM3P H846 αὐτοὶ autoi
are in the world, order, the world N-DMS H2889 κόσμῳ kosmō
and I come to come, go V-PIM/P-1S H2064 ἔρχομαι erchomai
to You. Holy sacred, holy Adj-VMS H40 ἅγιε agie
Father, a father N-VMS H3962 πάτερ pater
keep to watch over, to guard V-AMA-2S H5083 τήρησον tērēson
them in Your name, a name, authority, cause N-DNS H3686 ὀνόματι onomati
[the name] which usually rel. who, which, that, also demonstrative this, that RelPro-DNS H3739 ᾧ ō
You have given to give (in various senses lit. or fig.) V-RIA-2S H1325 δέδωκας dedōkas
Me, that they may be one one Adj-NNS H1520 ἓν en
Analysis:

One: God

Refers to HaShem (God), Who is One. This number can also refer to unity. The first place the number "one" occurs is in Genesis 1:5. There one reads, "And there was an evening and there was a morning— one day". Later on in this same book of Genesis, it is stated concerning the man and his wife, "And they became one flesh" (Genesis 2:24). It is very significant that in both of these examples there was a multiplicity for the subject. In the first example, the evening and the morning became one day and in the second example, it was Adam and Eve who became one flesh.

One of the most famous passages in the Torah concerning HaShem is Deuteronomy 6:4 which states, "Hear O Israel the Lord your God the Lord is One." The question that a person must ask himself is what is the connection between the use of the Hebrew word אחד "one" which identifies a multiplicity being one and the fact that the Lord God of Israel is One? The answer is that the Hebrew word אחד can relate to the concept for one as in "unification". There is another Hebrew word that would have been possible to be used if the author wanted to refer to an absolute oneness or singleness. This is the Hebrew word יחיד. In fact, there is a well-known prayer in Judaism which states, "אחד ואין יחיד כיחודו". This phrase should be translated as, "(God is) One and there is no singularity as His singularity." The idea that is being expressed in this prayer is that the Lord God of Israel is One; but not an absolute One; rather there is a uniqueness and a complexity to His Oneness.

The number one is frequently employed to express in the Scriptures one object, such as one man or one tabernacle. This usage would be the simple or common purpose that the number one or for that matter any number, would appear in a Biblical text. Often the appearance of a number does not contain any of the significance that Hebrew numerology might offer. Therefore, the reader must always consider when coming across a verse which contains a number, that the number only expresses an amount and no additional significance. 

Because the number one is often associated with God, there is a unique phenomenon in the Scriptures concerning this number. Sometimes the number one is employed to express a unique relationship that the object has to HaShem. For example,

"And it will be one day, it will be known to HaShem..." Zechariah 14:7

In the text above, Zechariah could have stated simply, "And it will be a day…" The fact that the prophet said "one day" is to convey that this day is uniquely related to God. Similarly, it is stated by the prophet Ezekiel in chapter 37, "one King", "one nation" and "one Shepherd" (see Ezekiel 37:22, 24). Each of these objects—King, nation and Shepherd—has a connection to HaShem. The King and Shepherd is Messiah Yeshua, the Son of God and the one nation is Israel, the people of God.

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even according as, just as Adv H2531 καθὼς kathōs
as We [are].      

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New American Standard Bible 1995 "I am no longer in the world; and yet they themselves are in the world, and I come to You. Holy Father, keep them in Your name, the name which You have given Me, that they may be one even as We are.
King James Bible "I And now I am no longer more in the world; and yet they themselves world, but these are in the world, and I come to You. thee. Holy Father, keep them in Your name, the through thine own name which You have those whom thou hast given Me, me, that they may be one even one, as We we are.
Berean Bible "I And I am no longer in the world; world, and yet they are themselves are in the world, and I come am coming to You. Holy Father, keep them in Your name, the name which You have given Me, that they may be one even as We we are.
Hebrew Greek English "I am no longer in the world; and yet they themselves are in the world, and I come to You. Holy Father, keep them in Your name, the name which You have given Me, that they may be one even as We are.