John 10:18
No one taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it again; this charge I received from my Father.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
17On this account the Father loveth me, because I lay down my life, that I may take it again.
19Again there arose a division among the Jews on account of these words.
Cross References
Psalms 40:6In sacrifice and oblation thou hast no pleasure; Mine ears thou hast opened; Burnt-offering and sin-offering thou requirest not.
Matthew 26:53Dost thou think that I cannot pray to my Father, and he will now give me more than twelve legions of angels?
John 5:30I can of myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge; and my judgment is just, because I seek not my own will, but the will of him that sent me.
John 10:11I am the good shepherd; the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.
John 10:17On this account the Father loveth me, because I lay down my life, that I may take it again.
John 15:10If ye keep my commandments, ye will abide in my love, even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and 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 →