Jesus prayed that God would protect his disciples.

John 17:6-19

6 “I have revealed what you are like to the people whom you brought to me from among those who do not belong to you [MTY]. Those who came to me belonged to you, and you brought them to me. Now they have obeyed your message. 7 Now they know that everything you have given me, your message and your work, comes from you. 8 I gave them the message that you gave me, and they have accepted it. They now know for certain that I came from you. They now believe that you sent me. 9 I am praying for them. I am not praying for those who do not belong to you [MTY]. Instead, I am praying for those whom you have brought to me, because they belong to you. 10 All the disciples that I have belong to you, and all those who belong to you also belong to me. They have shown how great I am. 11 I will not be staying in the world any longer. I will be coming back to you. They, however, will be here in the world among those who are opposed to you. My Holy Father, protect them from spiritual harm by your power [MTY], the power that you gave me, in order that they may be united as we are united. 12 While I have been with them, I have completely protected them by the power [MTY] that you gave me. As a result, only one of them will be eternally separated from you. He is the one who was doomed to be eternally separated from you. That has happened to fulfill what a prophet wrote in the Scriptures would happen.

13 Father, now I am about to return to you. I have said these things while I am still here in the world in order that my disciples may fully experience being joyful, as I have been joyful. 14 I have given them your message. As a result, those who are opposed to you [MTY] have hated them, because my disciples do not belong to those who oppose you [MTY], just like I do not belong to those who oppose you [MTY]. 15 I am asking you, not that you take them out of this world, but instead that you protect them from Satan, the evil one. 16 They do not belong to those who are opposed to you [MTY], just like I also do not belong to them. 17 Set my disciples apart so that they may ◄completely belong to/serve► you, by enabling them to live in accordance with what is true. Your message is true. 18 Just like you sent me here into this world, now I surely will be sending them to other places in [MTY] the world. 19 I dedicate myself to completely belong to you, in order that they also may truly be dedicated {dedicate themselves} completely to you.”