John 10:18

The Passion Translation

I surrender my own life, and no one has the power to take my life from me. I have the authority to lay it down and the power to take it back again. This is the destiny my Father has set before me.”

Cross References

Hebrews 2:9

But we see Jesus, who as a man, lived for a short time lower than the angels and has now been crowned with glorious honor because of what he suffered in his death. For it was by God’s grace that he experienced death’s bitterness on behalf of everyone!

Titus 2:14

He sacrificed himself for us that he might purchase our freedom from every lawless deed and to purify for himself a people who are his very own, passionate to do what is beautiful in his eyes.

John 10:17

“The Father has an intense love for me because I freely give my own life—to raise it up again.

John 14:31

I am doing exactly what the Father destined for me to accomplish, so that the world will discover how much I love my Father. Now come with me.”

John 6:38

And I have come out of heaven not for my own desires, but for the satisfaction of my Father who sent me.

John 15:10

If you keep my commands, you will live in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commands, for I continually live nourished and empowered by his love.

John 10:11

I am the Good Shepherd who lays down my life as a sacrifice for the sheep.

Acts 3:15

You killed the Prince of Life! But God raised him from the dead, and we stand here as witnesses to that fact.

Acts 2:24

God destroyed the cords of death and raised him up, because it was impossible for death’s power to hold him prisoner.

John 5:30

“Nothing I do is from my own initiative. As I hear the judgment passed by my Father, I execute those judgments. And my judgments will be perfect, because I seek only to fulfill the desires of my Father who sent me.

Acts 2:32

“Can’t you see it? God has resurrected Jesus, and we all have seen him!

John 19:11

Jesus answered, “You would have no power over me at all, unless it was given to you from above. This is why the one who betrayed me is guilty of an even greater sin.”

John 10:15

just as my Father knows my heart and I know my Father’s heart. I am ready to give my life for the sheep.

John 5:26

For as the Father is the source of life, so he has given the Son the power to impart life.