John 10:18
No man taketh it away from me, but I lay it down from my will; for I am able to lay it down, and I am able to take it again; for this commandment have I received from my Father.
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
In The King James Version
In Context
17On this account my Father loveth me, because I lay down my life again to take it.
19And there was again a division among the Jihudoyee because of his words:
Cross References
Matthew 26:53Or thinkest thou that I cannot request from my Father, and he shall appoint to me now more than twelve legions of angels?
John 5:30I CANNOT of the will of myself do any thing; but as I hear I judge, and my judgment is just; for I seek not my will, but the will of Him who sent me.
John 10:11I am the good shepherd, and the good shepherd his life layeth down for his flock.
John 10:17On this account my Father loveth me, because I lay down my life again to take it.
John 15:10If my commandments you will keep, you shall abide in my love; as I have kept the commandments of my Father, 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 →