John 10:15
just as the Father knows me, I know the Father, and I lay down my life for the sheep.
Montgomery New Testament
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
14"I am the good shepherd. I know my sheep, and my sheep know me;
Cross References
Matthew 20:28"just as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life as a ransom for many."
John 1:18No man has ever seen God; God, only begotten, who is in the bosom of the Father - he has interpreted him.
John 8:55"You are not acquainted with him; I know him. Were I to say, ‘I do not know him,’ I should be like you, a liar. But I do know him, and I obey his teaching.
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 →