John 14:31

Jesus goes to the cross to show the world His love for the Father and His obedience to the Father's command. His death is an act of loving submission.

Cross-references · 15

• John 10:18No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father.
• Phil 2:8And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.
• Luke 12:50But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished!
• John 4:34Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.
• John 12:49For I have not spoken of myself; but the Father which sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.
• Heb 5:7–8Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared;
• Ps 40:8I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.
• John 15:9As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.
• John 12:27Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour: but for this cause came I unto this hour.
• John 18:11Then said Jesus unto Peter, Put up thy sword into the sheath: the cup which my Father hath given me, shall I not drink it?
• Matt 26:39And he went a little farther, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt.
• Heb 12:2–3Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
• Matt 26:46Rise, let us be going: behold, he is at hand that doth betray me.
• Heb 10:5–9Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me:
• John 18:1–4When Jesus had spoken these words, he went forth with his disciples over the brook Cedron, where was a garden, into the which he entered, and his disciples.

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