Shouldest take (αρηις). First aorist active subjunctive of αιρω (liquid verb).

From the evil one (εκ του π…

That thou shouldest take them out of the world. Though they were going into trials and persecutions, Jesus did not pray that they might be…

I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world.—The thought may naturally have come to their minds that they w…

While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of pe…

St. John Chrysostom: Again, our Lord gives a reason why the disciples are worthy of obtaining such favor from the Father: …

Jesus does not, however, ask that they be removed from a disagreeable and dangerous environment. Like him, they have a mi ion to discharge and must…

I ask not that you should take them out of the world. He shows in what the safety of believers consists: not that they are free from every…

I pray not that you should take them of the world
Either in an unusual manner, by a translation, as Enoch and Elijah…

Christ does not pray that they might be rich and great in the world, but that they might be kept from sin, strengthened for their duty, and brought…

1. After Christ stated his reasons for praying for the apostles, he makes his petitions here. He asks for two things:

   1. He asks f…