John 10:17
Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again.
King James Version with Apocrypha
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 42:21The LORD is well pleased for his righteousness’ sake; he will magnify the law, and make it honourable.
John 3:25Then there arose a question between some of John’s disciples and the Jews about purifying.
John 10:15As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep.
John 15:9As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.
John 17:24Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation 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 →