John 10:18
No one is taking it away from me, but I myself am laying it down. I am authorized to lay it down, and I am authorized to receive it back again. This is the command I received from my Father."
Weymouth NT (1912)
In The King James Version
In Context
19Again there arose a division among the Jews because of these words.
Cross References
Matthew 26:53Or do you suppose I cannot entreat my Father and He would instantly send to my help more than twelve legions of angels?
John 5:30"I can of my own self do nothing. As I am bidden, so I judge; and mine is a just judgement, because it is not my own will that guides me, but the will of Him who sent me.
John 10:11"I am the Good Shepherd. A good shepherd lays down his very life for the sheep.
John 10:17For this reason my Father loves me, because I am laying down my life in order to receive it back again.
John 15:10If you obey my commands, you will continue in my love, as I have obeyed my Father's commands and continue 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 →