John 10:17 NIV

The Pulpit Commentary - John 10:17-18

The death of Christ. I. IT INVOLVES THE GREATEST SACRIFICE . 1. It was a sacrifice of life . "I lay down my life." It was his own life, and not that of another. Thousands of lives are sacrificed during war by the existing government; but these are the lives of others, and not their own. But the death of Christ involved the sacrifice of his own life. It was personal. 2. It was a sacrifice of the most precious life . Every life is very precious—that of the flower... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - John 10:17-18

The dedicated life. That the Father loved him Jesus was constantly asserting, and here we have the reason for that love. I. NOTICE THE GENERAL ELEMENT OF DEVOTION . Upon all self-sacrificing devotion the Father must look with a complacent eye. Because, if the spirit of devotion be in a man at all, the extent and the character of the devotion will depend upon the necessity and the claim. A few have become famous in history, not that they were more devoted than the many... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - John 10:17

I lay down my life - I give myself to die for my people, in Jewish and pagan lands. I offer myself a sacrifice to show the willingness of my Father to save them; to provide an atonement, and thus to open the way for their salvation. This proves that the salvation of man was an object dear to God, and that it was a source of special gratification to him that his Son was willing to lay down his life to accomplish his great purposes of benevolence.That I might take it again - Be raised up from the... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - John 10:16-18

John 10:16-18. And other sheep have I Whom I foreknow as repenting and believing in me; which are not of this fold Not of the Jewish Church or nation, but Gentiles. Some, indeed, understand by these the Jews living out of the land of Canaan; but certainly they could not with propriety be said not to belong to the fold of Israel. The incorporating the believing Gentiles into one church with the Jews was a grand event, worthy of such particular notice. Them also I must bring Namely, into... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - John 10:1-21

93. The good shepherd (John 10:1-21)In the story of the good shepherd, Jesus was continuing the teaching he had begun after healing the blind man. Among his hearers were the Pharisees (see John 9:40), but they could not see that he was contrasting their treatment of the blind man with his. They acted like thieves and robbers, but Jesus acted like a good shepherd. As a result the man rejected the leadership of the Pharisees, but he clearly recognized Jesus as the shepherd-saviour and gladly... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - John 10:17

Therefore = On account of (Greek. dia. App-104 .John 10:2; John 10:2 ) this. My Father. See note on John 2:16 . love . Greek agapao. App-135 . See note on John 3:16 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - John 10:17

Therefore doth the Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I may take it again.I lay down ... that I may take ... Jesus here expressed his absolute freedom and authority both to die and to rise from the dead. There are three differences between Jesus' laying down his life for the sheep and that of the shepherds' doing so in the metaphor. These are: (1) Jesus' death is altogether voluntary, but not like the shepherd's involuntary death while fighting against a robber. The shepherd might... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - John 10:17-18

John 10:17-18. Therefore doth my Father love me,— "Nothing can shew the great regard I have for the salvation of mankind in a stronger light, than my laying down my life to promote and secure it; and this is so correspondent with the operations of infinite goodness, that my Father cannot but look upon me as an object of infinite love, even on that account." Instead of that I might take it again, we may render the words so as to take it again; for had our Lord laid down his life, and remained... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - John 10:17

17. Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, &c.—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. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - John 10:1-21

7. The Good Shepherd discourse 10:1-21Evidently this teaching followed what John recorded in chapter 9 (John 10:21), but exactly when between the feast of Tabernacles (John 7:2; John 7:14; John 7:37) and the feast of Dedication (John 10:22) it happened is unclear. The place where Jesus gave it appears to have been Jerusalem (John 10:21). Probably this teaching followed the preceding one immediately. The thematic as well as the linguistic connections are strong. The blind beggar had just been... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - John 10:17-18

The Pulpit Commentary - John 10:17-18

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - John 10:17

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - John 10:16-18

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - John 10:1-21

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - John 10:17

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - John 10:17

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - John 10:17-18

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - John 10:17

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - John 10:1-21

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