John 10:17

For this reason (dia touto). Points to the following oti clause. The Father's love for the Son is drawn out ( John 3:16 ) by the voluntary offering of the Son for the sin of the world ( Romans 5:8 ). Hence the greater exaltation ( Philippians 2:9 ). Jesus does for us what any good shepherd does ( 10:11 ) as he has already said ( 10:15 ). The value of the atoning death of Christ lies in the fact that he is the Son of God, the Son of Man, free of sin, and that he makes the offering voluntarily ( Hebrews 9:14 ). That I may take it again (ina palin labw authn). Purpose clause with ina and second aorist active subjunctive of lambanw. He looked beyond his death on the Cross to the resurrection. "The purpose of the Passion was not merely to exhibit his unselfish love; it was in order that He might resume His life, now enriched with quickening power as never before" (Bernard). The Father raised Jesus from the dead ( Acts 2:32 ). There is spontaneity in the surrender to death and in the taking life back again (Dods).