John 10:11

10:11 “I am the good ¹  shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life ²  for the sheep.

John 10:18

10:18 No one takes it away from me, but I lay it down ³  of my own free will. ⁴  I have the authority ⁵  to lay it down, and I have the authority ⁶  to take it back again. This commandment ⁷  I received from my Father.”

Matthew 20:28

20:28 just as the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom ⁸  for many.”

Matthew 27:50

27:50 Then Jesus cried out again with a loud voice and gave up his spirit.

Mark 15:37

15:37 But Jesus cried out with a loud voice and breathed his last.

Luke 23:46

23:46 Then Jesus, calling out with a loud voice, said, “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit!” ⁹  And after he said this he breathed his last.

Philippians 2:8

2:8 He humbled himself,

by becoming obedient to the point of death

– even death on a cross!

Hebrews 2:14-15

2:14 Therefore, since the children share in flesh and blood, he likewise shared in ¹⁰  their humanity, ¹¹  so that through death he could destroy ¹²  the one who holds the power of death (that is, the devil), 2:15 and set free those who were held in slavery all their lives by their fear of death.

¹ tn Or “model” (see R. E. Brown, John [AB], 1:386, who argues that “model” is a more exact translation of καλός [kalos] here).

² tn Or “The good shepherd dies willingly.”

³ tn Or “give it up.”

⁴ tn Or “of my own accord.” “Of my own free will” is given by BDAG 321 s.v. ἐμαυτοῦ c.

⁵ tn Or “I have the right.”

⁶ tn Or “I have the right.”

⁷ tn Or “order.”

⁸ sn The Greek word for ransom (λύτρον, lutron) is found here and in Mark 10:45 and refers to the payment of a price in order to purchase the freedom of a slave. The idea of Jesus as the “ransom” is that he paid the price with his own life by standing in our place as a substitute, enduring the judgment that we deserved for sin.

⁹ sn A quotation from Ps 31:5. It is a psalm of trust. The righteous, innocent sufferer trusts in God. Luke does not have the cry of pain from Ps 22:1 (cf. Matt 27:46; Mark 15:34), but notes Jesus’ trust instead.

¹⁰ tn Or “partook of” (this is a different word than the one in v. 14a).

¹¹ tn Grk “the same.”

¹² tn Or “break the power of,” “reduce to nothing.”