John 10:17

For this cause my Father loveth me, that I lay down my life, to resume it again.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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

16And I have other sheep, which are not of this fold: and them also I must bring; and they will hear my voice; and the whole will be one flock, and one shepherd.

18There is no one that taketh it from me; but I lay it down of my own pleasure: for I have authority to lay it down, and authority to resume it again; because I have received this command from my Father.

Read all of John 10

Cross References

John 3:25And one of John's disciples and a certain Jew had disputed respecting purification.

John 10:15As my Father knoweth me, so know I my Father; and I expose my life for the flock.

John 15:9As my Father hath loved me, I also have loved you: abide ye in the love of me.

John 17:24Father, I desire that those whom thou hast given me, may also be with me where I am; that they may see that glory of mine which thou hast given me, as thou lovedst 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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study John 10:17