John 10:17
Therefore doth the Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I may take it again.
Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament
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
John 3:25Then a dispute arose between the disciples of John and the Jews with regard to purification.
John 10:15As the Father knoweth me, so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep.
John 15:9Just as the Father hath loved me, I also have loved you: abide in my love.
John 17:24Father, those whom thou hast given me, I will that where I am they may also be with me; that they may behold my glory, which thou gavest me: because thou hast loved me before the foundation of the world.
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 →