John 10:18
No one takes it away from me. Instead, I lay it down of my own accord. And I have the power to lay it down. And I have the power to take it up again. This is the commandment that I have received from my Father.”
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In Context
17For this reason, the Father loves me: because I lay down my life, so that I may take it up again.
19A dissension occurred again among the Jews because of these words.
Cross References
Psalms 40:6My enemies have spoken evils against me. When will he die and his name perish?
Matthew 26:53Or do you think that I cannot ask my Father, so that he would give me, even now, more than twelve legions of Angels?
John 5:30I am not able to do anything of myself. As I hear, so do I judge. And my judgment is just. For I do not seek my own will, but the will of him who sent me.
John 10:11I am the good Shepherd. The good Shepherd gives his life for his sheep.
John 10:17For this reason, the Father loves me: because I lay down my life, so that I may take it up again.
John 15:10If you keep my precepts, you shall abide in my love, just as I also have kept my Father’s precepts and I abide in his love.
Matthew Henry on John 10:2-19
The Good Shepherd. 1 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber. 2 But he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. 3 To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out. 4 And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice. 5 And a stranger will they not follow, but… Read the whole commentary →