John 10:17
Therefore, HaAv has ahavah for me, because I lay down my neshamah that I may take it up again.
Orthodox Jewish Bible
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 42:21Hashem is well pleased lema'an (for the sake of) His tzedek; 1 He will magnify the torah, and make it glorious. 1
John 3:25There was then a discussion of Yochananʼs talmidim with one of the Yehudim about the subject of tohorah (purification).
John 10:15Just as HaAv has da'as of me and I have da'as of HaAv, so I lay down my neshamah for the tzon.
John 15:9As HaAv has ahavah for me, so I have ahavah for you. Remain in my ahavah. + 15:9 See Yd 1:21
John 17:24Elohim Avi, as to that which You have given me, I desire that where I am, those also may be with me, that they may behold my kavod, which You have given me, because You had ahavah for me before the hivvased haOlam.
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 →