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John 10:17

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— “For this reason the Father loves Me, because I lay down My life so that I may take it again.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— Therefore doth the Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I may take it again.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— Therefore doth the Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I may take it again.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I may take it again.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— On this account the Father loves me, because I lay down my life that I may take it again.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— Therefore, doth the Father, love, me, because, I, lay down my life, that, again, I may receive it:—
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— 'Because of this doth the Father love me, because I lay down my life, that again I may take it;
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— Therefore doth the Father love me: because I lay down my life, that I may take it again.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— Therefore doeth my Father loue me, because I lay downe my life, that I might take it againe.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— Therefore doth my father loue me, because I lay downe my life that I might take it againe.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— This is why my Father loves me, because I lay down my life so that I may take it up again.
John Etheridge Peshitta-Aramaic NT (1849)
— On this account my Father loveth me, because I lay down my life again to take it.
James Murdock Peshitta-Aramaic NT (1852)
— For this cause my Father loveth me, that I lay down my life, to resume it again.

Strong's Numbers & Red-LettersGreek New TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
Therefore 5124
{5124} Prime
τοῦτο
touto
{too'-to}
Neuter, singular, nomitive or accusative of G3778; that thing.
1223
{1223} Prime
διά
dia
{dee-ah'}
A primary preposition denoting the channel of an act; through (in very wide applications, local, causal or occasional). In composition it retains the same general import.
doth y25
[0025] Standard
ἀγαπάω
agapao
{ag-ap-ah'-o}
Perhaps from ἄγαν [[agan]] (much; or compare [H5689]); to love (in a social or moral sense).
z0
<0000> Grammar
The original word in the Greek or Hebrew is translated by more than one word in the English. The English translation is separated by one or more other words from the original.
my Father 3962
{3962} Prime
πατήρ
pater
{pat-ayr'}
Apparently a primary word; a 'father' (literally or figuratively, near or more remote).
love 25
{0025} Prime
ἀγαπάω
agapao
{ag-ap-ah'-o}
Perhaps from ἄγαν [[agan]] (much; or compare [H5689]); to love (in a social or moral sense).
z5719
<5719> Grammar
Tense - Present (See G5774)
Voice - Active (See G5784)
Mood - Indicative (See G5791)
Count - 3019
me, 3165
{3165} Prime
μέ
me
{meh}
A shorter (and probably original) form of G1691; me.
because 3754
{3754} Prime
ὅτι
hoti
{hot'-ee}
Neuter of G3748 as conjugation; demonstrative that (sometimes redundant); causatively because.
I 1473
{1473} Prime
ἐγώ
ego
{eg-o'}
A primary pronoun of the first person, 'I' (only expressed when emphatic).
lay down 5087
{5087} Prime
τίθημι
tithemi
{tith'-ay-mee}
A prolonged form of a primary word θέω [[theo]], {theh'-o} (which is used only as an alternate in certain tenses); to place (in the widest application, literally and figuratively; properly in a passive or horizontal posture, and thus different from G2476, which properly denotes an upright and active position, while G2749 is properly reflexive and utterly prostrate).
z5719
<5719> Grammar
Tense - Present (See G5774)
Voice - Active (See G5784)
Mood - Indicative (See G5791)
Count - 3019
my 3450
{3450} Prime
μοῦ
mou
{moo}
The simpler from of G1700; of me.
life, 5590
{5590} Prime
ψυχή
psuche
{psoo-khay'}
From G5594; breath, that is, (by implication) spirit, abstractly or concretely (the animal sentient principle only; thus distinguished on the one hand from G4151, which is the rational and immortal soul; and on the other from G2222, which is mere vitality, even of plants: these terms thus exactly correspond respectively to the Hebrew [H5315], [H7307] and [H2416].
that 2443
{2443} Prime
ἵνα
hina
{hin'-ah}
Probably from the same as the former part of G1438 (through the demonstrative idea; compare G3588); in order that (denoting the purpose or the result).
I might take 2983
{2983} Prime
λαμβάνω
lambano
{lam-ban'-o}
A prolonged form of a primary verb, which is used only as an alternate in certain tenses; to take (in very many applications, literally and figuratively [probably objective or active, to get hold of; whereas G1209 is rather subjective or passive, to have offered to one; while G0138 is more violent, to seize or remove]).
z5632
<5632> Grammar
Tense - Second Aorist (See G5780)
Voice - Active (See G5784)
Mood - Subjunctive (See G5792)
Count - 449
it 846
{0846} Prime
αὐτός
autos
{ow-tos'}
From the particle αὖ [[au]] (perhaps akin to the base of G0109 through the idea of a baffling wind; backward); the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the compound of G1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons.
again. 3825
{3825} Prime
πάλιν
palin
{pal'-in}
Probably from the same as G3823 (through the idea of oscillatory repetition); (adverbially) anew, that is, (of place) back, (of time) once more, or (conjugationally) furthermore or on the other hand.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

See commentary on John 10:15-18.


John 10:17

_ _ Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, etc. — As the highest act of the Son’s love to the Father was the laying down of His life for the sheep at His “commandment,” so the Father’s love to Him as His incarnate Son reaches its consummation, and finds its highest justification, in that sublimest and most affecting of all acts.

_ _ that I might take it again — His resurrection-life being indispensable to the accomplishment of the fruit of His death.

Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on John 10:1-18.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

John 10:17

I lay down my life that I may take it again — I cheerfully die to expiate the sins of men, to the end I may rise again for their justification.

Geneva Bible Translation Notes

John 10:17

(5) Therefore doth my Father love me, because (g) I lay down my life, that I might take it again.

(5) Christ is by the decree of the Father the only true shepherd of the true Church, for he willingly gave his life for his sheep, and by his own power rose again to life.

(g) He uses the present tense because Christ's whole life was as it were a perpetual death.

Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance

John 3:25 Then there arose a question between [some] of John's disciples and the Jews about purifying.
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.
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.
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. ... 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.
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.
Isaiah 42:21 The LORD is well pleased for his righteousness' sake; he will magnify the law, and make [it] honourable.
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. ... 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.
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.
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Is 42:1, 21; 53:7. Jn 3:25; 15:9; 17:4, 24. He 2:9.

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