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Joh 10:18. Οὐδείς, no man) Comp. Joh 10:29, “No man is able to pluck-out of My Father’s hand.”-αἴρει, taketh away) by His own power and will.-ἀπʼ ἐμαυτοῦ, from Myself) Jesus of His own accord gave Himself up to His enemies to be taken; and on the cross itself, not from any feebleness, but with a loud cry, He gave up the ghost.-καί, and) A most close connection subsists between the two things [laying down His life, and taking it up again] (Comp. the that, Joh 10:17, I lay [it] down, that I might take it again), over which He possesses a twofold power.-ἐξουσίαν ἔχω, I have power) So ἔχωσι, that they might have [life], is repeated, Joh 10:10. Add ch. Joh 19:10 [Pilate], “I have power to crucify Thee, and have power to release Thee.”-παρὰ τοῦ Πατρός μου, from My Father) He ascribes His highest power to the Father.