John 10:15
13 The man runs away because he is a hired servant and is unconcerned for the sheep.
14 I am the good shepherd. I know My sheep and My sheep know Me,
just as the Father knows Me and I know the Father. And I lay down My life for the sheep.
16 I have other sheep that are not of this fold. I must bring them in as well, and they will listen to My voice. Then there will be one flock and one shepherd.
17 The reason the Father loves Me is that I lay down My life in order to take it up again.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- just as the Father knows Me and I know the Father. And I lay down My life for the sheep.
- KJV
- As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep.
- WEB
- even as the Father knows me, and I know the Father. I lay down my life for the sheep.
- ASV
- even as the Father knoweth me, and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep.
- DARBY
- as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep.
- BLB
- just as the Father knows Me and I know the Father—and I lay down My life for the sheep.
- ÅB
- slik som Faren kjenner meg, og jeg kjenner Faren; og jeg setter mitt liv til for sauene.
- OTB
- slik som Faderen kjenner meg og jeg kjenner Faderen; og jeg er villig til å gi mitt liv for sauene.
- B1930
- likesom Faderen kjenner mig, og jeg kjenner Faderen; og jeg setter mitt liv til for fårene.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Galatians 1:4
who gave Himself for our sins to rescue us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father,
Read in contextJohn 10:11
I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep.
Read in contextMatthew 11:27
All things have been entrusted to Me by My Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal Him.
Read in context1 John 2:2
He Himself is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.
Read in contextIsaiah 53:10
Yet it was the LORD’s will to crush Him and to cause Him to suffer; and when His soul is made a guilt offering, He will see His offspring, He will prolong His days, and the good pleasure of the LORD will prosper in His hand.
Read in context1 Peter 3:18
For Christ also suffered for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit,
Read in contextZechariah 13:7
Awake, O sword, against My Shepherd, against the man who is My Companion, declares the LORD of Hosts. Strike the Shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered, and I will turn My hand against the little ones.
Read in context1 Timothy 2:5–6
For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,
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