Question: According to the book of John, who really took Jesus’ life?
Answer: No man. He gave it voluntarily. (John 10:18)
Comments: The Gospel of John accentuates the fact that Jesus gave his life, as opposed to having it taken from him.
"No one has taken it away from Me, but I lay it down on My own initiative I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it up again This commandment I received from My Father." (John 10:18, NASB)
In 1897, sociologist Émile Durkheim (1858-1917) produced a groundbreaking work on suicide in which he identified four types of suicides: egoistic, altruistic, anomic, and fatalistic. In deference to this verse, many have characterized Jesus' death as an altruistic suicide.
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