Study it in the app“No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it up again. This commandment I received from my Father.””
No oneοὐδεὶςtakesαἴρειitαὐτὴνfromἀπ’me,ἐμοῦbutἀλλ’Iἐγὼlayτίθημιitαὐτὴνdownτίθημιofἀπ’my own accord.ἐμαυτοῦI haveἔχωauthorityἐξουσίανto layθεῖναιitαὐτήνdown,θεῖναιandκαὶI haveἔχωauthorityἐξουσίανto takeλαβεῖνitαὐτήνup again.πάλινThisταύτηνcommandmentτὴν ἐντολὴνI receivedἔλαβονfromπαρὰmy Father.”τοῦ πατρός μου
take away
To take something or someone away from its place.
Where else “airei” appearslay down
To give one's life for others.
Where else “tithēmi” appearsmyself
Myself.
Where else “emautou” appearshave
To count something or someone as one's own: goods, family, faith, power.
Where else “echō” appearsauthority
The right to command or act.
Where else “exousian” appearstake
To grasp something in the hand, or take it from someone.
Where else “labein” appearsagain
Once more, repeating what came before.
Where else “palin” appearscommandment
What God or Jesus orders to be done, with his authority, to be carried out.
Where else “entolēn” appearsFather
God, who gives life and cares for his own; the Father of Jesus.
Where else “patros” appears17For this reason the Father loves me, because I lay down my life in order to take it up again.
18 · This verse (above)
19Again a division arose among the Jews because of these words.
1. What it says
Jesus says, “I am the good shepherd.” What does the good shepherd do for the sheep, and how is he different from the hired hand? (vv. 11-15)
2. What it means
Jesus says the sheep hear his voice and he knows them (vv. 3-4, 27). What kind of relationship does that show between him and those who follow him?
3. How I live it
Jesus says he came so that they may have life in abundance (v. 10). In what part of your life do you need to hear his voice today?
