Verse 17

‹Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again.›

Referenced Verses

  • John 10:11 : 11 ‹I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.›
  • Heb 2:9 : 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 10:18 : 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.›
  • Isa 53:7-9 : 7 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. 8 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. 9 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. 10 ¶ 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. 11 He shall see of the travail of his soul, [and] shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities. 12 Therefore will I divide him [a portion] with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.
  • John 10:15 : 15 ‹As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep.›
  • John 3:25 : 25 Then there arose a question between [some] of John's disciples and the Jews about purifying.
  • Isa 42:1 : 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.
  • Isa 42:21 : 21 The LORD is well pleased for his righteousness' sake; he will magnify the law, and make [it] honourable.
  • John 15:9-9 : 9 ¶ ‹As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.› 10 ‹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.›
  • John 17:4-5 : 4 ‹I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do.› 5 ‹And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.›
  • John 17:24-26 : 24 ¶ ‹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.› 25 ‹O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee: but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me.› 26 ‹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.›