John 10:18
no one takes it from Me, but I lay it down of Myself; authority I have to lay it down, and authority I have again to take it; this command I received from My Father.”
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
In Context
17Because of this the Father loves Me, because I lay down My life, that again I may take it;
19Therefore, again, there came a division among the Jews, because of these words,
Cross References
Psalms 40:6Sacrifice and present You have not desired, || But a body You have prepared for me, || Burnt and sin-offering You have not asked.
Matthew 26:53do you think that I am not able now to call on My Father, and He will place beside Me more than twelve legions of messengers?
John 5:30I am not able of Myself to do anything; according as I hear I judge, and My judgment is righteous, because I do not seek My own will, but the will of the Father who sent Me.
John 10:11I AM the good shepherd; the good shepherd lays His life down for the sheep;
John 10:17Because of this the Father loves Me, because I lay down My life, that again I may take it;
John 15:10if you may keep My commands, you will remain in My love, according as I have kept the commands of My Father, and remain 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 →