John 10:18
No man takith it fro me, but Y putte it of my silf. Y haue power to putte it, and Y haue power to take it ayen. This maundement Y haue takun of my fadir.
Wycliffe (portions)
In The King James Version
In Context
17Therfor the fadir loueth me, for Y putte my lijf, that eftsoone Y take it.
19Eft dissencioun was maad among the Jewis for these wordis.
Cross References
Matthew 26:53Whether gessist thou, that Y may not preie my fadir, and he schal yyue to me now mo than twelue legiouns of aungels?
John 5:30Y may no thing do of my silf, but as Y here, Y deme, and my doom is iust, for Y seke not my wille, but the wille of the fadir that sente me.
John 10:11I am a good scheepherde; a good scheepherde yyueth his lijf for hise scheep.
John 10:17Therfor the fadir loueth me, for Y putte my lijf, that eftsoone Y take it.
John 15:10If ye kepen my comaundementis, ye schulen dwelle in my loue; as Y haue kept the comaundementis of my fadir, and Y dwelle in his loue.
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 →