My Father, who gave them to me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
That which my Father hath given me, is greater than all. We may look upon this as the true reading by Tertullian, St. Hilary, St. Ambrose, St. Augustine The ancient Fathers make use of these words, to show the eternal procession of the Son from the Father; and that they are one in nature, substance, power The reading in the ordinary Greek copies is now different. My Father, who gave me them, (the sheep) is greater than all. No one can snatch, or pull them by force, out of the hand of the Father. He had said just before, no one shall, or can snatch them, out of my hand. And this shows that the hand, that is, the power of the Father and the Son, is equal, is one and the same. See St. Augustine, St. Chrysostom (Witham)
