“Jesus answered, I have told you that I am he: if therefore ye seek me, let these go their way:”
Jesus answered, 'I told you that I am he. So if you are looking for me, let these men go.' — Jesus' condition for his surrender—the disciples' release—demonstrates his shepherd concern (10:11-18). "Let these men go" (aphete toutous hypagein) echoes the shepherd language: having claimed himself as the sheep's door, he ensures none are lost. This voluntary substitution prefigures the ransom logion and the one-for-many substitutionary atonement.
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