John 10:18
Douay-Rheims
No man taketh it away from me: but I lay it down of myself, and I have power to lay it down: and I have power to take it up again. This commandment have I received of my Father.
Augustine of Hippo
(iv. de Trin. c. xiii.) Wherein He shewed that His natural death was not the consequence of sin in Him, but of His own simple will, which was the why, the when, and the how: I have power to lay it down.
Source details
A.D. 430 · as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on John 10:14-21
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.