John 10:18

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.”

Ps 40:6-8; Isa 53:10-12; Mt 26:53-56; Joh 2:19-21; Joh 6:38; Joh 14:31; Joh 15:10; Joh 18:5,6; Joh 19:11; Ac 2:24,32; Ac 3:15; Php 2:6-8; Tit 2:14; Heb 2:9,14,15; Heb 5:6-9; Heb 10:6-10

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.”