As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep.
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Gill's Exposition
As the Father knoweth me,.... These words, with what follow, are in connection with Joh 10:14; and the sense is, that the mutual knowledge of Christ, and his sheep, is like that which his Father and…
Barnes' Notes
As the Father knoweth me ... - See the Mat 11:27 note; also Luk 10:22 note. I lay down my life for the sheep - That is, I give my life as an atoning sacrifice for their sins. I die in their place, to…
It is not certain whether this discourse was at the feast of dedication in the winter (spoken of Joh 10:22), which may be taken as the date, not only of what follows, but of what goes before (that…
Cambridge Bible
As the Father knoweth me, even so, &c. This rendering entirely obscures the true meaning. There should be no full stop at the end of Joh 10:10, and the sentence should run; I know Mine, and Mine know…
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