John 10:17
This is why the Father loves me, because I lay down my life — to receive it again.
Twentieth Century 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 3:25Now a discussion arose between some of John’s disciples and a Jew on the subject of ‘purification;’
John 10:15Just as the Father knows me and I know the Father — and I lay down my life for the sheep.
John 15:9As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you; remain in my love.
John 17:24Father, my desire for all those whom thou has given me is that they may be with me where I am, so that they may see the honour which thou has given me; for thou didst love me before the beginning 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 →