...which it was to be accomplished ; but from these he did not shrink. He had received from his Father "power to lay down his life, and power to take it again ; no man took it from him ; he laid it down of himself ; (John x., 18) ; and this power he exerted...

...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,...

...an expiation by blood — and the victim was ready. The Father gave his Son. The Son gave himself. He had power to lay down his life, and power to take it again. He satisfied law by an all-sufficient atonement. He made an expiation for sin. He became a curse in...

...and complete atonement for the sins of all that believe. That Christ was God is proved by his saying that he had power to lay down his life, and power to take it up again. If a man lay down his life, he is a suicide. Like a sentinel placed on his beat, a man must...

...detention of CHRIST'S Human Soul; it proclaimed, however, the truth that His Death was voluntary—that He had " power to lay down His Life and power to take it again" 1 —"that He made His Soul an offering for sin." 3 The ordinary laws of death were permitted to have...

...crucified and slew him, and rejoiced for a season over his downfall, as he slept in the grave ; but he had power to lay down his life, and power to take it up again. On the third bright morn, mocking the pretensions of the devil and his minions, he chained...

...; He claimed it as his own prerogative ; and He conferred the power upon others. He said of Himself that He had power to lay down his life and power to take it again ; that He had life in Himself and could give life to as many as He pleased ; I will give you, He said...

...life and the death-shadow like Christ's. It was fitting that he who, alone of all those born of woman, had "power to lay down his life and power to take it again," should not even seem to succumb to his once vanquished foe, should leave upon the earth no trophies...

...life and the death-shadow like Christ's. It was fitting that he who, alone of all those born of woman, had " power to lay down his life and power to take it again," should not even seem to succumb to his once vanquished foe, should leave upon the earth no trophies...

...silent wave, and has been laid helpless in the gloomy tomb. Yet He liveth, He liveth though He was dead. He had power to lay down His life, and power to take it again ; and to-day He bears the keys of hell and of death, and controls the motions of the grim destroyer. And...