Albert Barnes Commentary John 17:11

"And I am no more in the world, and these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep them in thy name which thou hast given me, that they may be one, even as we [are]." — John 17:11 (ASV)

I am no more in the world. I have finished my work among men and am about to leave the world. See John 17:4.

These are in the world. They will be among wicked men and malignant foes. They will be subject to trials and persecutions. They will need the same protection which I could give them if I were with them.

Keep. Preserve, defend, sustain them in trials, and save them from apostasy.

Through your own name. Our translators seem to have understood this expression as meaning "keep by your power," but this probably is not its meaning. It is literally "keep in your name." And if the term name is taken to denote God himself and his perfections (see the notes on John 17:6), it means, "Keep in the knowledge of yourself. Preserve them in obedience to you and to your cause. Do not let them fall away from you and become apostates."

That they may be one. That they may be united.

As we are. This refers not to a union of nature, but of feeling, plan, purpose. Any other union between Christians is impossible; but a union of affection is what the Saviour sought, and this he desired might be so strong as to be an illustration of the unchanging love between the Father and the Son. See John 17:21-23.