 Jesus' life was not taken from him. I have authority to lay it down and I have authority to take it back up again This charge I have received from my father. When Jesus was crucified make no mistake. He was crucified Voluntarily at any given moment. He could have called down the armies of heaven to usher him away into safety But instead he endured why Jesus said earlier on in the chapter that he is the good shepherd who lays his life down for Jesus talks of the shepherd who leaves the 99 sheep that he has in safety to find the one sheep that has gone astray Isaiah 53 says that we all like sheep have gone astray every one of us has turned to our own way But the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all while we were still sinners Christ died for us bearing the weight of all of our sin and shame that we could be a part of his sheepfold That he would be our good shepherd our father that in him we would find rest for our souls