Just as the Father knows me and I know the Father — and I lay down my life for the sheep — Jesus establishes a parallel between His knowledge of the Father and His knowledge of His sheep, suggesting that the same intimate, self-sacrificial love that characterizes the Father-Son relationship extends to the flock. The laying down of life is presented as the ultimate expression of this knowledge and love. This verse reveals the trinitarian depth of Christ's redemptive work: the Father's love generates the Son's sacrificial love for the sheep.

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