No man takes it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father.
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Hippolytus of Rome
AD 235
And He who is inseparable from the Father cries to the Father, and commends to Him His spirit; and bowing His head, He gives up the ghost, who said, "I have power to lay down my life, and I have power to take it again; ".
and because He was not overmastered by death, as being Himself Life, He said this: "I lay it down of myself."
