King James Version
John 10:15 in the King James Version says “As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep.” — study this verse from John chapter 10 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep.”
John 10:15 · KJV
The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for the sheep.
I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine.
As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep.
And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd.
Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“know”
G1097to "know" (absolutely) in a great variety of applications and with many implications (as follow, with others not thus clearly expressed)
“even so”
G2504so also the dative case ????? <pronunciation strongs="kam-oy'"/>, and accusative case ???? <pronunciation strongs="kam-eh'"/> and (or also, even, etc.
“know”
G1097to "know" (absolutely) in a great variety of applications and with many implications (as follow, with others not thus clearly expressed)
“and”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“life”
G5590breath, i.e., (by implication) spirit, abstractly or concretely (the animal sentient principle only; thus distinguished on the one hand from g4151, wh
“I lay down”
G5087to place (in the widest application, literally and figuratively; properly, in a passive or horizontal posture, and thus different from g2476, which pr
“for”
G5228"over", i.e., (with the genitive case) of place, above, beyond, across, or causal, for the sake of, instead, regarding; with the accusative case super
“the sheep”
G4263something that walks forward (a quadruped), i.e., (specially), a sheep (literally or figuratively)
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