John 10:18
No man taketh it from me, but I lay it downe of my selfe: I haue power to lay it downe, and haue power to take it againe: this commandement haue I receiued of my Father.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
17Therefore doeth my Father loue me, because I lay downe my life, that I might take it againe.
19Then there was a dissension againe among the Iewes for these sayings,
Cross References
Psalms 40:6Sacrifice and offering thou didest not desire: (for mine eares hast thou prepared) burnt offring and sinne offering hast thou not required.
Matthew 26:53Either thinkest thou, that I can not now pray to my Father, and he will giue me moe then twelue legions of Angels?
John 5:30I can doe nothing of mine owne selfe: as I heare, I iudge: and my iudgement is iust, because I seeke not mine owne will, but the will of the Father who hath sent me.
John 10:11I am that good shepheard: that good shepheard giueth his life for his sheepe.
John 10:17Therefore doeth my Father loue me, because I lay downe my life, that I might take it againe.
John 15:10If ye shall keepe my commandements, ye shall abide in my loue, as I haue kept my Fathers commandements, and abide in his loue.
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 →