John 10:17
Therefore doth the Father love me: because I lay down my life, that I may take it again.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again.
In Context
Cross References
Isaiah 42:21And the Lord was willing to sanctify him, and to magnify the law, and exalt it.
John 3:25And there arose a question between some of John's disciples and the Jews concerning purification:
John 10:15As the Father knoweth me, and I know the Father: and I lay down my life for my sheep.
John 15:9dummy verses inserted by amos
John 17:24Father, I will that where I am, they also whom thou hast given me may be with me; that they may see my glory which thou hast given me, because thou hast loved me before the creation of the world.
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 →