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John 10:18 KJV
John · chapter 10 · verse 18
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.John 10:18 · King James Version
John 10:18 in context
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.
20And many of them said, He hath a devil, and is mad; why hear ye him?
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Key words (Strong's)
- commandmententolēan order, command, charge, precept, injunction, that which is prescribed to one by reason…G1785 →
- takethairōto raise up, elevate, lift up, to raise from the ground, take up stones, to raise…G142 →
- myselfemautouI, me, myself etcG1683 →
- powerexousiapower of choice, liberty of doing as one pleases, leave or permission, physical and…G1849 →
- takelambanōto take, to take with the hand, lay hold of, any person or thing in order to use it, to…G2983 →
- laytithēmito set, put, place, to place or lay, to put down, lay down, to bend down, to lay off or…G5087 →
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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