John 10:18

New International Version

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

Cross References

Hebrews 2:9

But we do see Jesus, who was made lower than the angels for a little while, now crowned with glory and honor because he suffered 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 wickedness and to purify for himself a people that are his very own, eager to do what is good.

John 10:17

The reason my Father loves me is that I lay down my life—only to take it up again.

John 14:31

but he comes so that the world may learn that I love the Father and do exactly what my Father has commanded me. “Come now; let us leave.

John 6:38

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

John 15:10

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

John 10:11

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

Acts 3:15

You killed the author of life, but God raised him from the dead. We are witnesses of this.

Acts 2:24

But God raised him from the dead, freeing him from the agony of death, because it was impossible for death to keep its hold on him.

John 5:30

By myself I can do nothing; I judge only as I hear, and my judgment is just, for I seek not to please myself but him who sent me.

Acts 2:32

God has raised this Jesus to life, and we are all witnesses of it.

John 19:11

Jesus answered, “You would have no power over me if it were not given to you from above. Therefore the one who handed me over to you is guilty of a 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.