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Jhn 10:18 — 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.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

man		Jhn 18:5,6; Jhn 19:11; Mat 26:53-56
but		Jhn 2:19-21; Isa 53:10-12; Act 2:24,32; Act 3:15; Phl 2:6-8; Tts 2:14; Hbr 2:9,14,15
This		Jhn 6:38; Jhn 14:31; Jhn 15:10; Psa 40:6-8; Hbr 5:6-9; Hbr 10:6-10

Correlating Passages

man

	Jhn 18:5	They answered him, Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus saith unto them, I am [he]. And Judas also, which betrayed him, stood with them.
	Jhn 18:6	As soon then as he had said unto them, I am [he], they went backward, and fell to the ground.
	Jhn 19:11	Jesus answered, Thou couldest have no power [at all] against me, except it were given thee from above: therefore he that delivered me unto thee hath the greater sin.
	Mat 26:53	Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels?
	Mat 26:54	But how then shall the scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must be?
	Mat 26:55	In that same hour said Jesus to the multitudes, Are ye come out as against a thief with swords and staves for to take me? I sat daily with you teaching in the temple, and ye laid no hold on me.
	Mat 26:56	But all this was done, that the scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled. Then all the disciples forsook him, and fled.

but

	Jhn 2:19	Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.
	Jhn 2:20	Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou rear it up in three days?
	Jhn 2:21	But he spake of the temple of his body.
	Isa 53:10	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.
	Isa 53:11	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.
	Isa 53:12	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.
	Act 2:24	Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it.
	Act 2:32	This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses.
	Act 3:15	And killed the Prince of life, whom God hath raised from the dead; whereof we are witnesses.
	Phl 2:6	Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:
	Phl 2:7	But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:
	Phl 2:8	And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.
	Tts 2:14	Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.
	Hbr 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.
	Hbr 2:14	Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;
	Hbr 2:15	And deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.

This

	Jhn 6:38	For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.
	Jhn 14:31	But that the world may know that I love the Father; and as the Father gave me commandment, even so I do. Arise, let us go hence.
	Jhn 15:10	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.
	Psa 40:6	Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required.
	Psa 40:7	Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book [it is] written of me,
	Psa 40:8	I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law [is] within my heart.
	Hbr 5:6	As he saith also in another [place], Thou [art] a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.
	Hbr 5:7	Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared;
	Hbr 5:8	Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered;
	Hbr 5:9	And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him;
	Hbr 10:6	In burnt offerings and [sacrifices] for sin thou hast had no pleasure.
	Hbr 10:7	Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God.
	Hbr 10:8	Above when he said, Sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings and [offering] for sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure [therein]; which are offered by the law;
	Hbr 10:9	Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second.
	Hbr 10:10	By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once [for all].

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Scott, Thomas. "John 10:18," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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