John 10:15
even as the Father knows me and I know the Father. I lay down my life for the sheep.
Text-Critical English NT
In The King James Version
As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep.
In Context
14I am the good shepherd. I know my sheep and my sheep know me,
Cross References
Matthew 20:28just as the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
John 1:18No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is at the Father's side, has made him known.
John 8:55You do not know him, but I know him. If I were to say that I do not know him, I would be a liar like you. But I do know him, and I keep his word.
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 →