John 10:17
Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again.
John 10:17 in other translations
| BSB | The reason the Father loves Me is that I lay down My life in order to take it up again. |
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| WEB | Therefore the Father loves me, because I lay down my life, that I may take it again. |
| ASV | Therefore doth the Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I may take it again. |
| YLT | ‘Because of this doth the Father love me, because I lay down my life, that again I may take it; |
| DARBY | On this account the Father loves me, because I lay down my life that I may take it again. |
| BBE | For this reason am I loved by the Father, because I give up my life so that I may take it again. |
| Webster | Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I may take it again. |
What does John 10:17 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on John 10:15-18
15-18. As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father--What claim to absolute equality with the Father could exceed this? (See on Mt 11:27). and I lay down my life for the sheep--How sublime this, immediately following the lofty claim of the preceding clause! It is the riches and the poverty of "the Word made flesh"--one glorious Person reaching at once up to the Throne and down even to the dust of death, "that…
Barnes' Notes
That I might take it again. Be raised up from the dead, and glorified, and still carry on the work of redemption. See this same sentiment sublimely expressed in Php 2:5-11.
(r) "because I lay down" Isa 53:7-12, He 2:9
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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on John 10:10-18
Christ is a good Shepherd; many who were not thieves, yet were careless in their duty, and by their neglect the flock was much hurt. Bad principles are the root of bad practices. The Lord Jesus knows whom he has chosen, and is sure of them; they also know whom they have trusted, and are sure of Him. See here the grace of Christ; since none could demand his life of him, he laid it down of himself for our redemption…
John 10:17 in the original Greek
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Cross references for John 10:17
- John 10:18
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 10:15
As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep.
- John 10:11
I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.
- 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 honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man.
- John 15:9-10
As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love. If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father’s commandments, and abide in his love.
- Isaiah 53:7-12
He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth. He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken. And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth. Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand. …
- John 17:4-5
I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do. And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.
- Isaiah 42:1
Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles.
- John 17:24-26
Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world. O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee: but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me. And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it: that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them.
- John 3:25
Then there arose a question between some of John’s disciples and the Jews about purifying.
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Context
- John 10:16
And 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.
- John 10:17
Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again.
- John 10:18
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 10:17 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Por eso me ama el Padre, porque yo pongo mi vida, para volverla á tomar. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | À cause de ceci le Père m’aime, c’est que moi je laisse ma vie, afin que je la reprenne. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Darum liebt mich der Vater, weil ich mein Leben lasse, auf daß ich es wiedernehme. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Propterea me diligit Pater: quia ego pono animam meam, ut iterum sumam eam. |