...bowed His Head. But He bowed His Head first that He might make manifest the truth of His own saying, " No man taketh My life from Me, but I lay it down of Myself : I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it up again." " // is finished."...

...Temptation (Matt. iv. 9.), and of the kingdom of Judaea (John vi. 15.), and with the general expressions, " No man taketh my life from me, but I lay it down of myself" (John x. 18.). " Thiriketft thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and He shall presently...

...of those declarations was now apparent, " Destroy this temple, and in three days I wffl raise it up. the hidden things of darkness, and will make man of myself: I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it up again." (John. iL 19 ; x. 18.)...

...because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father who sent me." He says also, John x. 18, " No man taketh my life from me, but I lay it down of myself; I have power [the literal meaning is authority] to lay it down, and I have authority to...

...sanctified, by the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all." And " in the days of His flesh " He said : — " No man taketh my life from me, but I lay it down of myself; I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again," (John x. 18). True, there...

...we stand by the cross, what an amazing spectacle do we behold ! The Prince of Life, who could say, " No man taketh my life from me, but I lay it down of myself," appears as a weak and defenceless victim, in the hands of a detachment of Roman soldiers,...

...the world ye shall have tribulation ; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world ;" or again, "No man taketh my life from me, but I lay it down of myself: I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again;" — so when we think of...

...is the sole work of His own divine mercy. Thus He declares in reference to His actual sacrifice :* No man taketh my life from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. Yet here is a class of clergy...

...his own testimony alone, was perhaps in order to fulfil more emphatically his own declaration — " No man taketh my life from me, but I lay it down of myself; I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again." When the disciples were...

...perfect antidote to His body's death. So that when this event befel Him, it was by His own consent : ' No man taketh My life from Me, but I lay it down of Myself; I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again,' (St. John x. 18). All these...