11 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

• Atonement
• Lamb of God
• Love
• Shepherd

• The Good Shepherd

10 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

• 1Cor 13:12 — For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.
• 1John 2:1 — My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:
• 1John 2:2 — And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.
• 1John 3:16 — Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.
• 1Pet 2:24 — Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.
• 1Pet 3:18 — For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:
• 1Tim 2:5 — For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;
• 1Tim 2:6 — Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time.
• 2Pet 1:17 — For he received from God the Father honour and glory, when there came such a voice to him from the excellent glory, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
• Dan 9:26 — And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be wi
• Eph 5:2 — And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.
• Gal 1:4 — Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father:
• Isa 53:4 — Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.
• Isa 53:8 — He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken.
• Isa 53:10 — Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall
• John 1:18 — No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.
• John 6:46 — Not that any man hath seen the Father, save he which is of God, he hath seen the Father.
• John 7:29 — But I know him: for I am from him, and he hath sent me.
• John 8:55 — Yet ye have not known him; but I know him: and if I should say, I know him not, I shall be a liar like unto you: but I know him, and keep his saying.
• John 10:11 — I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.
• John 10:17 — Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again.
• John 10:17 — Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again.
• John 10:18 — No man taketh 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.
• John 15:13 — Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
• John 15:13 — Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
• John 17:25 — O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee: but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me.
• John 17:25 — O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee: but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me.
• Luke 10:21 — In that hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit, and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes: even so
• Luke 10:22 — All things are delivered to me of my Father: and no man knoweth who the Son is, but the Father; and who the Father is, but the Son, and he to whom the Son will reveal him.
• Luke 15:4 — What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it?
• Mark 10:45 — For even the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
• Matt 11:27 — All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him.
• Matt 11:27 — All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him.
• Matt 20:28 — Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
• Matt 20:28 — Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
• Matt 27:50 — Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost.
• Titus 2:14 — Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.
• Zech 13:7 — Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow, saith the LORD of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered: and I will turn mine hand upon the little one