John 10:18

English Standard Version 2016

No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it up again. This charge I have received from my Father.”

Cross References

Hebrews 2:9

But we see him who for a little while was made lower than the angels, namely Jesus, crowned with glory and honor because of the suffering of death, so that by the grace of God he might taste death for everyone.

Titus 2:14

who gave himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for himself a people for his own possession who are zealous for good works.

John 10:17

For this reason the Father loves me, because I lay down my life that I may take it up again.

John 14:31

but I do as the Father has commanded me, so that the world may know that I love the Father. Rise, let us go from here.

John 6:38

For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will but the will of him who sent me.

John 15:10

If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and abide in his love.

John 10:11

I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.

Acts 3:15

and you killed the Author of life, whom God raised from the dead. To this we are witnesses.

Acts 2:24

God raised him up, loosing the pangs of death, because it was not possible for him to be held by it.

John 5:30

“I can do nothing on my own. As I hear, I judge, and my judgment is just, because I seek not my own will but the will of him who sent me.

Acts 2:32

This Jesus God raised up, and of that we all are witnesses.

John 19:11

Jesus answered him, “You would have no authority over me at all unless it had been given you from above. Therefore he who delivered me over to you has the greater sin.”

John 10:15

just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep.

John 5:26

For as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the Son also to have life in himself.