John 10:17
On this account the Father loves me, because I lay down my life that I may take it again.
Darby Translation
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
Isaiah 42:21Jehovah had delight [in him] for his righteousness' sake: he hath magnified the law, and made it honourable.
John 3:25There was therefore a reasoning of the disciples of John with a Jew about purification.
John 10:15as 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, I also have loved you: abide in my love.
John 17:24Father, [as to] those whom thou hast given me, I desire that where I am they also may be with me, that they may behold my glory which thou hast given me, for 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 →