Discovery BoxJohn 10:18 
Context10:18 No one takes it away from me, but I lay it down 1 of my own free will. 2 I have the authority 3 to lay it down, and I have the authority 4 to take it back again. This commandment 5 I received from my Father.”
John 21:23
Context21:23 So the saying circulated 6 among the brothers and sisters 7 that this disciple was not going to die. But Jesus did not say to him that he was not going to die, but rather, “If I want him to live 8 until I come back, 9 what concern is that of yours?”
1 tn Or “give it up.”
2 tn Or “of my own accord.” “Of my own free will” is given by BDAG 321 s.v. ἐμαυτοῦ c.
3 tn Or “I have the right.”
4 tn Or “I have the right.”
5 tn Or “order.”
6 tn Grk “went out.”
7 tn Grk “the brothers,” but here the term refers to more than just the immediate disciples of Jesus (as it does in 20:17). Here, as R. E. Brown notes (John [AB], 2:1110), it refers to Christians of the Johannine community (which would include both men and women).
8 tn Grk “to stay” or “to remain”; but since longevity is the issue in the context, “to live” conveys the idea more clearly.
9 tn The word “back” is supplied to clarify the meaning.
