...the intimation that He would raise up His own body, He shewed, what He afterwards more fully avowed, that " He had power to lay down His life, and power to take it up again, — power, as God, over His human body. Q. What remarkable discourse is related by St. John...

...upon Him ; and, who could roll away this heavy stone from the door of the sepulchre, except He who had power to lay down his life, and power to take it again ? Christ hath drunk of the brook in the way ; therefore doth He lift up his head, even to the glory...

...laid upon Him ; and who could roll away this heavy stone from the door of the sepulchre, except He who had power to lay down his life, and power to take it again ? Christ hath drunk of the brook in the way ; therefore doth He lift up his head, even to the glory...

...made subject even to the Pa.88,5. death of the cross, He alone free among the dead', having John 10, power to lay down His life, and power to take it again : for us to Thee both Victor and Victim, and therefore Victor, because the Victim ; for us to Thee...

...the weakness that denied. He was above his fate, in power as in wisdom. It was his own free choice : he had power to lay down his life, and power to take it again : more than twelve legions of angels would have been ready to fight for him, had he only asked the...

...compelled to couch waitingly at his feet. He commanded the grave to open, and make a passage for his march. He had " power to lay down his life, and power to take it again." He delayed not, and hurried not, to die. He told each pang, and deliberated each gasp. And at his prefixed...

...and such, Christ professed to perform. He said, " My Father worketh hitherto, and I work." He said, he had power to lay down his life, and power to take it again. He said, he had power to raise the dead, or quicken whom he would. He wrought miracles in his own name,...

...divine vengeance into his own bosom, and able to bear the stroke of God's judicial wrath : one that had power to lay down his life, and power to take it again ; and thus to offer a full atonement, and become an ever living Intercessor for man. Such was the plan of...

...stedfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem." Although he could have commanded twelve legions of angels, and had power to lay down his life, and power to take it again, he permitted himself to be apprehended by his enemies, and put to a cruel and ignominious death. He...

...Father could desire no more, and therefore commanded to set him free. Having life in himself, having power to lay down his life, and power to take it again, he exerted that power, and came forth free from all obligation, invested with universal authority,...