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John 10:29

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My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father’s hand.
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  1. John 6:37Rank 1 from verse 29
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    37All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.

  2. John 17:2Rank 2 from verse 29
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    2As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him.

  3. John 17:9Rank 3 from verse 29
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    9I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me; for they are thine.

  4. John 14:28Rank 4 from verse 29
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    28Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come again unto you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I go unto the Father: for my Father is greater than I.

  5. John 17:6Rank 5 from verse 29
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    6I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them me; and they have kept thy word.

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John 10:29

COMBINED MEANING

father

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Sense 1: A male parent or begetter. Sense 2: An ancestor, forefather, founder, source, originator, chief, elder, or one bearing paternal authority and care. Sense 3: God as Father, including the Father of Jesus Christ and of those described as his children.

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which

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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.

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gave

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1. Bestowed, delivered, or granted. 2. Caused or appointed.

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man

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1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.

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able

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Having physical power sufficient; having competent power or strength, bodily or mental.

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out

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Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.

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hand

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Sense 1: The part of the body at the end of the arm. Sense 2: Figuratively, power, possession, aid, or agency.

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28And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.

29My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father’s hand.

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30I and my Father are one.

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