John 17:11,12 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And now I am no more in the world Having finished the work thou gavest me to do in it; but these My apostles; are in the world Exposed to various hardships and dangers; and I come to thee Whom I have chosen and served, and whom my soul thirsteth after; to thee, the Fountain of light and life, the Crown and Centre of bliss and joy; now my longing shall be satisfied, my hopes accomplished, my happiness completed. Holy Father, keep through thine own name Thy mercy, wisdom, and power; those whom thou hast given me To be my messengers to mankind; that they may be one One with us, and with each other; one body, separate from the world; as we are By resemblance to us, though not equality. While I was with them, &c., I kept them in thy name In the firm faith and steadfast practice of my religion, so far as I revealed it unto them. Or, as the clause may be read, through thy name, as in the preceding verse, through thy power and grace; those that thou gavest me I say, the twelve persons whom thou gavest me for apostles: I have thus kept, and none of them is lost None of them has apostatized; but the son of perdition That wicked person who deserves perdition; that the Scriptures might be fulfilled That is, whereby the Scripture is fulfilled. See note on John 12:40. As if he had said, His apostacy, has happened, not through any defect in my care, but in consequence of its being permitted, for the wisest reasons; and therefore long ago predicted in the Scriptures, particularly Psalms 109:8. The son of perdition, signifies one that deservedly perishes: as, a son of death, 2 Samuel 12:5; children of hell, Matthew 23:15; and children of wrath, Ephesians 2:3; signify persons justly obnoxious to death, hell, wrath.