“That I may take it again… I have power to take it again:” (John 10:17-18). In this sense, we can say that Jesus “raised Himself” from the dead. He had the power to lay down His life, and He had the power to take it up again. C. H. Spurgeon said: “When an ordinary man dies he only pays ‘the debt of nature.’ If he were even to die for his friend, he wholly pays a little earlier that debt which he must pay ultimately, but the Christ was immortal, and he needed not to die except that he had put himself under covenant bonds to suffer for his sheep.” In other words, anyone can lay down his life; only Jesus could take His life up again. Because Jesus has the power to take up His own life, it is proof of His distinctive connection with His Father. That’s it!!!