John 10:18

New King James Version

No one takes it from Me, but I lay it down of Myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This command I have received from My Father.”

Cross References

Hebrews 2:9

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

Titus 2:14

who gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us from every lawless deed and purify for Himself His own special people, zealous for good works.

John 10:17

“Therefore My Father loves Me, because I lay down My life that I may take it again.

John 14:31

But that the world may know that I love the Father, and as the Father gave Me commandment, so I do. Arise, 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 gives His life for the sheep.

Acts 3:15

and killed the Prince of life, whom God raised from the dead, of which we are witnesses.

Acts 2:24

whom God raised up, having loosed the pains of death, because it was not possible that He should be held by it.

John 5:30

I can of Myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge; and My judgment is righteous, because I do not seek My own will but the will of the Father who sent Me.

Acts 2:32

This Jesus God has raised up, of which we are all witnesses.

John 19:11

Jesus answered, “You could have no power at all against Me unless it had been given you from above. Therefore the one who delivered Me to you has the greater sin.”

John 10:15

As the Father knows Me, even so 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 to have life in Himself,