‘I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
John 10:18 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised No one takes it from me, but I lay it down on my own. I have the right to lay it down, and I have the right to take it up again. I have received this command from my Father.’ Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 No man taketh 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 commandment have I received of my Father. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition No one takes it away from Me. On the contrary, I lay it down voluntarily. [I put it from Myself.] I am authorized and have power to lay it down (to resign it) and I am authorized and have power to take it back again. These are the instructions (orders) which I have received [as My charge] from My Father. American Standard Version (1901) No one taketh it away 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 commandment received I from my Father. Common English Bible No one takes it from me, but I give it up because I want to. I have the right to give it up, and I have the right to take it up again. I received this commandment from my Father.” Catholic Public Domain Version No one takes it away from me. Instead, I lay it down of my own accord. And I have the power to lay it down. And I have the power to take it up again. This is the commandment that I have received from my Father." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version No man taketh it away from me: but I lay it down of myself, and I have power to lay it down: and I have power to take it up again. This commandment have I received of my Father. |
‘I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
just as the Father knows me, and I know the Father. I lay down my life for the sheep.
This is why the Father loves me, because I lay down my life so that I may take it up again.
On the contrary, so that the world may know that I love the Father, I do as the Father commanded me. ‘Get up; let’s leave this place.
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.
‘You would have no authority over me at all,’ Jesus answered him, ‘if it hadn’t been given to you from above. This is why the one who handed me over to you has the greater sin.’
For just as the Father has life in himself, so also he has granted to the Son to have life in himself.
‘I can do nothing on my own. I judge only as I hear, and my judgement is just, because I do not seek my own will, but the will of him who sent me.
For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me.
God raised him up, ending the pains of death, because it was not possible for him to be held by death.
You killed the source of life, whom God raised from the dead; we are witnesses of this.
He gave himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to cleanse for himself a people for his own possession, eager to do good works.
But we do see Jesus #– #made lower than the angels for a short time so that by God’s grace he might taste death for everyone #– #crowned with glory and honour because he suffered death.