John 10:18
"No man is taking it away from me. I am laying it down on my own accord. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it again. I received this commandment from my Father."
Montgomery New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
17"The Father loves me for this, because I am laying down my life that I may take it again.
19The Jews were again divided over these words.
Cross References
Matthew 26:53"Do you not suppose that I am able to appeal to my Father to furnish me at this very moment with twelve legions of angels?
John 5:30"I can of my own self do nothing. As I listen, I judge, and my own judgment is just, because I am not seeking my own will, but the will of Him who sent me.
John 10:11"I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his very life for the sheep.
John 10:17"The Father loves me for this, because I am laying down my life that I may take it again.
John 15:10"If you obey my commands you will abide in my love, just as I have obeyed my Father’s commands 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 →