17 Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again.



Ver. 17. Therefore doth my Father love me, because] This "because" is nota consecutionis, non causae, know from its consequences not from it cause, saith Beza.



I lay down my life] I do it even now; for he suffered many a little death all his life long, and at length the cursed death of the cross.



That I might take it again] For Christ’s being life essential, swallows up death in victory, as the fire swallows up the fuel, as Moses’ serpent swallowed up the sorcerers’ serpents, &c.