John 10:18
No one took it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to receive it again. This is the command which I received from my Father.”
Twentieth Century New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
17This is why the Father loves me, because I lay down my life — to receive it again.
19In consequence of these words a difference of opinion again arose among the Jews.
Cross References
Matthew 26:53Do you think that I cannot ask my Father for help, when he would at once send to my aid more than twelve legions of angels?
John 5:30I can do nothing of myself; I judge as I am taught; and the judgment that I give is just, because my aim is not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me.
John 10:11I am the Good Shepherd. The Good Shepherd lays down his life for his sheep.
John 10:17This is why the Father loves me, because I lay down my life — to receive it again.
John 15:10If you lay my commands to heart, you will remain in my love; just as I have laid the Father’s commands to heart and remain 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 →