Peter McKenzie

A. The “giving” according to the text: The Father is giving the care of regenerate Jews (who were looking forward to the arrival of Jesus) to Jesus with His will being that Jesus would lose none of them. At the end of his ministry and life, He reported that He lost none that the Father gave Him – except one. B. The “giving” according to Cheryl: The Father is giving believers in Him to Jesus and this giving continues today. I can support A from the text. However, B is a matter of assertion – because nowhere in the text is there any mention of a non-Jewish/post-cross giving. As such, it comes about by reading that premise into the text. It assumes it without any support for it. It is circular reasoning.