John 10:18
No one, forced it from me, but, I, lay it down, of myself,—Authority, have I, to lay it down, and, authority, have I, again, to receive it: This commandment, received I, from my Father.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
17Therefore, doth the Father, love, me, because, I, lay down my life, that, again, I may receive it:—
19A division, again, took place among the Jews, because of these words.
Cross References
Psalms 40:6Sacrifice and meal-offering, thou didst not delight in, Ears, didst thou pierce for me,—Ascending-sacrifice and sin-bearer, thou didst not ask:
Matthew 26:53Or thinkest thou that I cannot call upon my Father, and he will set near me, even now, more than twelve legions of messengers?
John 5:30I, cannot be doing, of myself, a single thing,—Just as I hear, I judge; and, my judging, is, just,—because I seek not my own will, but the will of him that sent me.
John 10:11I, am the good shepherd: The good shepherd, his life, layeth down, for the sheep.
John 10:17Therefore, doth the Father, love, me, because, I, lay down my life, that, again, I may receive it:—
John 15:10If, my commandments, ye keep, ye shall abide in my love,—just as, I, the Father’s commandments, have kept, 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 →