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Jesus at the Feast of Dedication

John 10:29

In 9 translations

BSB
My Father who has given them to Me is greater than all. No one can snatch them out of My Father’s hand.
KJV
My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father’s hand.
WEB
My Father who has given them to me is greater than all. No one is able to snatch them out of my Father’s hand.
ASV
My Father, who hath given them unto me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father’s hand.
LSV
My Father, who has given to Me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch out of the hand of My Father;
YLT
my Father, who hath given to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to pluck out of the hand of my Father;
DBY
My Father who has given [them] to me is greater than all, and no one can seize out of the hand of my Father.
DRC
That which my Father hath given me, is greater than all: and no one can snatch them out of the hand of my Father.
GNV
My Father which gaue them me, is greater then all, and none is able to take them out of my Fathers hand.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Greek has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Where the editions differ

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  • NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read ὃ (“which”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read ὃς (“who”).
  • NA28, NA27, Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read μεῖζόν (“greater”); Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read μείζων (“greater”).
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (2)
  • Word order: Textus Receptus, Byzantine text place πάντων elsewhere in this verse.
  • In STEPBible’s comparison, Tregelles, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include μου (“of mine”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort do not include this wording.
SBLGNT apparatus (4)

A comparison of published Greek editions. “Add” means after the SBLGNT wording; “omit” refers to that wording.

  • SBLGNT: ὃ. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ὃ; the Greek text behind the NIV, Robinson–Pierpont read ὃς.
  • SBLGNT: μοι. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Robinson–Pierpont, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read μοι; the Greek text behind the NIV add αὐτὰ.
  • SBLGNT: πάντων μεῖζων. Michael W. Holmes (SBLGNT editor), Westcott and Hort (margin) read πάντων μεῖζων; Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read πάντων μεῖζόν; the Greek text behind the NIV, Robinson–Pierpont read μείζων πάντων.
  • SBLGNT: πατρός. Westcott and Hort (1881), Nestle–Aland 28th edition read πατρός; Tregelles, Robinson–Pierpont add μου.

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Edition differences: STEP Bible, based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). Names and codes expanded; consecutive words grouped. Comparisons follow the editions used by the source; see version details.

Original-language editions

SBLGNT
ὁ πατήρ μου ὃ δέδωκέν μοι πάντων μεῖζων ἐστίν, καὶ οὐδεὶς δύναται ἁρπάζειν ἐκ τῆς χειρὸς τοῦ πατρός.
RP2018
Ὁ πατήρ μου ὃς δέδωκέν μοι, μείζων πάντων ἐστίν· καὶ οὐδεὶς δύναται ἁρπάζειν ἐκ τῆς χειρὸς τοῦ πατρός μου.
TR-Boyd
Ὁ πατήρ μου ὃς δέδωκέ μοι, μείζων πάντων ἐστί· καὶ οὐδεὶς δύναται ἁρπάζειν ἐκ τῆς χειρὸς τοῦ πατρός μου.
SCR1894
ο πατηρ μου ος δεδωκεν μοι μειζων παντων εστιν και ουδεις δυναται αρπαζειν εκ της χειρος του πατρος μου

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In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

  • John 6:37Everyone the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will never drive away.
  • John 17:9I ask on their behalf. I do not ask on behalf of the world, but on behalf of those You have given Me; for they are Yours.
  • John 17:2For You granted Him authority over all people, so that He may give eternal life to all those You have given Him.
  • John 14:28You heard Me say, ‘I am going away, and I am coming back to you.’ If you loved Me, you would rejoice that I am going to the Father, because the Father is greater than I.
  • John 17:6I have revealed Your name to those You have given Me out of the world. They were Yours; You gave them to Me, and they have kept Your word.
  • Malachi 1:14“But cursed is the deceiver who has an acceptable male in his flock and vows to give it, but sacrifices a defective animal to the Lord. For I am a great King,” says the LORD of Hosts, “and My name is to be feared among…
  • John 17:11I will no longer be in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to You. Holy Father, protect them by Your name, the name You gave Me, so that they may be one as We are one.
  • Exodus 18:11Now I know that the LORD is greater than all other gods, for He did this when they treated Israel with arrogance.”
  • Daniel 4:3How great are His signs, how mighty His wonders! His kingdom is an eternal kingdom; His dominion endures from generation to generation.
  • Psalms 145:3Great is the LORD and greatly to be praised; His greatness is unsearchable.

From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).

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