John 10:18

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.”

John 13:29

13:29 Some thought that, because Judas had the money box, Jesus was telling him to buy whatever they needed for the feast, ⁶  or to give something to the poor.) ⁷ 

John 19:11

19:11 Jesus replied, “You would have no authority ⁸  over me at all, unless it was given to you from above. Therefore the one who handed me over to you ⁹  is guilty of greater sin.” 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.”

⁶ tn Grk “telling him, ‘Buy whatever we need for the feast.’” The first clause is direct discourse and the second clause indirect discourse. For smoothness of English style, the first clause has been converted to indirect discourse to parallel the second (the meaning is left unchanged).

⁷ sn This is a parenthetical note by the author.

¹¹ tn Or “power.”

¹² tn Or “who delivered me over to you.”

¹³ tn Grk “has the greater sin” (an idiom).