John 17:11-12
What is written? (ESV)
And I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, keep them in your name, which you have given me, that they may be one, even as we are one. While I was with them, I kept them in your name, which you have given me. I have guarded them, and not one of them has been lost except the son of destruction, that the Scripture might be fulfilled.
What does it say?
I (Jesus) am coming to you (God the Father) so will no longer be in the world with them (apostles). Keep them in your name which you have given Me, so they will be one as we are one. I kept them in your name and not one was lost except the son of destruction, that Scripture would be fulfilled.
What is its immediate context?
Jesus’ prayer before His crucifixion and ascension to Heaven. Not reference of a specific passage of fulfillment is mentioned, but several would apply. It would certainly refer to those passages referring to the betrayal of Jesus such as Psalms 41:9, 69:25, and 109:8. But without a specific citation from Jesus, there is nothing precluding the broader events surrounding the Father’s offering of His only begotten Son.
How John 17:11-12 is applied across Bible answers
Who is the man of lawlessness (2 Thessalonians 2:3)?
Jesus refers to Judas Iscariot as the "son of destruction".
The "son of destruction" in the ESV is also translated "son of perdition" in KJV, NKVJ, NASB translations, which connects it with "son of lawlessness"1.
