John 10:18
No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have samchut (authority) to lay it down, and I have samchut to receive it again. This mitzvah I received from HaAv of me. + 10:18 Isa 52:13—53:12
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
17Therefore, HaAv has ahavah for me, because I lay down my neshamah that I may take it up again.
Cross References
Psalms 40:6Many, O Hashem Elohai, 1 are Thy wonderful works which Thou hast done, 1 and Thy thoughts which are to us-ward; 1 they cannot be recounted unto Thee; 1 if I would declare and speak of them, 1 they are more than can be numbered. 1
Matthew 26:53Or do you think that I am not able to call upon Avi, and He will provide me now more than Shneym Asar legions of malachim?
John 5:30I am not able to do from myself anything. As I hear I judge, and mine is mishpat tzedek, + 5:30 Isa 28:6 because I do not seek my own ratzon (will) but the ratzon (will) of the One having sent me. + 5:30 Num 16:28
John 10:11I am the Ro'eh HaTov (the Good Shepherd). The Ro'eh HaTov lays down his neshamah for the tzon. + 10:11 Ps 23:1; Isa 40:11; Ezek 34:11-16,23; Isa 53:7,8,10
John 10:17Therefore, HaAv has ahavah for me, because I lay down my neshamah that I may take it up again.
John 15:10If you are shomer of my mitzvot, you will remain in my ahavah, as I of the mitzvot of HaAv of me have been shomer, and I remain in His ahavah.
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 →