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John 10:17 KJV
John · chapter 10 · verse 17
Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again.John 10:17 · King James Version
John 10:17 in context
15As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep.
16And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd.
17Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again.
18No 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.
19There was a division therefore again among the Jews for these sayings.
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Key words (Strong's)
- Fatherpatērgenerator or male ancestor, either the nearest ancestor father of the corporeal nature…G3962 →
- loveagapaōof persons, to welcome, to entertain, to be fond of, to love dearly, of things, to be…G25 →
- lifepsychēbreath, the breath of life, the vital force which animates the body and shows itself in…G5590 →
- takelambanōto take, to take with the hand, lay hold of, any person or thing in order to use it, to…G2983 →
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It is not certain whether this discourse was at the feast of dedication in the winter (spoken of Joh 10:22), which may be taken as the date, not only of what follows, but of what goes before (that which countenances this is, that Christ, in his discourse there, carries on the metaphor of the sheep, Joh 10:26, Joh…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-18